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J. D. KENDALL ON THE IXTEEGLA.CIAL DEPOSITS OF 



2. Observed Facts. 



Lindal deposit. — The first of these deposits to which I shall refer 

 has already been dealt with by two other writers : — 



First, in vol. xviii. p. 274 of the Quarterly Journal, in a short paper 

 by the late Mr. John Bolton, " On a Deposit with Insects, Leaves, 

 &c." ; secondly, in vol. xix. p. 19 of the same Journal, in a paper 

 by the late Miss Hodgson. 



A comparison of these papers will show that the writers differed 

 seriously about the facts with which they dealt. It is therefore not 

 surprising that they arrived at very different conclusions. 



Owing to this discrepancy, I have been at some pains to ascertain 

 the facts accurately ; and I give them below. 



The position of the deposit referred to by the above writers is shown 

 on the map (Plate III. fig. 1). It occurs near Lindal in Furness. In 

 figs. 2-4 a plan and two sections of the deposit are given. The data 

 from which these sections were prepared are given below ; they 

 were obtained by a number of shafts and boreholes put down by 

 the Ulverston Mining Company in search of haematite. The posi- 

 tions of the boreholes are shown in the plan and sections. 



Sections of Boreholes. 



(Explanation of local terms used : — Pinel = Boulder-clay ; Black muck* = 

 Vegetable deposit.) 



Borehole No. 41. 



Thickness Depth 



of each from 



stratum. surface, 



ft. in. ft. in. 



Surface-soil 2 2 



Grey pinel 6G 08 



Limestone 29 97 



Borehole No. 42. 



Surface-soil 10 10 



Blue clay 3 4 



Gravel and stones 20 24 



Borehole JN T o. 43. 



Surface-soil 1 1 



Gravel 10 2 



Blue clay 1 6 3 6 



Pinel (blue) 4 7 6 



Gravel = 9 16 6 



Gravelly pinel 10 26 6 



Black muck (woody) 5 o 31 6 



Blue sand 4 35 6 



Grey pinel 5 40 6 



Limestone 2 42 6 



Grey pinel 10 52 6 



Jointy limestone 28 80 6 



* The use of the term "Black muck" is here clearly wrong, but quite a 

 pardonable mistake for a borer to make. "Black muck," as that term is 

 usually understood in Furness, does not contain any vegetable matter. 



