714 Gr. H. HOLLINGWOKTU ON A PEAT BED AT OLDHAM. 



west. The upper clay is continuous to the east for at least 200 

 yards, and was proved to be about 4 feet thick for 15 yards to the 

 east of the section by the operations of the Railway Company in 

 search of sand. At that point the sand was more than 6 feet in 

 thickness, the bed of peat having run out. The boulders are mostly 

 from a distance (porphyries, granites, &c.) ; but a few are of local 

 origin, one picked up being gainster from the lower coal-measures. 



The section, which is now covered up, was measured by me when 

 about 6 yards of the strata had been excavated from the face at 

 right angles to the section. 



The peat bed terminates on the right of the section ; but on the 

 left or north the upper bed is going forward. The floor clay (4) is 

 of a fine silty nature generally, and is very similar to the floor clay 

 of the Ashton Moss (Ashton-under-Lyne) as exposed in the railway- 

 cutting. 



The mosses &c. have been placed in the hands of the Rev. J. 

 Ferguson, of Brechin, N. B.,for examination ; but his final report has 

 not yet been received. They are, however, of decidedly northern 

 character. 



