Repokts of Societies. 



23 



over which the parties passed consisted solely of warp, peat, sand, 

 laminated clay, and new red sandstone formation. The moors, owing to 

 the excessive heat, presented a most deplorable spectacle. Great patches 

 of moorland, as far as the eye could reach, were completely devoid of 

 vegetati(m, and destitute of anything save the dried and charred 

 branches of the Ulex Europseus. The routes recommended to see the 

 moors advantageously were those from Medge Hall Station and Goole. A 

 party under the able leadership of Mr. Thomas Bunker proceeded from 

 Goole by way of the Goole fields and Warpings ; Mr. J. Harrison con- 

 ducted his party directly over the moors from Goole to Thorne ; the 

 party led by Mr. Francis Casson, commenced operations from the INIarket 

 Place, Thorne ; and a contingent under the guidance of Dr. Crowther 

 started from Crowle station, and after spending some time in the quaint 

 old country town, proceeded by way of Medge Hall to cross the moors to 

 the place of meeting. All these — as the Section reports wiU show — met 

 with fair success. At 4-30 p.m. the parties re-assembled at the Red Lion 

 Hotel, Thorne, for tea, and at 5-15 the sections commenced their opera- 

 tions, followed about six o'clock by the Rev. W. Fowler, M.A. , presiding 

 over the combined general meeting. Owing to the early hour of the 

 trains leaving Thorne, the business was of a multum in parvo character — 

 the chairman remarking that in order to get through it with greater speed, 

 he would suggest that the minutes of the Hornsea meeting be taken as 

 read. The attendance was large, about 80 being present, representing 14 

 societies. The following gentlemen were unanimously added to the 

 subscriber's list : — Mr. J. Broadhead, of Barnsley, and Mr. W. B. 

 Fawcett, of Driffield. IVIr. Lister asked if it was not the usual practice 

 to appoint gentlemen to represent the Union at the meetings of the 

 British Association. Mr. Roebuck stated that the president and secretary 

 of the Union were admissible to the meeting of the B.A. to be held at 

 York in August, but that the Union had no power to appoint any other 

 delegate. Mr. E. Clark proposed a vote of thanks, seconded by Mr. 

 Prest, for the various donations of valuable transactions received from 

 several sources. The Halifax Scientific Society and Geologists' Field 

 Club, and the Doncaster Microscopical Society, were admitted into the 

 Union. Dr. G. H. Crowther, L.D.S., Wakefield, proposed a vote of 

 thanks to the local secretaries, Mr. Thomas Bunker and i\Ir. John 

 Harrison for the very effectual and commendable arrangements for the 

 day's excursion. Thanks were voted, on the motion of Mr, T. Lister, to 

 the various gentlemen over whose land they had passed, for permission 

 to visit the moors, coupled with the names of Mr. Makin Durham and 

 Mr. James Elmhirst, and alluded strongly to the necessity for protecting 

 many moerland birds which were fast becoming extinct. The officers of 

 the different sections reported as follows : — Vertebrate zoologj'' by the 

 Rev. H. H. Slater, B.A., F.Z.S., president of the section : Of mammalia 

 only common species were seen ; of birds, 50 species were seen and 

 recorded, including kestrel, sparrow-hawk. * spotted flycatcher, * whin- 



