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fossils, including - Ostrea mars hit (Sow.) and Am. macrocephalus, 

 were obtained. 



The Scottlethorpe Anticline is crossed about i}£ miles from 

 the Edenham end of this line, and a small stream has cut out its 

 valley into the Lincolnshire Limestone. On its north slope 

 escarpments occur of Estuarine Clays, Great Oolite Limestone, 

 Great Oolite Clays, and Cornbrash, all dipping- to the N.E., 

 whilst the same beds crop out on the south bank and dip to the 

 S.W. The Scottlethorpe Anticline, and the small but very 

 distinct fault seen in the Great Oolites, gave some idea of the 

 extent to which these rocks have been folded and broken by 

 underground forces, and the position of the stream flowing 

 along" what was the crest of the anticline, with the flanking 

 escarpments, enable us to picture something- of the extent of 

 denudation which has taken place. 



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Several good pits in Lincolnshire Limestone were visited in 

 Grimsthorpe Park, but very little time could be spent there 

 owing to the slow progress which had been made along the old 

 railway. Had time permitted, it was the general opinion that 

 much more good work by the various naturalists would have 

 been done. The day went all too quickly, and Grimsthorpe 

 Park, with its woods and marshes, as well as its pits, had to be 

 passed over rapidly. Carriages were in waiting near the ruins 

 of St. Mary's Abbey to convey the party through the park— 

 a luxury many tired collectors fully appreciated — to the Little 

 Bytham Rectory, where the Rev. and Mrs. Giles had most 

 generously provided an excellent tea on the lawn. 



Reports from the various leaders of sections were afterwards 

 submitted, which have since been revised, and all tend to show 

 a most successful day. 



1901 Fehruary 1. 



