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members then walked along the brow of the Wolds, enjoying' 

 a glorious view of the Vale of York, through the picturesque 

 village of Welton, to the Mill Hill gravel-pit at Elloughton. 

 This is not worked to any great extent to-day, as the gravel has 

 nearly ' run out.' In the upper local gravel a few small pieces 

 of Roman pottery were obtained. The lower mammaliferous 

 bed was not exposed, but a few pieces of very large bones, 

 probably Elephas, were found. In the centre of this pit is 

 a very line boulder of Augite-syenite — the most westerly record 

 for this rock.* Lower down is the pit in the Kellaways sands, 

 which on a former occasion yielded numerous remains of Crypto- 

 clcu/its. Casts of Grvp/ucd bi/obata, Belemnites owenii, and other 

 Kellaways fossils occurred in profusion. In Mr. Prescott's pit, 

 on the low ground towards South Cave, excellent sections in 

 current bedded gravels were seen. These gravels, like the 

 upper gravels on Mill Hill, do not contain mammalian remains. 

 A few days prior to the visit of the Union, a Roman interment 

 had been unearthed in the upper part of this pit. It consisted 

 of a vase, a very fine spear-head of iron, the antler of a Red 

 Deer, much decomposed, and other bones and teeth. With the 

 stupidity which seems to characterise the average British work- 

 men, the vase was broken to pieces, and the fragments scattered 

 in all directions. It was only with the greatest difficulty that 

 a single piece could be found. The. spear-head and the deer 

 antler had been taken care of by Mr. Prescott, the owner of the 

 pit, and after showing the members these he was good enough 

 to present them to the Hull Museum. The spear-head, how- 

 ever, had not escaped the fatal curiosity of the workmen. It 

 had been knocked against a cart wheel, and the point was 

 broken off and lost ! 



At the northern end of Mr. Prescott's pit is a good section 

 showing the gradual change from the solid Millepore Limestone 

 to the gravel, and finally the surface soil. Across a field are the 

 ' Cockle Pits,' where very solid beds of Millepore occur. At 

 this place, which has a pool in the centre, and is surrounded by 

 trees in the best of their foliage, a well-earned rest was taken 

 by the geologists. 



The botanists were particularly well catered for, as regards 

 leaders, being under the guidance of Messrs. J. F. Robinson, 

 R. H. Philip, and C. Waterfall, and also officially represented 

 by Messrs. T. W. Woodhead, F.L.S., and J. J. Marshall. 



* See 'The Naturalist,' December 1900, p. 356. 



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