284 Erode: Yorkshire Naturalists at Coxwold and Kilburn. 



Quarry, Kilburn, and thence to the Scar. Mr. J. E. Hall reports 

 that the geologists made a start by inspecting the quarry at the 

 back of Shandy Hall, where about 20 feet of the Calcareous 

 Grits are exposed. Along the Kilburn Road, where water- 

 mains have been recently laid, several erratics were noted, 

 including Chert, Mountain Limestone, and various specimens 

 of Lake District lava, ash, and schist. On reaching Snape 

 Quarries a small part of the east face produced Ammonites tri- 

 plex, Am. cordatus, Linia rigida, and a few Gasteropods. In 

 a recently-worked section of sandstone near the summit Am. 

 perarmatus (?), Belemnites abbreviatus, and spines of a Cidaris 

 were noted. In the main quarry there is a fine section of the 

 Upper Calcareous Grits; and looking up at the towering escarp- 

 ment of Roulston Scar, it was difficult to realise that the rocks 

 here exposed are more recent than those which, in the Scar, lie 

 nearly 600 feet above. But such is the case ; for though it was 

 impossible to trace the Coral Rag, which was formerly exposed 

 at the base of the quarry, yet the finding of its characteristic 

 Coral (Thecosmilia annularis) by Mr. E. Hawkesworth proved 

 its existence ; and the visit paid to an old working of the Jet 

 Shales of the Upper Lias, in a neighbouring field, helped the 

 party to realise the remarkable character of the fault in a still 

 more vivid manner. 



At the Fauconberg Arms Hotel, Coxwold, the workers 

 gathered together for ' high tea ' after their pleasant tramp ; 

 and when ample justice had been done to the repast, during 

 which friends renewed acquaintance and enjoyed comparing 

 notes, the usual sectional meetings took place, followed by the 

 general meeting, over which Mr. P. F. Kendall presided with 

 characteristic ability and geniality. Ten affiliated societies 

 answered the roll-call read by Mr. E. Hawkesworth, the worthy 

 secretary ; and after four new members of the Union had been 

 elected, the customary brief but very interesting reports of the 

 results of the excursion were given by officers of the various 

 sections. These reports, made on the spot and by experts in 

 their own particular subject, are of necessity valuable ; and it is 

 hoped that the detailed form in which they appear here may 

 extend and preserve their value for a wider circle of naturalists, 

 beside serving to recall the incidents of a very pleasant day with 

 nature. All who were present supported with heartfelt sincerity 

 the vote of thanks to the landowners, whose kind permission 

 to go over their estates made such an enjoyable excursion 

 possible. 



Naturalist, 



