200 Shiiffrey : Cypripedhun calceoliis still in Wharf edale. 



combination. The rain-water would easily percolate throug-h 

 the surface rocks, if of grit, and not only would the springs, 

 which would naturally break out at its junction with the shales, 

 tend to erode these, but masses of the overlying beds would 

 come down over the slippery surface of the shale, in the form of 

 landslips. All these features were noted in this district. The 

 rocks all belong to the Carboniferous system, ranging upwards 

 from the upper part of the Pendleside series, to the Kinderscout 

 and Middle Grits, the grits forming bold craggy escarpments, 

 the sides of the hills in many cases formed of slipped land, 

 obscuring the rock-features, and the lower beds of Pendleside 

 are exposed in the valley bottoms. The geologists, under the 

 able leadership of Messrs. Brown, Fielding, and other local 

 gentlemen, first examined the exposures of Kinderscout Grit, in 

 Nut Clough, particularly noticing its coarse character. The 

 quarries in the Middle Grits at Cock Hill were visited, but 

 the two thin coal seams, which it was hoped to see, were 

 covered with fallen debris. In the walls around were seen 

 many pieces of Galliard, containing traces of Stigmaria, Lepi- 

 dodendron, and other Carboniferous plant remains. Walking 

 over Wadsworth Moor to Pecket Well, the fine stretch of 

 country, with its glorious hills and dales, and its wealth of 

 wood, was much admired. Crimsworth Dean was reached 

 eventually, though, unfortunately somewhat late. There was 

 barely time to appreciate its natural charms, and its interesting 

 geology had to be glanced at very hurriedly. The main interest 

 lies in the thick bed of Pendleside Shales, which the stream flows 

 through for some distance. Up to a short time ago these 

 were regarded as the upper beds of the Yoredale series of 

 Jno. Phillips, but through the researches of Dr. J. Wheelton 

 Hind, mainly palseontological, they are now put in the 

 Pendleside series, above the Yoredales. The shales contain 

 an abundance of impressions of fossils. W". B. C. 



FLOWERING PLANTS, 

 Cypripedium calceolus still in Upper Wharf edale. — 



A plant in bloom of this rare orchid was found not many miles 

 from here on 6th June. But of the locality I must not speak 

 more particularly for obvious reasons. I hear already that an 

 attempt has been made, but without success, to discover the 

 single plant and dig up the root. — W. A. Shuffrey, Arnclifife 

 Vicarage, 21st June 1904. 



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