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Notes and Comments. 



CHARA AND SHELL MARL. 

 Messrs. J. D. Dean and J. W. Jackson have recently 

 described'-" an interesting- deposit at Hawes Water, Silverdale, 

 Lancashire, which bears many resemblances to similar deposits 

 in East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, in which counties they 

 would well repay careful examination. The marl at Hawes 

 Water is covered by a bed of peat, and indicates a former 



Cliffs of Marl at Hawes Water. 



g-reater extension of the sheet of water. Some of the species in 

 the deposit have not so far been found livino- in the tarn. Lists 

 of shells in the marl, and living in the district, conclude this 

 interesting- article. The illustration, kindly lent us for the 

 purpose, shows a section in the marl at the side of the tarn. 



OLD INGLEBOROUGH.t 

 Under the above heading, Mr. H. M. White, who styles 

 himself ' The Lonsdale Hermit,' brings together in pamphlet 

 form a series of articles on the geology and early history of 

 Ingleborough, which are worth preserving. In addition to 

 notes on the solid geology and drift deposits, there are 



* Journal of Concholog-y, January 1905. 



t Elliot Stock, London, 1904, 108 pp., 2s. 6d. net. 



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