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YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS AT MARKET WEIGHTON. 



On Saturday, May 8th, the members of the Yorkshire 

 Naturalists' Union commenced their 48th year's field work in 

 the county by investigating the country around Market Weigh- 

 ton, where the wolds, dales, commons, woods, quarries and 

 canal give that variety which is the charm of the life of the 

 naturalist. As is usual on this Society's excursions, the weather 

 was ideal, and the sixty members present were in every way 

 satisfied. A pleasing feature was the number of local teachers, 

 members of the East Riding Nature Study Association. 



Plwto by] The Market Weighton Canal. [S. H. Smith. 



The geologists, under the leadership of Mr. J. W. Stather, 

 examined the Goodmanham Valley, which, besides many fine 

 physiographical features, contained sections in the Lias, Red 

 and White Chalk, and Gravel. In the Chalk some important 

 zonal fossils were recorded, including large specimens of 

 Terehratulina gracilis. This party also paid a visit to the 

 church at Goodmanham, on the site of which, according to 

 Bede, the great pagan temple was destroyed by its converted 

 priest. 



NnturaJis., 



