HOTEL ACCOMMODATION.— The head-quarters will be at the "Hare 
iind Hounds," Newton. Accommodation is very limited and practically only double 
beds are to be obtained. It is absolutely necessary that members should write 
at once to the Divisional Secretary in order to secure a bed. 
Conveyances. — Conveyances will run from Clitheroe, but it is necessary that 
members should acquaint the Secretar}- at once as to the day and time they will 
arrive at Clitheroe, so that arrangements may be made for taking a party over to 
Newton. Return fares on Friday and Saturday 4/3. 
Monday Excursion. — Conveyances will meet the train arriving at Clitheroe 
from Hellifield at 9-0 a.m. Fare 3/- return. 
Special Note. — Three clear days' notice has to be given for the conveyances, 
otherwise they cannot be guaranteed. The utmost difficulty has been experienced 
in making these arrangements, and members are specially desired to let the 
Divisional Secretary know at once when they will arrive. 
THE DISTRICT to be investigated is on this occasion the Northern portion 
of Rowland, the basins of the various streams which converge on Slaidburn, from 
the N., N.E. and N. W., as well as the immediate vicinity of Slaidburn itself. It is 
all liigh lying ground, above 400 feel and rising to 12 16 feet at Whelpstone Crag, 
1379 feet at JBowland Knotts, 1731 feet at Wolf hole Crag, and 1784 feet at Bolton 
Head Fell. 
BOOKS & MAPS.— The whole area is included in two Sheets 59 (91 N.E.) 
and 00 (92 N.W.) of the one-inch Ordnance Map. Published geologically coloured. 
PERMISSION to visit his estate has been kindly granted by Mr. W. Peel, 
of Knowlmere. 
The following conditions must be observed : — No ])irds eggs or young to be 
taken, no rare plants to be rooted up and care Ije laken that the game be not 
<listur]jed. 
ROUTES. — These must be arranged from day to day as it is impossil)le to hx 
ihem in advance. 
GEOLOGY. — The Geological Section will be represented by its President, 
I\Ir. A. R. Dwerryhouse, D.Sc. 
Mr. R. H. Tiddeman, M.A., F.G.S., writes (in the 1896 circular) that Rowland 
is a district which has been of late years, probably in consecjuence of its distance 
from railways, very little visited by geologists, but here John Phillips and Gilbertson 
got many of their best specimens. The rocks are all Carboniferous, and in descend- 
ing order consist of Millstone Grits, Rowland Shales, Pendleside Grit (inconstant), 
Pendleside Limestone, Shales-with-Limestones, and Carboniferous Limestone 
(main mass). The greater part of the limestones about Whitewell, Knowlemere, 
and Dunnow, probably belongs to the Pendleside Limestone horizon, and the 
display of Reef-knolls is exceedingly good and characteristic. These in lower 
parts of the valleys, with the steep slopes of Rowland Shales above, surmounted by 
the escarpments of Millstone (}rit (' Pendle Grit '), give great charm to Rowland 
scenery. The drive from Clitheroe to Whitewell is for the most part tame, though 
giving good views of Pendle and its range in the distance, and contrasts strongly 
with the vigorous features of the Forest of Rowland. Starting from one great 
anticline at Clitheroe, another will lie met with at Whitewell, and a third at or near 
the Trough of Rowland. The second anticline is broken by faults between Rrows- 
holme and Knowlmere, which bring the Millstone Grit down to the Hodder near 
Knowlmere. The views of the Ingleborough chain from Rowland Knotts 
(Millstone Grit) are exceedingly fme on a clear day, and some interesting instances 
of ice-drift may be seen there. 
