TRAINS LEAVE FOR 
Hull, 5-15, 6-35, 8-35, 9-35. 
Grimsby, 5-15, 6-35, 8-35. 
Lincoln, 515. 
BOOKS AND MAPS.— The whole area is included in Sheet 86 of the 
One-Inch Ordnance Map, which may be obtained geologically coloured, and in 
the drift edition. 
THt DISTRICT to be investigated includes the well known Barton and 
South Ferriby Chalk Quarries and Humber Foreshore. Fresh-water Drains and 
deep " Blow^ Wells" are available along the route for those interested in Pond Life 
or Fresh-water Mollusca. 
HEADQUARTERS— George Hotel, Barton. 
Accommodation — For those desiring to slay the week-end the tarms are 5/- 
per day for bed, breakfast, sandwiches and dinner. Applications should be made 
to Mr. J. G. Squires, George Hotel. 
ROUTES. — On the arrival of the 11-5 train the party will proceed via the 
Dam Road, which is bordered by drains and across the fields 10 the Chalk Quarries 
and Humber Foreshore, and return via the Wesifield Road to the George Hotel. 
PERMISSION to visit their properties has been kindly granted by J. B. 
Tombleson, Esq., Messrs. Robson's Cement Co., Ltd., Messrs. Skelsey's Cement 
Co., and Harry Walker, Esq. 
GEOLOGY — The Cieological Section will be officially represented by Messrs. 
T. Sheppard, F.G.S. and J. W. Slather, F.G.S. 
Mr. T. Sheppard, F.G.S., writes : — From a Geological point of view, the district 
between South Ferriby and Barton-on-Humber is of great interest. For much of 
this distance there is a low-lying belt of old Humber silt, protected by an embank- 
ment from inundation by the high tides. This silt is largely excavated for brick 
making and the manufacture of cement. Below the silt is usually a bed of peat, 
of varying thickness, with remains of oak, birch, etc., and occasionally horn- 
cores and bones of Bos primigenius^ the ox, red deer, etc. Beneath the peat is 
the pre-glacial floor of the Humber, which rises at the foot of the chalk. This 
indicates that the estuary was formerly of greater dimensions than to-day. Near 
South Ferriby the edge of the old Humber coincides with its present-day margin, 
and, in places, the pre-glacial Hoor can be easily traced, and here and there glacial 
stride occur on the harder masses of rock, indicating that during the Great Ice Age 
a lobe of ice came up the Humber from the east. Near to the Humber shore, the 
northern escarpment of the Lincolnshire Wolds has been extensively quarried, there 
being three or four enormous chalk pits, which are still being worked. These shew 
sections in the middle and lower chalk, and the " black band " or Bclemnitella 
plena zone, which divides the two, occurs in the lower part of the sections. F>om 
this the characteristic belemnite is occasionally found. Fossils are fairly plentiful 
in these quarries, the small round sea-urchins ( Discoidea cylindrica), as well as 
Terebratulcc and Rhynchonella, being common. Very large ammonites, and fish 
remains, are not uncommom. On the foreshore, near South Ferriby Hall, the red 
chalk is exposed, and recently a bed of dark clay, which contains fossils distinctly 
of Neocomian type has been washed bare. 
BOTANY. — The Botanical Section will be officially represented by Rev, E. 
A. Woodrufi'e- Peacock and Rev. Canon W. Fowler. 
