ROUTES. —Sa^un/ay. Geologists, led by Mr. J. W. Stather, F.G.S., will 
leave the Station Hotel, at 9-30 a.m. for the Chalk Pits at Bessingby, White Hill, 
etc., and return in time to meet the afternoon party at the Hotel at 2 o'clock, 
thence along the shore to Sevverby and Dane's Dyke. The botanists, under the 
guidance of Messrs. J. F. Robinson and C. Crossland, F.L.S., will probably 
investigate Dane's Dyke ravine, etc. Dinner at 6 o'clock. 
On the following day the party will leave headquarters for Bempton and 
Speeton, and pay attention to the northern part of the headland, and the Speeton 
clays. Return from Speeton station at 5-43. Dinner at 6-30 p.m. 
Monday. Leave Bridlington at 9-17 (Hull 8-5), and alight at Bempton 
station, where the train will stop specially for the party. (The 10-27 ^"^om 
Scarborough will also stop at Bemjiton). A visit will be paid to the egg 
"dimmers," and after the contortions of "Old Dor" have been examined, the 
party will proceed to Thornwick Bay. Tea and meetings at the " Sea Bitds Hotel, 
J'lamborottgh, at 4 o'clock. 
PERMISSION to visit their properties has been kindly granted by iNIiss 
Cottrell Dormer, and T. G. Lloyd Greame, Esq. 
GEOLOGY. — The Geological Section will be officially represented by its 
President, Mr, Cosmo Johns, F.G.S. ; Secretary, Mr. E. Hawkesworth ; the Coast 
Erosion Committee by Dr. F. F. Walton, F.G.S. ; and the Boulder Committee by 
Mr. J. H. Howarth, J. P., F.G.S. 
Mr. J. W. Stather, F.G.S., writes: — It is impossible to do justice to the 
(ieology of Flamborough District within the limits of this circular. The following 
brief notes may, however, be of use : — 
Glacial Beds. — Glacial deposits are in evidence almost everywhere on 
Flamborough Head, but the best sections are to be found on the south side near 
Bridlington, and in Filey Bay on the north side. 
Speeton Estuarine Shell Bed. — At the base of the Glacial deposits on 
Middle Cliff Ridge at Speeton, an estuarine shell bed of muddy sand deserves 
examination. It has also recently been traced along the shore towards Reighton 
Gap, aud seems to be of the same age as the buried-cliff beds of Sewerby. 
The Sewerby Buried Cliff. — One of the most interesting sections of the 
whole coast-line occurs at the commencement of the Chalk, on the south side of the 
headland, and though obscured by sHpped material, it has been better exposed 
during the early spring of this year than for many years past. It consists of an 
ancient cliff of chalk buried under glacial beds. From the deposits backed up 
against the old cliff, a large quantity of the fragmentary remains of mammals, fish, 
and birds have been obtained from time to time, and only a few weeks ago a fine 
elephant's tusk was obtained from the same locality. 
Upper Qretaceous Beds. — With regard to the Chalk, the recent work done by 
Dr. A. W. Rowe and Mr. C. D. Sherborn has gone far towards working out the 
zonal sub-divisions (Proc. Geol. Assn., 1904), but much remains to be done by local 
observers. The authors identified the following zones in the cliffs on the south 
side of the headland, [a] Actinocamax qiiadratus. (d) Marsupites iestudinarins. 
(t) Micraster cor-angiiiniim. The fossil sponges, for which the chalk of Flamborough 
Head is celebrated, will be found most plentifully between Sewerby and Danes' 
Dyke, and the bed of Marsupites in the cliff, two or three hundred yards west of 
Danes' Dyke. No flint occurs in the chalk cliffs on the south side of the headland, 
but nodules begin to appear at High Stacks, a little south of the Lighthouse. 
From Selwicks Bay to the high cliffs of Buckton, the sections are made up entirely 
of flinty chalk (zones of Micraster co7'-testudinarium, Holaster planus, Terebrattilina 
gracilis, and Rhynchonella cuvieri, according to Dr. Rowe). Under Buckton, 
the softer flintless lower chalk rises into the base of the cliff. The details of this 
portion of the Cretaceous series have been carefully worked out by Mr. W. Hill. 
Lower Cretaceous Beds. — The Speeton clays come out from under the 
chalk escarpment at Speeton, a«id form for about a mile a low broken undercliff. 
Under favourable conditions, it is possible to trace a definite succession of zones, 
each containing fossils proper to it and not found elsewhere. More recently, 
Mr. C. (i. Danford, of Reighton, has added considerably to our knowledge of this 
wonderful section. 
The Coast Erosion Committee will hold a meeting with the Geological Section 
to consider their report. There is urgent matter now for consideration, since the 
Government is appointing a Royal Commission to take evidence and report. 
A meeting of the Boulder Committee will be held. 
BOTANY. — The Botanical Section will be officially represented by its 
Secretary (Mr. J. F. Robinson). 
Flowering Plants. — Mr. J. F. Robinson writes: — Although not noted for 
