PROCEEDINGS 
OF THE 
YORKSHIRE 
Vol. VII.— Part I. 
WITH FIVE PLATES. 
Edited by JAMES W. DAVIS, F.L.S., F.G.S. 
1878. 
CONTENTS. 
PAPERS :— page 
L Address. By Lord Houghton, D.C.L., F.R.S., &c., &c, Vice-President.. . . 1 
2. "On a New Method of Studying the Optical Characters of 
Minerals." By H. C. Sorby, F.R.S., Pres.G.S., &c 5 
3. "The Geological History of East Yorkshire." By the Rev. J. F. 
Blake, M.A., F.G.S 15 
4. "On the Red Chalk." By the Rev. E. Maule Cole, M.A., &c 30 
5. " On the Occurrence of certain Fish-remains in the Coal-measures, 
and the Evidence they afford of Fresh-water Origin." By 
James W. Davis, F.G.S., L.S 40 
6. "On the Physical Geography of the German Ocean." By J. W. 
Woodall, J. P. (Publication deferred. J 
7. "On the History and Objects of the Society, especially with 
reference to the history of selby and the geology of selby 
and the District." By J. T. Atkinson, F.G.S 52 
8. "On the Southward Flow of Shap Granite Boulders." By J. R. 
Dakyns, M.A., of H.M. Geological Survey 60 
9. "On the Triassic Boulder, Pebble and Clay Beds at Sutton Cold- 
field, near Birmingham." By J. Edmund Clark, B.A., B.Sc, F.G.S. 60 
10. "A Contribution to the Flora of the Lower Coal Measures of 
the Parish of Halifax, Yorkshire." By Wm. Cash, F.G.S., and 
Thos. Hick, B.A., B.Sc, &c 73 
11. "On an Orthoceras of the Millstone Grit." By Rev. J. Stanley 
Tute, B.A 82 
12. Gordale Scar (Photograph J. By the Editor 83 
13. Annual Report 85 
14. Minutes and Balance Sheet 88 
15. Summary of Geological Literature, 1876 and 1877 97 
16. List of Members 100 
Title Page and Index for Vol. VI. 
LEEDS: 
PEINTED BY McCOEQUODALE & CO. 
1879. 
