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Percy F. Kendall pointed out that the evidence was not in favour 
of this view. He was more inclined to believe that present 
denudation was slowly destroying the unusual shapes of these 
rocks, and bringing them to more ordinary types of weathering. 
He suggested that the evidence was in favour of Brimham Rocks 
being the result of a special and very severe period of denudation, 
and was inclined to attribute their formation to the extreme 
conditions of the glacial period operating on the out-cropping 
sandstones of the moor. From the moorland, a cross country 
traverse was taken to Smelt House, and the road followed to 
Pateley Bridge. The members dined together at the King's 
Arms Hotel, under the presidency of Edward Yorke, Esq., J. P., of 
Bewerley Hall, and afterwards the General Meeting was held. An 
address on the Mining and other interesting features of Nidderdale, 
was given by the Chairman, and Mr. Percy F. Kendall delivered 
an address on "The later Physical History of the River Nidd," 
which opened up an interesting discussion. A resolution of 
sympathy with Mrs. Tate, on the death of Mr. Thos. Tate, F.G.S., 
a member of our Council, and formerly Local Secretary for the 
Bradford district, was passed. Several of the members expressed 
deep regret at Mr. Tate's sudden death, and references were 
made to his wide scientific knowledge and accurate work, and 
especially to his important work as Secretary to the Yorkshire 
Boulder Committee. 
By the kind invitation of the Chairman (Edward Yorke, 
Esq.), the members paid a visit to Bewerley Hall on Sunday 
afternoon, and were shown over the gardens b}' Mr. and Mrs. Yorke. 
Bewerley Hall was erected on the site of a grange formerly 
belonging to the Monks of Fountains, and the small chapel at 
the back of the hall was pointed out, which bears the initials of 
Marmaduke Huby, Abbot of Fountains (1494-1526) and the 
motto: "Soli deo honor et gloria." Mr. Yorke then conducted 
the party through the Fishpond Wood to Raven's Gill, a beautiful 
little gorge formed by Raven's Beck. At the top of the gill the 
beck was crossed and several of the members climbed the moor- 
land path to Guy's Cliff, from which a fine view of Nidderdale 
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