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HUDLESTON AND DAVIS : EXCUESION. 
the President of the Geologists' Association, took the opportunity 
of tendering the thanks of the Association to Mr. Davis for the 
admirable manner in which he had conducted the excursions. He 
spoke of that gentleman's extensive knowledge of the geological 
features of the district, and referred to the trouble Avhich he had 
taken in making the arrangements which had given so much 
satisfaction to the visitors. — Mr. Davis made a suitable reply, in 
the course of which he expressed his gratification at having 
made the acquaintance of so many gentlemen, and hoped the 
present was only the first of a series of similar excursions. 
The rain was now coming down in torrents, and under these 
depressing circumstances very few of the members or their friends 
showed any anxiety to carry out the programme to its final 
completion. Only ten were found bold enough to enter upon the 
undertaking, amongst these being the Cicerone and the President. 
These gentlemen, well armed with umbrellas and waterproofs, 
walked, in a pouring rain which did not cease for a moment 
during the excursion, first of all to Norber, a distance of over a 
mile, where they sa^v the magnificent display of ice-borne boulders 
of Silurian rocks resting on mountain limestone. By Wharfe 
the small party walked round Mougliton Fells to Foredale. At 
Combe Quarries they saw from below an almost classical section 
where the mountain limestone lies unconformably on the upturned 
and folded edges of the sulurian slates and grits. A hurried walk 
took them to Horton-in-Ribblesdale, where they had the good 
fortune to catch the 6.43 train to Skipton. 
The contemplated excursion to Paygill Quarries on Saturday 
was abandoned, partly in consequence of the threatening nature 
of the weather, and partly because many of the members were 
anxious to return to their homes in good time. 
The excursions gave great satisfaction to the visitors, and 
were the means of introducing many persons for the first time to 
a district remarkable alike for its geological features and its fine 
scenery. There were few opportunities for obtaining fossils, but 
