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WILLIAM SMITH : HIS MAPS AND MEMOIRS 
inside, was his work. It may, however, be the work of Phillips. The 
beds, as I well remember, were shown in inverse order, as though viewed 
from the land. There appears to be no reference to the matter in the 
reports; so that the point may not be cleared up. Unfortunately, about 
ten years ago, the work was obliterated, though Dr. Irving informs me 
it was, by painting and stencil, exactly reproduced by reversal, so that 
the sections are now shown as seen from the sea. Some of the colours 
Scarbro' ^lusMm 
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View of the Scarborough Museum as originally built ; from the 
Scarborough Philosophical Society's early reports. 
were made more distinct ; the colours in the reproduction were copied 
from the previous chart, but they are not the colours that Smith would 
have used, such as we see on all his maps and sections. 
In answer to my enquiry in reference to the Hackness map, Dr. 
Irving states, " We could find but one map, probably the one to which 
you refer, and tt, I understand,, came into the Society's possession 
during the past month or two. It is somewhat dirty, more or less 
tattered at the edges, and slighty torn." 
It seems that this map was originally in the possession of John 
Williamson, (father of Prof. W. C. Williamson) who was curator of the 
Scarborough Museum in Smith's time. He lodged with the grand- 
mother of Mr. Brogden, a member of the present Scarborough Society. 
At his death, most of his goods were sold, but the map and a few old 
books were left in the possession of the lady, who had recently handed 
