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and the Forty Yards Coal ; the former seam being 80 yards below the 
Haigli Moor Coal. The roof of the Fish Coal consists of bituminous 
shale 6 inches in thickness, from which nearly the whole of the 
specimens described by ]\Ir. Teale were obtained, A remarkable fact 
of the thinning away of sandstone was mentioned ; two of the 
Middleton pits are 300 yards apart ; in one, the quarrystone or rock 
is 16 yards thick, in the other only two yards ; although the depth 
from the surface to the first seam is the same at both pits. Then 
followed a description of the Yard Coal at ^Middleton the Main Coal, 
the Eleven Yards Coal, and lastly the Beeston Coal, The section at 
Beeston was similar to that at Middleton. Other seams were known 
to exist below the Beeston seam, but Mr. Embleton deferred a con- 
sideration of them to a future opportunity. 
No sooner was the Leeds meeting over before preparation was 
being made for the next quarterly meeting to be held in March, at 
Bradford. Mr. Embleton was requested to visit that town, and to 
assist in the arrangements for the meeting. Mr. S. Sharp, the 
president of the Literary and Philosophical Society, took an energetic 
interest in the meeting, and secured the attendance of the Vicar of 
Bradford, the Rev. Dr. Scoresby, to preside. On the 13th January 
Mr. Wilson wrote to Mr. Embleton the letter following : — 
Mr. Wilson to Mr. Embleton. 
Banks, 13th January, 18Jfi. 
My Dear Sir, 
I quite forgot, on Friday, to tell you why you had not received 
the Calamite on Wednesday last as I promised. The morning was so 
frosty and the roads so rough that I rode to Barnsley to meet the 
coach instead of driving, and could not therefore very well convey 
the box. I now have it -at Mr. Cross's, where you will find it when 
it is convenient to send for it. 
I should be glad to borrow your Lindley and Hutton for a week, 
at any time when you can, without inconvenience, spare it, and shall 
be happy to lend you Mammatt's work on the Ashby Coal-field in 
return. As I am coming to Leeds, almost every week, I could convey 
them without any risk. 
I should be glad to know the exact cost of the Leeds Cases. 
