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CHAPTER IV. 
SECTIONS TO CONNECT THE LAXCASITIllE WITH THE YORKSHIRE 
COAL-FIELD. 
The appoiiitmeut of ^lessrs. Moi-ton and Embleton, on the 3rd 
May, 1839, to confer with the members of the Lancashire Society as 
to the formation of a section across the Penine Chain, so as to 
connect the Yorkshire and Lancashire Coal-fields, was duly acted 
upon by those gentlemen. The scheme was mutually satisfactory, 
and the general principle agreed to. Active steps were taken to form 
a section on the Yorkshire area, and amongst the most energetic in 
carrying it out was the Rev. William Thorp. The following letter from 
this gentleman, addressed to ^Ir. Embleton, expresses very well the 
eager spirit in which the work was prosecuted, and the care which 
was taken to verify every item of information by a practical study of 
the rocks and other strata exposed in the district. 
Piec. W. Tlm-p to Mr. Embleton. 
WOMERSLEY ViCARAGE, 
Wednesday, lOth July, 18S9. 
Dear Sir, 
How is your geological section coming on at Leeds ? Have you 
begun the map yet, and what state of progress is it in ? I have been 
hard at work this last six weeks, having been staying in the neighbour- 
hood of Barnsley, and therefore have had a fine opportunity of visiting 
the western portion of our Coal-field. I am daily expecting the 
section from Mr. Williamson, which is 10 yards long, of the Lancashire 
Coal-field, as he has promised to lend it me, and to let me have a 
copy, and I mean to be over in Lancashire the first week in next 
month. I liave been engaged with the strata between the Bradgate 
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