WITH THE YORKSHIRE COAL-FIELD. 
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Subjoined you have the borings which I promised to send you. 
Beheve me, dear Sir, yours sincerely, 
Chas. Morton. 
The Committee appointed on the 11th October to report on the 
best line of section across the Penine Chain, in conjunction with the 
Geological Society of Manchester, prepared a report to be submitted 
to the meeting at Leeds, and an invitation was sent to the Man- 
chester Society to send representatives to the meeting. This invita- 
tion was accepted, and Messrs. J. E. Bowman and Edward W. Binney 
were appointed. A meeting of the Council was held on the 4tli 
December at which those gentlemen were present, introduced by the 
following letter from Captain Brown : — 
Mr. Brown to Mr. Emhleton. 
Manchester Natural History Society, Peter Street, 
^th December, 1839. 
Dear Sir, 
I beg leave to introduce you to the bearers, my friends Mr. 
Bowman and Mr. Binney, who are sent as members of the deputation 
to attend the meeting at Leeds to-morrow, they are both very 
intelligent geologists, and I am sure you will find them so. 
I am sorry to say, that my time here has been so absorbed by 
my duties, that I have not had time to give that attention to the 
fossils which you sent me that they deserve, however, I shall in a 
w^eek or two turn my attention to the subject, and write you concerning 
them. 
I have been only able to get out two numbers of my ' Fossil 
Conchology,' and one of my ' Recent Shells,' since I came here. 
They are just now sent by Mr. Bowman to Mr. John Calvert, 10, 
Commercial Street, who will send your copies to you. 
Do you never come to Manchester, when you do, I shall be 
most happy to see you. 
Excuse haste, while I am, yours faithfully, 
Thos. Brown. 
The proposed sections and scales were thoroughly discussed, and 
Mr. Morton was entrusted with the task of introducing the subject 
at the public meeting on the following day. 
