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upon the lower scar limestone, all iiiuc-i contorted. At Slaidbnrn 
similar rocks may be seen, and in Lothersdale there is an exposure at 
Kay Gill, a vast cpiarry of contorted limestone. The beds are much 
faulted, and veins of barytes traverse the limestone in the lines of fault. 
At Park Head Quarry, an anticlinal is manifest, and in the Skipton 
Rock, limestone has been quarried, so that a considerable surface is 
exposed, the beds standing at a very high angle towards Bolton 
Abbey ; a good section may be seen at Draugliton. Near Bolton 
Bridge the anticlinal crosses the Wharfe and extends towards Bhibber- 
houses, and thence to Harrogate and Knaresborough. The anticlinals 
are due to lateral pressure, such as would be caused by unequal 
resistance to the thrust of a mountain mass. The crust of the earth 
being in a state of tension, denudation or other agents destroyed its 
equilibrium and caused lateral motion, and in many cases elevation at 
the weaker points : and to some such action extending over an in- 
detinite period, the Craven anticlinals are attributed. 
Mr. J. W. Salter contributed a paper on Sacocaris, a new genus 
of Phyllopoda, from the lingula Hags. This species had been dis- 
covered by Mr. Humfrey, and was the first of its kind that had been 
discovered on so low a horizon. 
Mr. Denny read a paper which had been forwarded to him by 
Dr. U. Seyffarth, professor in the Concord College, St. Louis, U.S., 
on the remarkable munnny in the collection of the Literary and 
Philosophical Society at Leeds, from which it appears that it is the 
remains of an Egyptian minister born in 1722, B.C., 144 years subse- 
quent to the exodus of the Israelites. The nnimmy was procured 
from Gournou, the burial place at Thebes, and transmitted to London 
for sale. It was purchased by the late Mr. Blaydes, and presented 
to the museum in 1(S24. The mummy's name Avas Enkasiv-Amun, and 
he was minister during the combined reigns of Osimanphtha and 
Rameses. An interesting description is given of the hieroglyphics on 
the clothing of the mummy, illustrated by figui'es. 
On the 3rd September, 1862, the Society appears to have had 
its first geological excursion ; in this respect, following the example of 
the Manchester Geological Society, which had held occasional field 
days. The members met at the museum of the Philosophical Society 
