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secretary's report. 
The third General Meeting and Field Excursion Avere held 
at Thirsk as a centre for a two days' investigation of the western 
slopes of the Hambledon Hills from Kirkby Knowle to Lower 
Kilburn, including the chief beds of the Middle and Lower 
Oolites, the Upper Lias, and interesting glacial features. 
The party proceeded by wagonette to Kirkby Knowle, 
via South Kilvington and Upsall, where exposures of the Dogger 
and the MiUipore Bed were found on the hillside. The latter 
showed lustre-mottling. 
From the northern face of Woolmoor an extensive view 
was obtained of the Hambledon escarpment, showing a fine 
succession of terraced hills, one bed after the other having been 
stripped aw^ay by weathering. 
A short stay was made in a gravel-pit at Kirkby Knowle, 
where an interesting assemblage of rocks was found, including 
Yoredale Limestones and Cherts, Carboniferous Limestone with 
encrinites and corals, Lake District andesitic lavas and ashes. 
The slope to Brockholes was then climbed, in which a fine section 
of the Grey Limestone and Middle Estuarine beds was seen, 
the steep face being due to an extensive landslip. On climbing 
to the top of the escarpment a splendid view was obtained over 
the vale of York and the vale of Mowbray, and extending up 
the whole length of Wensleydale, with the bold cliff of Penhill 
Beacon standing out prominently. Over the lower spurs of 
the Pennine Chain could be seen the masses of great Whernside 
and Buckden Pike. Descending to a wide overflow-channel 
running between Kirkby Knowle and the moorlands, the Knowle 
was ascended to visit a quarry in the Estuarine Sandstones in 
which quantities of Equisetum were found, one specimen being 
10 or 12 feet in length. A lateral overflow channel was followed 
at Stonecliff Wood, near Pallett Hill, and the wood traversed 
to see the southern outlet of the fine glacier-channel at Wandhill 
Wood. A new cutting for the road revealed an excellent section 
in boulder-clay, with many cherts and scratched pebbles of 
Carboniferous Limestone. 
A return was then made to Feliskirk, and a visit paid to 
the church, with its noble Norman apse and beautiful Knight 
Templar monument. The party returned to Thirsk by wagonette. 
