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^'OTE ON A NEW SECTION IN THE GLACIAL DRIFTS OF HOLDERNESS. 
BY T. SHEPPARD, F.G.S., AND 
J. W. STATHER, F.G.S. 
On account of the important part which the Holderness 
drifts have played in connection with the theories of the glacia- 
tion of the country generally, it is proposed to place on record 
particulars of what is perhaps the finest artificial section in 
the English glacial series extant. The section has been made 
in a rounded hill, which is situated between the well-knoAvn 
Kelsey Hill and Burst wick gravel pits, and lies between the 
25 ft. and 50 ft. contour lines. (Fig. 1.) 
Fig. 1. 
MAP OF KELSEY HILL DISTRICT, SHOWING POSITION OF THE NEW PIT. 
In 1902 the North Eastern Railway Company commenced 
excavations by making a cutting across the eastern flank of 
the hill. Since then this cutting has been extended and deepened, 
and details of the beds as exposed from time to time have 
