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Mr. Dyer communicated a letter from Mr. Joseph Barratt, 
of Southport, in which the writer endeavoured to account for 
storms on principles which appear to be almost identical with 
those advanced many years ago by the late Professor Espy 
and Mr. Thomas Hopkins. 
A Paper was read entitled “ Further Observations on the 
Permian andTriassic Strata of Lancashire,” by E.W.Binney, 
F.R.S., &c. 
In previous memoirs published in the Transactions of the 
Society, the author had given what information he possessed 
in a fragmentary state, just as he obtained it, of the permian 
strata of Lancashire and the north-western counties of West- 
moreland, Cumberland, and Dumfries, as well as the north- 
western corner of Yorkshire, and he took sections where he 
was fortunate enough to obtain them, but he made no 
attempt to lay the strata down continuously on a map, his 
materials being far from sufficient for such a purpose. 
By looking at a map of the county of Lancaster, the 
observer will find a great gap between the permian beds of 
Grimshaw Delph, Bradley Brook, and Skillaw Clough, to the 
north-west of Wigan, and the sections described by the 
author at Rougham Point near Cartmel, and Stank near 
Ulverston. The lower coal measures from Harrock Hill can 
be traced pretty well towards Chorley, and thence to near 
Withnell, and then the millstone grit runs to Hoghton, and 
across the country not very well seen to Griesdale, Scorton, 
Cleveley, Ellel, Ashton, near Abbey Lighthouse on the Lune, 
over the mouth of that river to Robshaw Point, and on to 
Heysham. The country forming the western boundary of 
the above line is a low district, a good deal covered up with 
drift, and affording few natural sections to show clearly the 
relation of the carboniferous to the permian strata. The 
district probably may afford some sections if carefully inves- 
tigated, but up to this time it has been quietly dismissed by 
colouring it red for trias. 
