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usually uncultivated. The ground is covered by calcareous 
pasture, frequently disturbed by moles and rabbits, which 
bring to the surface fine, brown soil mixed with innumerable 
flints and fragments of chalk. The soil thus prepared acquires 
a new and conspicuous vegetation. In place of the close 
cropped pasture with its characteristic limestone species, the 
areas are inhabited by golden crosswort, along with the taller 
growing nettle, burdock and cleavers, while the ground iv)t, 
creeping buttercup, field and germander speedwells also 
occurred. In parts the Scotch Pine has been planted, but is 
far from healthy, and considerable parts of the slopes are 
covered with gorse. The common Ash grows well, and along 
with the Hawthorn, both of which seed freely, form in places 
an open woodland. 
On Monday the geologists spent their time in an exami- 
nation of the cliffs between Carr Naze and Gristhorpe Bay, 
where the celebrated fossil plant-bed received considerable 
attention. The botanists spent a profitable time southward, 
in the Primrose Valley, and along the cliffs beyond, where the 
numerous ponds amply repaid investigation. 
The Marine Biology Committee was represented by its 
President, Dr. Irving, and its Secretary, Rev. F. H. Woods. 
The workers in this section spent the day examining the Brig, 
with good results. 
The general meeting on Monday brought to a close a most 
successful gathering. Many excellent sectional reports were 
given, and hearty thanks accorded to .Mr. J. W. Stather for 
his services as divisional Secretary. 
Reference was made to the loss which the Union had 
sustained in the death of the late William West, F.L.S., of 
Bradford, a past President of the Union. A vote of condolence 
with the members of his family, and relatives, was moved 
from the chair, supported by Mr. Porritt and Mr. Wager, 
and carried. 
The evening gatherings were a pronounced success, and the 
four lectures delivered were extremely interesting. 
The President gave a characteristic address upon ‘ The 
early history of Filey,’ in which the salient features of Filey’s 
past were blended with humorous comments. Mr. Sheppard 
stated that like other resorts along the Yorkshire coast the 
popularity of Filey is supposed to date from the discovery of 
its Spa Well, the site of which still remains. Mr. Sheppard’s 
address will appear at length in The Naturalist. Additional 
interest was added to the address by the exhibit of a large 
collection of old prints, photographs, and books, dating a 
century back, relating to the early history of Filey. 
Dr. Woodhead’s address was upon ‘ Some problems of 
shore plants.’ After indicating the special features which 
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