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the ramble the more enjoyable. Being on the original ground 
so well worked by Yorkshire’s pioneer geologist, Phillips, 
the party felt that it had an additional interest. The flat 
beds of limestone and shale exposed in the beds appeared 
in places with step-like regularity, and gave ample oppor- 
tunity for collecting the large Producti (from the ‘ Cockle 
beds ’), corals, encrinites, and other typical fossils. In some 
places these scars were traversed with deep joints with such 
unfailing regularity that, viewed from the slopes above, they 
might very readily be mistaken for pavements fashioned by 
man. At one point a thin seam of coal was pointed out, 
and though this was not of the purest, and would certainly 
contain a fair amount of ' ash,’ yet it served the local villagers 
to tide over the recent coal strike. This coal measure is of 
interest as being probably one of the lowest and therefore 
one of the oldest in the British Isles. The party also had an 
opportunity of examining the sections exposed during the 
construction of a small reservoir. 
While crossing over from one gill to another the members 
saw the various morainic and other glacial features which 
occur in the area, and it was apparent that the great Ice Age 
had played a not unimportant part in the configuration of 
the land in this district. 
It was refreshing to find, on the banks of the stream, near 
Askrigg, a quite flourishing little factory for making hay- 
rakes. This was driven by power derived from the stream, 
and the extent of the works was a surprise. It was also 
unexpected to learn to what an extent electricity is used 
both for motor power and for lighting. I shall not soon 
forget the shock I received on going into an old tumble-down 
cow-shed, in the hope of finding a stray ‘ by-gone,’ to observe 
an electric switch on the wall, a turn of which filled the place 
with electric light. 
Being so near Leyburn the present writer could not resist the 
kind invitation to visit Mr. Horne’s well-known museum of local 
antiquities, etc., in which are shown the fine collection of fossil 
fish teeth from the Carboniferous rocks, of which Mr. Horne is so 
justly proud. He will also long remember the walk along that 
marvellous natural terrace, the ‘ Shawl,’ upon which, some time 
ago, Mr. Horne found some interesting prehistoric remains. 
Nor can he refrain from mentioning the grand game of golf 
which he had with the veteran antiquary and the schoolmaster, 
over a most ‘ tricky ’ course, and with so close a finish ! 
Coleoptera. — Mr. M. L. Thompson reports that in wet 
moss, near the waterfalls in Whitfield Gill, were found : — - 
Myllcena brevicornis Matt. I Lesteva pubescens Man. 
Quedius auricomus Kies. Lesteva punctata Er. 
Stenus gaynemeri Duv. | (muscorum Duv.) 
1914 Sept. 1. 
