216 
HYDE. 
feet in. 
OUTWOOD. 
feet 
in 
Clay 
11 0 
Bog 
11 
0 
Quick sand 
2 6 
Quick sand 
53 
3 
Strong marl 
22 6 
Buck leaf marl 
31 
2 
Quick sand 
2 6 
Red sand and gravel 
Loam with pebbles .... 
12 G 
with a yard of clay 
Buck leaf marl 
19 0 
in it 
15 
0 
Dry sand 
9 0 
Toad-back marl 
32 
3 
Quick sand and loam. . 
G 0 
Gravel 
3 
0 
Gravel 
3 0 
Coal measures 
Loam 
7 6 
Gravel and sand 
3 0 
145 
8 
Clay and loam 
15 G 
Gravel and soft metal 
containing- pebbles... 10 0 
Coal measures 
124 0 
From tl^e position of the Outwood section in a slight 
depression, and the higher grounds adjoining being capped 
with a bed of clay containing pebbles eight or ten feet in 
thickness, another deposit of clay should be placed on its top. 
Thus in one case there are six beds of boulder clay, and in the 
other only three. These are two of the many instances which 
could be adduced, and suggest caution in attempting to clas- 
sify these deposits without collecting and consulting numerous 
sections. 
A Paper was read entitled “ Enquiry into the question, 
Whether excess or deficiency of Temperature during part of 
the Year, is usually Compensated during the remainder of 
of the same year,” by G. Y. Vernon, F.R.A.S.. M.B.M.S. 
In order to see what truth there might be as to the tem- 
perature of part of the year, if above or below the average, 
being compensated during the remainder of the year, the 
