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boulder stones (No. 1), several of them being upwards of a 
ton in weight. 
Vole Royal Section (No. 3). 
This interesting section, for the discovery of which we 
are indebted to Mr. Prestwich, is found about three miles 
due east of Macclesfield, on the turnpike road to Buxton, in 
Yale Royal, below Walker Barn. It is exposed in an old 
gravel pit, which has been wrought for the repair of roads, 
and occupies the end of a knoll lying between two little 
valleys, in which flow small streams of water. The lowest 
part of the deposit is not exposed so as to allow us to see on 
what it rests. Higher up the hill scattered boulders (No. 1) 
are seen lying on the surface. 
By the kindness of Mr. Sainter, the following section was 
obtained : — 
Ft. In. 
1. Surface soil (black mould) 1 0 
2. Ferruginous clays, gravel and small boulders.. 6 0 
3. Red sand 0 6 
4. Alternate beds of small gravel and drifted 
shale 4 6 
5. Loamy sand 3 0 
6. Drifted shale and gravel, with small boulders, 
and a few fragments of shells 2 8 
7. Sand and loam : 7 G 
8. Coarse sand, with boulders and pebbles 2 0 
9. Gravelly clay, with a few boulders 3 0 
10. Dark sandy gravel, containing shells in plenty. 
Depth not ascertained 2 0 
32 2 
In this locality nearly all the Macclesfield Cemetery Shells, 
including the Cytherea ckione and Cardium rusticum have 
been obtained by Mr. Sainter. The elevation of the beds, 
which lie over the Yoredale rocks, is about 1,200 feet above 
the sea. 
Bngsworth Section ( No. 3.) 
An interesting section is exposed in the valley of the 
Goyt, above Bottoms Hall, Derbyshire. In going along the 
road from that place to Bugsworth a cutting is seen on the 
north side which shews a section of about 25 feet of beds 
of well rounded gravel, composed of granites, porphyries, 
