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“Note on the Upper Coal Measures of Canobie, Dum- 
friesshire,” by E. W. Binney, President, F.R.S., &c. 
Mr. D. C. Davies, F.G.S., in a very interesting paper on 
the upper carboniferous strata of Shropshire and Denbigh- 
shire, just published in No. 129 of the Quarterly Journal of 
the Geological Society, in alluding to a section at Canobie 
of his (the President), printed in voL ii., third series, of this 
Society’s Transactions, p. 31, states, “Section 2 is one given 
by Mr. Binney of the strata at Canobie. Mr. Binney des- 
cribes the upper coal measures, group 1, as the highest in 
the kingdom. He considers the permians, to begin with 
the lowest breccia in group 2. These breccia are made up 
of carboniferous gritstones and limestones. They are inter- 
stratified with red shales containing rootlets of Stigmaria 
ficoides, and also with a bed of limestone, together with 
brown sandstones.” Now it is quite true that he considered 
the permians in this district begin with the lowest breccia 
in group 2, but the author has no doubt quite unintentionally 
made a mistake in supposing that the breccias are inter- 
stratified with red shales containing rootlets of Stigmaria. 
Such red shales are seen in the river, a little to the north of 
Canobie Bridge, and lie under the lowest bed of breccia, 
and not interstratified with the breccia beds. 
The words he (the President) used at page 851 of his 
paper are “Under this breccia (the lowest bed) was a 
bed of red shales, containing rootlets of Stigmaria ficoides. 
I did not see these shales absolutely passing into the 
breccia, owing to a covering of five yards of fallen bank, 
but they appear to dip in the same direction, namely, slightly 
east of south, although at a somewhat less inclination. 
With these shales I consider the coal measures to commence 
and the permian strata to terminate at the lowest bed of 
breccia.” Again, at page 852, he states, “ The shales under 
the last bed of breccia, containing Stigmaria rootlets, are 
considered by me to be the highest coal measures ever yet 
