Geological magazine . into oneanother, may be roughly represented by the following diagram, forwhich I am indebted to the kindness and courtesy of J. H. Good-child, Esq., of the Geological Survey :— Penrith. Appleby. Xirkby Older Palaeozoic Eocks (highly inclined). These few facts presented by our north-western area must make ushesitate before we pronounce the strata which occur there to be coloured Upper Coal-measures, or even stained Carboniferous ;indeed, if any weight at all is to be allowed to a comparison of themwith the facts presented in the Rothliegende of Germany, we canhar
Geological magazine . into oneanother, may be roughly represented by the following diagram, forwhich I am indebted to the kindness and courtesy of J. H. Good-child, Esq., of the Geological Survey :— Penrith. Appleby. Xirkby Older Palaeozoic Eocks (highly inclined). These few facts presented by our north-western area must make ushesitate before we pronounce the strata which occur there to be coloured Upper Coal-measures, or even stained Carboniferous ;indeed, if any weight at all is to be allowed to a comparison of themwith the facts presented in the Rothliegende of Germany, we canhardly do so, without classifying that great formation of the Conti-nent also with the Carboniferous. Until we are prepared to do this,we must, it seems to me, from the evidence before us, admit thatthere is to be found in the Eden Valley and the adjoining countrya true equivalent of the lower Dyassic formation of the remarks apply of course only to the strata which have beenmentioned ; the tFpper Sandstone series known as the St, BeesvSandstone is excluded, for reasons already given. With thislimitation the Permians of the Carlisle Basin will bear comparisonupon the whole with the Rothliegende of Germany in seve
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