XXXVI. Notes on a Section seen in a Drain on the Lands of Davieland, near Thornliebank

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The drain in question runs parallel to the road which leads from the west end of Thornliebank to Clarkston, and about 50 yards south of the same. It was pointed out to us during an excursion of the Glasgow Geological Society in November, 1903. The specimens referred to were taken from a point about 200 yards east of the boundary of the Rouken Glen Park. Unfortunately it was dusk ere we arrived, and we could only secure a few specimens. I made another trip a few days later, only to find that the drain was being filled up, and, what between the slush and the men working in the hole, I was unable to get the proper section or to secure enough specimens to piece together what I consider one of the most interesting bits of local history that has turned up of late years. The best section I saw was something like the following: — Most of our Marine Limestones have a bed of coal lying at a short distance underneath, and the Arden is no exception to this rule, although it was not seen in this section. The Arden Limestone has been extensively wrought in this district for many years, but as the work ceases at the bottom of the Limestone I have never before seen these shales exposed. Our late respected Vice-President, John Young, LL.D., however, recorded the finding of these shales in a drain at Arden Old Limestone Quarry, about a mile west from here. This This 250-word extract was created in the absence of an abstract