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friends, numbered twenty-four, and included the President, 

 Mr. A. C. Pass, Prof. Lloyd Morgan, the Hon. Secretary, 

 Prof. F. R. Barren, the Rev. H. H. Winwood (Bath), Dr. 

 Norman (Bath), etc., etc. The party was met at Bath by 

 Dr. Norman and Rev. H. H. Winwood. 



The party drove by break to Hunter's Wish Farm, wbere 

 the Rag beds of Grreat Oolite were seen reposing on Fuller's 

 earth at the top of the slope, the Fuller's earth being from 

 120" to J 50 "thick. 



Below this the Inferior Oolite was seen in situ, and many 

 fossils such as Pexten Marshii, Rhynconella varians, and 

 trigonia (sp.) were found and collected. Below the Inferior 

 Oolite, Midford Sands were found in position. 



Not far from this spot, in a small quarry, highly inclined 

 beds of Grreat Oolite were seen with, some Fuller's earth. It 

 was suggested that these had been brought down by a land- 

 slip. The bottom of the valley was occupied by Lower Lias, 

 in which Gardenia Listeri and Ammonitis Ravicorbatus were 

 found. 



On the Lias there rest horizontal alluvial beds of peat, 

 with stratified marl, containing curious rounded concretions 

 of calcareous matter. Helix and nuts, much wood, and other 

 organic remains characteristic of the English Lias, were 

 found. 



It was suggested that the alluvial beds were formed in a 

 lake ponded back by the material brought down by the land- 

 slips before mentioned. Mr. W. H. Winwood kindly con- 

 ducted the party, for whose benefit he had had several small 

 pits opened out, by which the party were enabled to follow 

 the explanations of the geology of the locality offered by Mr. 

 Winwood. Tea was partaken of at a farmhouse, after 

 which the party returned by break to Bath. 



