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I prefer the term, May Hill Sandstone, to the new appellation, TTppei' 

 Llandovery, for two reasons. One is, that except in the presence of Pen- 

 tameri and Atrypa, the May HiU rock has nothing to do with the Llando- 

 very, to which in "Wales it is an unconformable cover. The Llandovery has 

 Caradoc species mixed with Pentamcri. The May HiU rock, of which the 

 purple shale forms the natui-al cover, has Upper Silurian species mingled with 

 Pentameri, and passes truly into the Woolhope beds. The second reason is 

 that, in science, the discoverer and true describer of a i-ock has the right of 

 priority to' name it ;. and the recognition of the true characters, position, and 

 contents of the May Hill Sandstone, as distinct from the Caradoc, is due to 

 Sedgwick, who, with a rare generosity, applied the name first used in the 

 Silurian system. The purple shale is a very continuous formation. It is 

 nearly colourless in North and South "Wales, where it is known by the name of 

 Tarannon Shale, and has but few fossils. 



The Rev, J. D. La Touche, exhibited a very beautiful model, in relief, 

 of the Onny River Valley and surrounding hills, made to scale and coloured. 

 It was very generally admired, and the wish was loudly expressed that some 

 member of the "Woolhope Club would construct a similar model of the Wool- 

 hope Valley of Elevation. And Mr. Salter took the opportunity of pointing out 

 very ably the great use of such models, and called upon the geologists of 

 Ludlow to mark down on a map all the minor faults and dislocations, which 

 were so numerous in the rocks of the distiict. Not to complete their lines by 

 hypothesis, but simply to mark down their exact occurrence in the exact spot, 

 and when this had been carefully done, the key to their exjilanation might 

 very possibly be found in the study of all the separate observations. 



The carriages for Oakley Park were now announced, and several of the 

 visitors that the early trains had not cruelly carried away, set off to visit the 

 celebrated old oaks there. Crossing the river Teme towards the "WTiite CUff, 

 the beautiful view of the castle, which is so well known, would gladly have 

 been sketched by more than one of the company, had time permitted. The 

 grounds of Oakley park were entered by the private road, and a beautiful 

 drive of nearly two miles led to the mansion. Here the visitors alighted, at 

 once paid a visit to the very interesting old oak trees, knotted and knarled, 

 with trunks covered by excrescences, and all more or less decayed. Some still 

 bore a goodly canopy of green leaves, but others had nothing to show but hoUow 

 boles and rotten boughs, or limbs broken and bare, presenting great variety in 

 picturesque form and outline, and to each one of them might be addressed 

 CowiJer's beaiitiful lines — 



" Time made thee what thou wast, king of the woods ; 

 And time hath made thee what thou art— a cave 

 For owls to roost in 



