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but no signs of the fossils of the Lias and Oolite we obtain at Cradley, Mathon, 

 and even as far as Netherton. Tlie presence therefore of these fossils with Lickey 

 quartz pebbles in great abundance at the southern extremity of the range of 

 valleys, and their absence at the northern portion of the district, has suggested 

 to me the idea that the depositing currents really set in from the north. Why 

 should not the detritus of Clincher's Mill contain the Liassic and Oolitic remains 

 equally with the vale of Cradley ? We know that, the Lias extending on the east 

 of the Malverns, at least as far as the Berrow Hill, had a current set in by way 

 of Haffield Camp and the south side, we must have found the remains in the 

 local deposits of that valley. ■ 



The business having concluded, the members proceeded to visit the beautiful 

 Church, restored by the late lamented Earl Somers, and the highly interesting 

 gardens attached to Eastnor Castle, which had been kindly thrown open to their 

 examination by the present Earl. The beauty and taste displayed in the Church, 

 not less than the rarity and beauty of the plants in the greenhouses, &c., elicited 

 general admiration. The great number of immense Mexican aloes, which were 

 ranged in a long line on one of the walks, was a most remarkable spectacle. 



THE MALVERN CLUB. 



The members of this newly-formed, but strong and vigorous, Club met about 

 10.30 am. at the Somers Arms. The President — the Rev. W. S. Symonds, Rector 

 of Pendock (who is also an active member of the Woolhope Club)— filled the chair. 



THE COTTESWOLD CLUB 



arrived soon afterwards, under the leadership of B. Baker, Esq., their esteemed 

 President. 



VISIT TO THE RAGGED STONE HILL. 



The three-fold gathering of naturalists now poured forth, in a .series of little 

 knots, along the road leading from their inn to Howler's End Hill. Here they 

 were joined by Mr. W. E. Strickland, Deputy-Reader in Geology at O.xford, who 

 directed the making of a sm.all experimental incision into the Black Shale on that 

 hill, with the view of exploring for impressions of the Asaphus caudatus, a small 

 trilobite. Some very good impressions of parts of the skeleton were found, but 

 the time at the disposal of the members did not permit of any extended search. 



The members proceeded to the Ragged Stone Hill, commonly but incorrectly 

 called the Gloucestershire Beacon, upon the steep and lofty summit of which 

 they seated themselves for some time to admire the wondrous and magnificent 

 panorama presented to them. Some perhaps amid their philosophy, touched by 

 a spice of the martial enthusiasm of the day, and the remembrances of the 

 stirring times when 



"Twelve fair counties saw the blaze on Malvern's airy height," 



