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shales, forming here the lowest part of the Wenlock shale. In them have been 

 found tails of Cheirurus bimucronatus, but our party ^yere not so fortunate as to 

 find any. It was now time to return to Ludlow after a very pleasant day. 



On the 24th we took carriages to Mocktre, where there is a remarkably fine 

 section through the Upper Ludlow and Aymestry Limestone, down to the Lower 

 Ludlow— in which latter bed such fine specimens of Lituites and Phragmoceras, 

 and also Ischadites Konigii have been found. Our labours were not, however, 

 well rewarded, and we went on to Leintwardine. Here we dropped some of our 

 party, who went to look for Star-fish in the celebrated Church Hill quarry, but I 

 am grieved to say, that, partly from want of a guide, but chiefly from the state 

 of the quarry, they were not successful in finding the right beds. In the mean- 

 time, my brother President persuaded me to take him, and some others of the 

 party, to Pedwardine, where there is a fine exhibition of the Lingula flag beds 

 (containing abundance of Dictyonema sociale, and a few Lingulellffi ? ), 



lying at an angle of 25° to 30°, and covered nearly horizontally by beds of Llan- 

 dovery conglomerate. These beds were peculiarly interesting to Mr. Symonds, 

 as being similar in character, though superior in productiveness, to some in the 

 south end of the Malvern Ridge. Unfortunately we spent too much time here, 

 and consequently were unable to examine the interesting ground between Leint- 

 wardine and the Forge Bridge, as several members were obliged to get back to 

 Ludlow in time for the train to Hereford. 



Of our next meeting at Tarrington, on June 21st, I will say nothing, as it was 

 all old beaten ground for us, except that the Rev. Charles Smith gave us a 

 sumptuous breakfast on his lawn, which was done full justice to by his friends. 



On our last meeting at Abergavenny, on August 16th, we were splendidly 

 breakfasted at the Asylum by our friend Dr. McCullough, who was determined not 

 to be outshone by anyone in his entertainment. Here we w^ere on new ground for 

 us, it not having been supposed formerly that the Old Red beds in that neigh- 

 bourhood were fossiliferous. However, our brother members, Jlessrs. Elmes Steele 

 and McCullough, having seen the Fish remains of the Old Red near Ludlow, were 

 stimulated to search their own neighbourhood, and were fortunately rewarded 

 by finding, not only shields of Pteraspis Lloydii and Pteraspis Crouchii, as well 

 as Cephalaspis Lyellii and Cephalaspis asterolepis, but also another species of 

 Cephalaspis, which is declared by Professor Huxley (who has the specimens before 

 him) to be quite new. After seeing a large number of specimens— some very 

 fine — and breakfasting, we betook ourselves to the quarry in the grounds of the 

 establishment, whence the stone for the building was obtained. The loose stones 

 there, however, had been too diligently investigated to yield us much beyond 

 fragments, and we soon proceeded to the romantic sides of the SkjTryd, where we 

 had hoped to enjoy the magnificent views of the neighbourhood. Unfortunately, 

 a sharp scud of rain came on, and the mountain tops w-ere obscured by mists. 

 However, after sheltering for a few minutes, we resumed our walk, and while one 

 party went up to the top of the Sk>Tryd, the rest of us looked (but nearly in vain) at 

 a quarry of Cornstone on the east side of the mountain, where some of the choicest 



