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rather the section of it, is beautifully seen ; and Mr. Lee stated that if micro- 

 scopically examined in a very thin section, there is every appearance of this 

 spiral having been itself a tube. Corals are rather abundant here, and one of 

 the members was fortunate enough to find the head of a small Ulcenun, which is 

 by no means common. 



A further advance westward brought the party to the foot of a small cliff, 

 above which is the camp of the Gaercoed. The beds of AVenlock shale in the 

 cliff here seem all but horizontal, while a bed of limestone or harder shale, of no 

 great thickness apparently, and which lies in the bed of the river, has been 

 pushed up in a singular manner, as if by a heavy weight above, and forms seg- 

 ments of two if not three circles, the stones all pointing outwards and upwards 

 at a low angle, apparently from some point in the centre. This is the place 

 where lituites are usually found, but here again the members were unsuccessful, 

 as no specimen was procured, and they had to content themselves with collecting 

 the smaller brachiopoda, which are rather abundant just beyond this cUff ; 

 amongst them is a very pretty Spirifer. 



By the river side the rocks were broader »nd the reach very beautiful and 

 picturesque. The President summoned the members around him, and after 

 electing Mr. Hall, of Garford, and Capt. Pechell, of Springfield, Koss, as new 

 members of the Club, he called mpon the Rev. J. D. La Touche to read the 

 following paper. 



