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One of the best finds of the year was made by D. Solomon, 

 who found a fine specimen of Ammonites margaritatus in the 

 Pilley Brick Pit at the base of Leckhampton Hill. This specimen 

 was 57 inches across and very well preserved, it has been placed 

 in the Collection in the Museum, 



There was one excursion to a distance in June, when some 

 half dozen or so trained to Ledbury, but rain spoilt the afternoon. 

 Still we saw the Old Red Sandstone with its high angle of dip and 

 the underlying Silurian beds. Several typical fossils were obtained 

 from the latter beds such as Atrypa reticularis and Strophoi/iena 

 rhomboidalis. Howe and G. T. Neame proved very vigorous 

 hammerers. 



It is proposed to start this year a collection in the Museum of 

 the derived fossils to be obtained in the sands and gravels in the 

 neighbourhood of Cheltenham. Exposures of these yellow quartz- 

 ose sands are to be seen in several pits in the outskirts of the town 

 and there are to be found in them many fossils which have been 

 washed out of the Lias or Oolite and rolled along under water till 

 they were buried up in the sand in which they are now to be found. 



The new cuttings along the Cheltenham and Andoversford 

 line have not proved very prolific. But some good specimens 

 were found from the Middle Lias above the Reservoir and a few 

 other fossils were got near Charlton King's Station. 



Members of the Section who intend to collect fossils this year 

 should remember to bring back a small geological hammer with 

 them after the Easter holidays. 



