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quarried for lime and road metal, but the Vice-President of the 
Club fully explained the most interesting sections exhibited in the 
various quarries. Representatives of three or four distinct 
geological formations are to be seen here. Highly inclined strata 
of Carboniferous Limestone form the base, planed off as smooth as. 
a table either by ice or water; here and there on this horizontal 
surface have been deposited strata of Rhetic age, full of fish bones 
and scales, and among them the teeth of a Kangaroo rat, 
Microlestes. There is also a thin band full of plants and insects 
and various shells, one peculiar to this Rhetic age being avicula 
contorta. 
Above these strata in some quarries appeared the White Lias, 
and above again horizontal strata of Oolite, the fissures in which 
were filled with deposits of quite later ages. All the coal strata 
above the Mountain Limestone, with the Pennant Sandstone and 
all the Triassic series, have been denuded and swept away. The 
Hapsford Mills were reached after a walk by these interesting 
geological sections of about a mile and a half, and the brakes 
were found awaiting the party at the summit of the hill. These 
speedily covered the distance to the Railway Station, and the 
train deposited all at Bath after arapid run of an hour. 
Siston Court and Church, October 6th—At the close of the 
Quarterly Meeting this day a small party of Members of the Bath 
Field Club proceeded by the 12.10 p.m. Midland train to Warmley 
station for the purpose of viewing Siston Court, by the sanction of 
the Hon. Mrs. Alfred Thesiger, who at present resides there, and 
the objects of interest in the village and Church. 
The weather was everything that was bad, an incessant down- 
pour of rain and a South-West gale, so that only nine Members 
started out of 23, who had signified to the Secretary their 
intention of joining the excursion. Those who braved the 
elements found, however, an excellent luncheon prepared for a 
much larger party at the Griffin Inn at Bridge Yate. The Vicar 
of Warmley was a guest at luncheon, and gave the Members many 
