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ford, he then retreated his whole force down the hill and through 

 Bath to Lansdown. The Eoyalists keeping the opposite side of 

 the river passed on as related, and rested that night within 

 Batheaston bridge. He was glad to have the oversight corrected, 

 although no great harm had been done. 



The fourth afternoon meeting was held at the Institution on 

 Wednesday, Feb. 9th, when the "Note on the Ham Hill Stone," 

 contributed by Mr. Horace B. Woodward, of the Geological 

 Survey, was read by the Secretary. The object of the com- 

 munication was to define the position of that celebrated building 

 stone in the Inferior Oolite series, the conclusion being that the 

 Ham Hill stone belongs to the upper part of the Midford or 

 Inferior Oolite sands. Mr. McMurtrie, in the discussion which 

 followed, stated that he was not prepared to come to any definite 

 conclusion as to the exact position of the stone in the Inferior 

 Oolite series, as his attention had not been especially directed to 

 those beds. Hitherto the information respecting them afforded 

 by the Geological Survey was very meagre, and he congratulated 

 the Club on hearing this contribution to the subject from one so 

 well qualified to deal with it as was Mr. Woodward, who had 

 worked so much in our neighbourhood. He reminded the 

 members what a different aspect these beds put on in different 

 parts of the country, comparing their facies on the north of the 

 Mendips with that on the south, where they were more largely 

 developed and so different in appearance — instancing their thin 

 representatives in the neighbourhood of Frome and Mells, 

 resting upon the Carboniferous Limestones ; and their thickness 

 at Doulting and Ham Hill, both of which places were so 

 celebrated for their building stone. The Chairman, in giving 

 the thanks of the members to the author of the paper, stated 

 that everyone must be interested in this stone, who had 

 seen how much it had been used in our churches for 

 decorative and other purposes, and how durable it was. As 

 to his own church he stated that there was a tradition that the 

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