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ragstones, of whicli I have seen 13 feet exposed with out arriving at their 

 junction with the sands above. From these qiiaiTies to the summit of the 

 hill is somewhere about 180 feet, the greater part of which is composed of 

 the Upper Lias Sands, with indurated bands and layers of sandy nodules. 



" Of the inferior Oolite Limestones which would, if present, rest upon 

 these sands, I have seen no trace in this hill. Were they represented, their 

 hard masses would assuredly be conspicuous upon the face of the very steep 

 incline. I have never, however, found even a single displaced block nor an 

 Inferior Oolite Fossil on the sides of, or beneath the hill. The Inferior 

 Oolite may possibly be there for all that ; I can only say that I have not 

 been able to find it. 



" The following lists of fossils, thoiigh very small, are sufficient to identify 

 the Marlstone and the Upper Lias respectively : — 



From 'The Marlstone.' From 'The Upper Lias.' 



Ammonites margaritatus, Ammonites communis, 



Belemnites ir^regularis, crassus, 



Pecten cequivalvis, Raquinianus, 



Terehratula cornuta, bifrons, 



resupinata, serpentinus, 



punctata, radians, 



Moorei, Belemnites tricanaliculatus, 



Rhynchonella tetrakedra, Ter-ebratula Lijcetti, 



actita, pygmcea, 



Species of Myacites, Lima, Rhynchonella Moorei, 



Avicula, and other genera, Rhynchonella Bouchardii. 



occur, all recognisable as 



Middle Lias forms. 



"N.B. — Ammonites spinosus and Rhynchonella furciUata occurred to me also in 

 these beds, but on fragments of stone evidently derived from the Middle Lias." 



"Wednesday, 23rd of July. The Club met at the Frocester Station, and 

 proceeded over Frocester Hill, by way of Uleybury, Longdown, and Peak- 

 down, to Dursley, examining by the way the succession of beds met with 

 in the ascent of Frocester Hill, attention being more particularly directed 

 to the Cephalopoda-bed, which has been so thoroughly explored, and its 

 contents noted by Dr. Lycett. The examination of this bed was greatly 

 facilitated by the labours of workmen employed under the direction of Mr. 

 WiTCHELL, to clear away the rubble and expose the Ammonite-bed, which 

 yielded to the hammers of the party a good suite of characteristic fossils. 

 At the summit of the hill, attention was attracted to the striking example 

 of oblique lamination, which is there presented. The upper beds, perfectly 

 horizontal, are here seen to rest upon others in all respects perfectly homo- 



