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of inspecting the Kingswood Collieries, and were made 

 acquainted with the physical conditions affecting the coal 

 deposits of that area, more especially with those which govern 

 the upper series of coals and their relations to the great 

 thickness of " Pennant " sandstones, which in that district 

 divide the upper from the lower coal measures. It was then 

 urgently j)ressed upon the Club that they should at a future 

 meeting complete their survey of the basin by an examination 

 of the ground between Mangotsfield and Bitton, and from 

 thence to Bristol. This object was not lost sight of, and in 

 fixing the programme for the present season, it was arranged 

 that the June Meeting should be devoted to the purpose. 

 Mr. CossHAM again, in a spirit of splendid hospitality, under- 

 took all arrangements for the day, which included a visit to 

 the remarkable " fault " at Willsbridge, near Bitton, and a 

 voyage from Keynsham up the Avon to Bristol, with a dinner 

 on board the boat. 



The beauty of the day and the attractive features of the 

 programme drew together a large concourse of members and 

 their friends, of whom nearly sixty assembled around the 

 President at Bitton Station. 



Willsbridge crosses the line of rail about a quarter of a mile 

 from Bitton Station, and is thrown over a cutting which reveals 

 a very remarkable " fault." At this point the ISTew Eed Marls, 

 with the overlying Rhoetic series and the " Ostrea " beds, of 

 the Lower Lias, are " faulted " against the " Pennant " by a 

 " throw " of about 500 feet ; the edges of the more recent rocks 

 being thrown up at a high angle against the line of fracture, 

 which is absolutely perpendicular, like a- wall. Here the party 

 arranged themselves on either side of the cutting, while sections 

 on a large scale were displayed, by the help of which the 

 audience was enabled to follow the explanations of the geological 

 features of the district, which were most instructively detailed 

 by Mr. Etheeidge, F.R.S., of the Geological Survey; by Mr. 

 Charles Mooee, Dr. Weight, Mr. McMueteie and Mr. 

 Handel Cossham. An excellent liincheon having been discussed. 



