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at the Gloucester Station^ at 9.30 a.m., wliere two carriages 

 were in waiting for tlie service of the party during the day. 

 Their first halt was at Eedmarley, where the Rector, Mr. 

 NiBLETT, was in waiting to shew them the Church, which, 

 having undergone recently complete renovation, was interesting 

 to all except the Antiquary. A monumental brass within the 

 Church attracted a good deal of attention, being that of Geoege 

 Shipside, who was brother-in-law to Bishop Ridley, whom he 

 accompanied to the stake. Shipside died in 1609. Two re- 

 markable yew trees in the churchyard are likewise deserving of 

 notice. From Redmarley the party proceeded to Hazeldine, 

 the pretty residence of Lady Eobekts, where refreshments were 

 served, and a short address was delivered by Mr. Symonds, on 

 the geological features of the day's ramble. He drew attention 

 to the geologic history and the legendary lore of the beautiful 

 country around the southern Malverns; he described the "fault" 

 which at Hazeldine brings up the Lower Keuper Sandstones 

 against the Lower Keuper Marls — a "throw" of between 200 

 and 300 feet ; and explained the relation of the Keuper Rocks 

 generally to the Oolitic Rocks of the Cotteswolds and of Bredon 

 Hill, the Lias of Corsewood and Hasfield, and the liassic outliers 

 of Sarnhill and the Berrow. He then drew attention to the 

 position of some thin pebble-beds at the base of the " Water- 

 stones," which he had visited the previous week, in company 

 with Professor Peestwich. This bed contains quartzite pebbles 

 identical in character with those in the well-known pebble-bed 

 at Budleigh Salterton, in Devonshire ; and Capt. Roberts had 

 been so fortunate as to find traces of fossils, thus bringing the 

 analogy still closer. 



The walk to Haifield led the party over the Bromsberrow 

 Sandstones. These dark red beds are seen to dip under the 

 " Waterstones" of Redmarley. The drifts near the Dick House 

 were next visited, and the section near Clincher's Mill was 

 pointed out, where Mr. Symonds explained the views of Pro- 

 fesssor Prestwich respecting the masses of local debris overlying 

 old river-beds charged with ice-borne erratics. He shewed the 

 spot, where, in a quarry now closed, he once pointed out to Mr. 

 Lucy a large erratic block of " Wenlock" Limestone stranded 



