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one who has made a special study of the geology of the hill : 

 such a guide the Cotteswold Club was so fortunate as to possess 

 in Mr. Stoddaet, of Bristol, a gentleman thoroughly well skilled 

 in the geology of the surrounding district. 



Passing from Bristol, the hill of Dundry presents a bold front, 

 crowned by the conspicuous tower of its Church, — a land-mark 

 visible far away over the waters of the Bristol Channel, The 

 road on leaving Bristol passes over the red marls of the Trias, 

 rising gently to Bedminster Down, where the Rhcetic beds are 

 exposed with their characteristic fossils, amongst which are 

 enumerated ' Naiadites petiolata,' 'Estheria minuta,' ' Monotis 

 decussata,' ' Hyhodus minor,' ' Cythere liassica ' and the ' Insect- 

 hed.' The lower mass of the hill of Dundry is occupied by the 

 beds of the lias, and it is not until near the summit that the 

 Oolite is fallen in with. 



The first section examined was in a road-side quarry, called 



the "Cross-roads" quarry, a small opening made by the way-side 



for road-stone. Here are exposed the beds known as the 



* Humphresianus "-zone, the counter part of which must be 



sought in the so-called " Rolling-stone " quarry on Cleeve Hill 



beyond Cheltenham. The beds here are about 27 feet thick, and 



in descending order are thus distinguished by Mr. Stoddaet : — 



' Dimyaria ' bed 13 feet 



Ammonite bed 11 feet 



Iron-shot bed with Gasteropods 3 feet 



These beds abound in fossils, of which a characteristic 

 collection was soon formed. 



The next section visited was a quarry on the side of the hill 

 looking towards Chew Magna, where are displayed the Upper 

 Ragstones of the ' Parkinsoni '-zone (next above the beds last 

 examined) . 



These beds which are traversed by a band of coral, proved very 

 barren of fossils, a feature characteristic of all the beds of the 

 Oolite at Dundry, above the zone of ' Ammonites humphresianus.' 

 In immediate succession to the 'Rags' of the 'Parkinsoni '-zone, 

 and apparently a further development of the same, succeed the 

 building-stones on the summit of the hill, where it is evident 



