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limits of the basin; and when we know that at Burford, in 
Oxfordshire, coal-measures with characteristic fossils have been 
determined at a depth of 1200 feet, this view must not be over- 
looked when the question of the extension of other coal-fields 
east of the Bristol basin comes to be considered. This and 
other questions bearing upon the immediate area were touched 
upon by Mr. Erneripes. 
The party next proceeded to mount the heights of Lansdown, 
where it had been the intention of Mr. CossHam, who had 
prepared a memoir on the subject, to describe the general 
features of the fight which took place on that ground between 
the forces of the King and those of the Parliament, on the 5th 
of July, 1643, in which engagement the gallant Sir Bevin 
GRENVILLE was slain; whose monument, raised on the spot 
where he fell, was dimly visible through the veil of descending 
rain. 
The broad physical features of the surrounding country would 
have been explained by Mr. Eruzriper from Lansdown hill, 
had weather permitted, for probably no spot within the Bath 
area equals this elevated plateau, as a point from whence to 
generalise upon the structure and geologic history of the grand 
panorama spread out in all directions, especially that which 
embraces the entire range of the extensive coal-field from north 
to south—from Tortworth to the Mendip Hills. No area in 
England exhibits such instructive evidence of denudation under 
every possible condition; and to the student of stratigraphical 
geology, especially in the Jurassic division of the secondary 
rocks, the Bath area has no equal. The only drawback to the 
pleasure in store for the Cotteswoldians in their anticipated 
study of the area, was the weather, and if the day could be 
called, in geologic parlance, “a period,” most assuredly it was a 
“ Plwial” one. But there was “ Balm in Gilead,” and though 
the feast of geologic lore was witheld, that of substantial 
creature comforts was there in abundance to satisfy appetites 
not a little sharpened by exposure to the chilly vapours without, 
for upon arrival at the “Grand Stand,” on the race-course, 
they found that their hospitable entertainer, Mr. Cossam, had- 
