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considered that these beds had been somewhat overlooked, 
mainly because our Gloucestershire geologists had been led to 
regard as typical the section at Leckhampton, which by reason of 
the meagre development of the beds in that section it was not. 
, In the discussion which followed the reading of this paper, 
Dr. Wricut said he quite agreed with everything in it, but 
that it stopped short of the most interesting point. Mr. 
Wircuett had not given the origin of the “Pisolite.” As 
regards the basement beds, he was surprised that Mr. WircHELL 
had not referred to his paper published in the transactions of 
the Geological Society upwards of twenty years ago. He had 
measured the basement beds thirty years ago, and had given 
the results in that paper. The beds were not at all new to him. 
Mr. WircHE Lt, in reply, expressed his regret that he had not 
read Dr. Wricut’s paper. He had, however, seen a reference 
made to it by Professor Hutt, in his Memoir of the Geological 
Survey, in which the Professor stated, upon the authority of 
the Doctor’s paper, that the “ Pea Grit” was the basement of 
the Inferior Oolite and the introduction of the Oolitic structure. 
Mr. Wircuett therefore concluded that Mr. Hutt, in his paper, 
did not refer to the great thickness of the true basement beds 
which underlie the “ Pea Grit,” and rest upon the “Cephalopoda 
bed” of the Upper Lias, a thickness of more than 30 feet. 
It was, after some discussion, agreed that reference should 
be made to the paper published by Dr. Wricur. 
Mr. WircHett next exhibited some bones from the “ angular 
gravel” bed on the slope of Painswick hill, which he regarded 
as an important fact. They had been found at a considerable 
depth, and this he believed to be the first example of animal 
remains from the “angular gravel.” The nature of the bones 
was not given. 
The Second Winter Meeting was held on the afternoon of 
Monday, the 27th of February, under the presidency of Dr. 
Wrieut, F.R.S. 
A short paper was first read by the Rey. E. Cornrorp, in 
which was quoted a passage from ‘‘Chron. Abb. de Evesham, 
