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and the thin bed of Sandstone on which it rests, as belong- 
ing to a more recent formation, or to some local feature, such 
as the old river bed, referred to by Sir Cuartes Lye as 
running through the Forest of Dean. Reviewing the evidence, 
Mr. WerHERED said he was quite satisfied that the lower bed 
of Sandstone is the “ Millstone Grit,” though the characters 
it developes are peculiar, but he was disposed to regard the 
beds above as an outlier of the Trias; the pebble beds being 
identical with those at Budleigh Salterton, and those which 
follow as the lower beds of the ‘‘ Keuper.” 
Mr. Lucy, in opening the discussion, said he could not agree 
with Mr. Weruerep that this bed was the effect of unconform- 
ability. He believed that the beds above and below were 
* Millstone Grit,” and that this was an intercalated bed. The 
beds were all in complete order, with the exception of this, and 
it was necessary to account for such a complete displacement 
as that of the “New Red” being thrust up between these two 
beds. He hoped the Club would visit the section as being one 
of the most interesting in England. 
Dr. Wricur thought that the dip, showing a difference of 
between 15° and 40° of angle, was a strong mark of unconform- 
ability, and would require careful investigation before they 
decided that Mr. Werueren’s version was not a correct one. 
It suggested a great change of conditions and a great lapse of 
time between the formations, and it was most important that 
the point should be well worked out. 
The last Winter Meeting of the Club was held at the Lecture 
Theatre of the 
SCHOOL OF SCIENCE anp ART, ar GLOUCESTER, 
on Tuesday, the 2th of March in the present year, when a 
paper was read by Mr. Hanpet CossHam, F.G.S., on “The 
Cannington Park Limestone.” 
About four miles from Bridgewater, in Somersetshire, is a 
boss of highly crystalline Limestone, which for 40 years has 
occupied a doubtful geological position, having been regarded 
by some geologists as belonging to the Ilfracombe group of the 
