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of his paper that Mr. CossHam was made aware that the question 
had already been determined by Mr. Tawney. Under these 
circumstances, Mr. Cossuam’s observations could no longer be 
regarded as throwing new and original light upon the question, 
but merely as confirmatory of a proposition already established. 
Nevertheless, the work has its value as that of independent 
observers, and notably as having effected the conversion of Mr. 
ETHERIDGE, who when convinced of his previous error, at once 
with the candour of a lover of truth retracted his previously 
recorded opinions, and recognised the carboniferous value of 
the Cannington Limestones with all the important deductions 
resulting therefrom. 
Some observations were made by Rev. Mr. Winwoop, of Bath, 
who accompanied Mr. Tawney on his visit to Cannington, and by 
Dr. Wriceut, on the evidence of previous writers on the subject. 
Mr. Wircurrt then made some observations on a paper 
recently read by him on “The Basement Beds of the Inferior 
Oolite.” These had reference mainly to some remarks made 
by Dr. Wrieut, in which he claimed, in a paper published in 
the Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society so far back as 
1856, to have already distinguished the limestones below the 
“ Pea Grit” proper, which in their greater development in the 
Stroud district were regarded by Mr. Wrrcuett as having been 
hitherto overlooked. This led to a somewhat animated discus- 
sion, in which the Doctor energetically maintained his position. 
The meeting was addressed by Mr. Lucy, Mr. Lones, and 
Mr. Winwoop, with a general concurrence of opinion that 
having regard to the different facias presented by the same 
beds in different localities of the Cotteswolds, the independent 
work done by Mr. Wircnett must be recognised as a substantial 
contribution to our knowledge of the basement beds in question, 
and as a valuable extension to the Doctor’s earlier sections, the 
truth of which were not at all thereby called in question. 
With this meeting the work of the Club for the season termi- 
nated, and so I take leave to close this address, thanking you all 
for the kind support which I have uniformly, and now for so 
many years, received from the members of the Cotteswold Club. 
