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remarkably fine floor of Lias rock seen, extending into the river 
fully 50 yards, presenting a clean smooth appearance, much 
jointed, forming generally long squares, the straight joints 
running north and south, and dipping under the Severn at an 
angle of about five degrees. The stone is much denser and 
harder than the ordinary Lower Lias beds of the district. 
This part of the cliff is a good deal exposed to tidal action, 
and I am informed by Mr Cuzeram, of Saul Lodge, that 
within the last half century it has been washed away 50 feet. 
The bed of stone No. 5 at the N. W. is not quite continuous,. 
and at the S.E. falls until it forms a shelf or ledge which 
indicates there about high water mark, and No. 13, following 
the same course, drops to low water mark. 
I am indebted to Dr Wricur for naming the following 
fossils :— 
Bed No. 5: Ammonites Semicostatus, Pentacrinites tubercu- 
latus, pecten, probably textorius, Orbicula Townshendi, Ostrea. 
No. 11 is literally made up of a mass of organic remains, and 
contains Limas antiqua and Gigantea; Avicula cygnipes very 
abundant; Pecten, full-ribbed, Rhynchonella variabilis ; small 
Terebratula, spines of Cidaris ; Pseudo-diadema (Rotatum) with 
two plates and many long spines; Pentacrinites tuberculatus, 
with numerous side arms; Ostrea (small,) Modiola, Cardinia, 
Ammonites Johnstoni and Conybeari, Gryphea arcuata, &c., &e., 
and some fossil wood. 
In No. 13 I found three very large specimens of Nautilus 
striatus, encrusted with oysters. 
I submitted several pieces of the beds to my friend Mr 
Tuos. Suarrer, of Evesham, who has studied the Foraminifera 
of the Lower Lias, and he failed to find a true Nummulite. In 
No. 5 and 13 he found several Foraminifera, Involutina liassica. 
Pentacrinites occur in No. 17, and are to be found in nearly 
all the beds. 
No. 15 is full of Gryphea arcuata, and they are abundant in 
No. 5, and indeed are met with throughout the Section. 
On reference to the Note-Book in my possession belonging 
to the late Mr Joun Jones, I find he has given a general 
