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common Smooth Newt—but the difference was shown to be 
considerable, both in form and habit. The fact of the com- 
parative abundance of this Newt near Stroud was confirmed 
by Major Fisuer from his own observations. 
On the table were placed, in illustration of the two preceding 
papers, four microscopes, with slides of the sporangia treated 
of by Mr Weruezep ; and two tumblers containing water, in 
each of which was a living specimen, male and female, of the 
Palmate Newt. 
The Third Winter Meeting of the season was held at the 
SCIENCE SCHOOL IN GLOUCESTER 
On Tuesday, 11th March in the present year, to hear a paper 
by Professor Auten Harker, of the Royal Agricultural College, 
Cirencester, on “A remarkable exposure of the ‘Kelloway 
Rock’ in a recent cutting near Cirencester.”’ 
In the month of May, in last year, a day was devoted toa 
visit to the very remarkable beds of which the Professor’s paper 
contained a detailed report. About a mile and a half from 
Cirencester, near to the village of South Cerney, the new line 
of rail from Cirencester to Swindon cuts through a hill, which 
proved to contain within it certain beds of stone of extreme 
hardness, which have given to the cutting considerable local 
celebrity, while to geologists it has presented a problem of no 
ordinary interest. “Taking,” says the Professor, “the maxi- 
section :— 
mum exposure,” the following is a detailed description of the 
ft. in. 
Surface Soil... Acs ce fee Brie ceed Lae a) 
Drift Gravel, varying from . 50 oe .. 209 
Clay _ ... rae as ae = “ch ss 3 O 
Red Sand : madec 0 
Shelly Band (Gryphten ‘dilatata) 0 6 
Ferruginous Sandstone soko VeR6 
Calcareous Sandstone seen Geees 
Yellow Stratified Sand enter 
Pees Cana 
Clay (so far as exposed) 
