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; re-printing some of the earlier portions of the Society’s Trans- 
_ actions, which it was determined to proceed with. 
There being time to spare before dinner, a party proceeded, 
_ under the guidance of Mr Lucy, to inspect the cutting at Over, 
on the new line of rail from Gloucester to Ledbury. This 
_ section shows at the base a band of stone one foot thick, much 
jointed, in which are found Ammonites stellaris, with Lima 
_ gigantea, and Gryphea arcuata ; then follows a bed of clay, eight 
inches, upon which rests one foot six inches of clay with peat, 
_ which is succeeded by ten feet of “Boulder Clay,” formed out 
_ of the Lias, in which are numerous pockets of Quartzose Sand, 
_and on the top is four feet of “Till,” with “Northern Drift” 
_ pebbles in great abundance. Mr Lucy called attention to a drift 
7 about ten yards in width, which crossed the cutting in the ten 
feet bed of “Boulder Clay” ata very acute angle, and was 
composed of “Northern Drift,” with much Quartzose Sand, and 
he pointed out that it came ina direct line from Sandhurst, 
_ which is capped by the same drift, which extends to Hempstead, 
where it is again met with. Mr Lucy expressed his belief that 
this quaternary deposit took place at the three localities at the 
‘same time, and showed, by its relation to the present low-lying 
meadows, how great and extensive must have been the denu- 
dation which has since taken place. Mr Lucy showed by a 
section at Lassington, at a distance of a mile and three 
uarters from Over, that the Ammonites planorbis, rare in this 
district, occurs, and that the “Rhetic” beds are there repre- 
sented by a thin band of stone six inches thick, which contains. 
Monotis decussata, and about three feet of “Tea-green Marls,” 
the “bone bed” and “ paper shales” of Westbury being absent. 
_ The members dined together at the Bell Hotel. 
THE FIRST FIELD MEETING 
of the season was held on Tuesday, 27th May, at 
CHIPPING NORTON. 
% This locality is somewhat outside the boundary of the 
county, but it offered special attraction to the Geologists of 
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