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The barn and the adjoining remains of the Columbarium, or 
dovecote, did not detain the party long; for luncheon, by the 
courteous invitation of Mr and Mrs Gordon Canning, had been 
long awaiting them at the Court, and thither with appetites 
considerably sharpened by air and exercise, they resorted, and 
were received with that gracious urbanity which makes hospi- 
tality doubly welcome. The party then returned to Gloucester 
in time for the trains to Cheltenham, Stroud and Bristol ; and 
thus terminated a very delightful and enjoyable day. 
The Sreconp Fienp Meerrine for the season was held on 
Tuesday, 22nd June, when the members assembled at the 
Charfield Station, from whence they proceeded, in carriages 
which were awaiting them, to the brewery of Messrs Perrott, 
near Wotton-under-Edge, where an excavation was in progress 
in the Spinatus bed of the Middle Lias. This proved to be an 
extremely interesting section. The Marlstone was about six 
feet thick, rubbly at the top, but forming a solid and hard bed 
below. It was exceedingly fossiliferous, Ammonites spinatus 
and Terebratula punctata being especially abundant. The fol- 
lowing fossils were obtained: Ammonites spinatus, A. Margart- 
tatus, A. Engelhardti, Belemnites pazillosus, Nautilus sp. Spurifer 
Walcottii, Terebratula punctata, Waldheimia resapimata, Rhyn- 
chonella tetrahedra, R. amalthei, Pecten lemularis, P. calvus, 
Lima sp., Protocardiwm truncatum, Gresslya intermedia, Pholo- 
domya ambigua, Cardinia crassissima, C. crassiuscula, &e. A 
long delay was made here, for the fossils were abundant and 
easily procured, and the click of the hammer was incessant. 
Before moving off the proprietors of the brewery invited the 
members to partake of their old ale, an offer of which most 
availed themselves, and pronounced the extract of malt to be 
superlatively good. The party proceeded now to Wotton-under- 
Edge, where lunch was partaken of at the Swan Hotel. 
Leaving Wotton, the party proceeded to mount the hill in 
the direction of Symond’s Hall, passing by the old road, and 
examining by the way the Cephalopoda beds, which are there 
about 12 feet thick, and yield several species of Cephalopoda, 
among which may be named Ammowites radians, A. dispansus, 
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