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A comparison of sections II. and III. will shew us that we 
can correlate exactly beds 10, 11, 12 of section II. with beds 
15, 16, 17 of section III., observing, however, the much greater 
thickness of bed III., 15 compared with II., 10. Again above 
these we can identify the beds 1 and 2 of each section, especially 
the Bored bed No. 2. Comparing sections III. and IV. we 
trace the beds III., 15, 16, 17, in the same numbers of section 
IV., observing that bed 15 has again decreased in thickness. 
Further up we see that the position of the Gryphea sublolata 
in relation to the Bored bed is different in the two sections, 
being about three feet in section III., and ten feet in section 
IV., below that horizon, and we notice a considerable difference 
in the beds between that and the sands, which beds we are not 
able to exactly correlate, although their general identity is 
apparent. For the present these sections shew us the position 
and extent of these beds of sands, which in colour and general 
texture have a most remarkable resemblance to the Supra- 
Liassic Sands of Dorset and Somerset, so much so that with 
the naked eye I could discern no difference between them. 
Taken in conjunction with Nos. I. and II. these sections suffi- 
ciently explain the position occupied by the Harford Sands,* as 
above the Oolite Marl and Upper Freestone representatives, 
and taken by themselves they shew that they are a considerable 
distance beneath the beds with Gryphea sublolata. The sections 
also give us an insight into the Inferior Oolite in this locality, 
to which I shall draw attention later on. 
I have previously mentioned my idea that it is possible that 
these sands may have been mistaken for the Supra-Liassic 
Sands of other parts, and in connection with this I want to 
draw particular attention to a section exhibited by the first 
cutting east of Andoversford Station. Leaving the station on 
* In regard to the position of these sands I would refer to the section 
of Cleeve Hill, given by Dr Wright, Lias Ammonites, Pal. Soc., 1879, vol. 33, 
page 155. No. 7 of that section is yellow and brown sands, and the Doctor 
states that this peculiar deposit “constitutes the subsoil over a considerable 
area of this part of the hill,” and that “he knows of no other bed in the 
district which presents lithological characters similar to those of this sandy 
stratum. 
