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It would seem that the lower beds of the Inferior Oolite 
had now become very much attenuated, and this we can 
scarcely wonder at when we remember that on the other side 
of the valley, in the hills beyond Bourton, about four miles 
from this point, they are said to be quite absent. The occurrence 
of the Cotteswold Sands in this part of the county is most 
certainly interesting, though the thickness is probably not very 
considerable, whilst on the other hand I have not been able to 
find the sands at the other end of this portion of the line, viz.,’ 
by Andoversford—although they are marked in the Survey Map. 
—— The spring which supplies the mill at Syreford, close to Andovers- 
ford, gushes out directly from a hard brown somewhat ferrugin- 
ous rock, evidently the lower portion of the Inferior Oolite, 
and, as remarked by Mr E. Wethered, who examined the 
locality with me, “ without the slightest approach to any sandy 
nature,” and we must naturally conclude that the pond which 
is formed is on the Upper Lias, as it could scarcely be on sands. 
In fact, the position and occurrence of Cotteswold Sands seems 
to be involved in some obscurity. I cannot find them where 
marked at Syreford Mill where the spring issues, what is 
marked Sands in the cutting at Syreford I take to be the 
Inferior Oolite, in what is marked Sands in the road cutting by 
Aston Farm I find Terebratula fimbria, and I take it to be Oolite 
Marl, while where the Sands do occur in the first cutting west 
of Bourton does not seem to be marked. 
P.S.—The proof sheets of this paper Mr Witchell very kindly looked 
over. It issad to think thata very few days afterwards we had to deplore his 
loss. To him Iam indebted for much kind and generous assistance, and I 
cannot allow the opportunity to pass without adding this small tribute of 
respect to his memory. 
