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‘On a Bed of Fuller’s Earth, at Whiteshill, near Stroud.’ 
‘On the Angular Gravel of the Cotteswolds.’ 
‘On a Section of Stroud Hill, and the Upper Ragstone 
Beds of the Cotteswolds.’ 
‘On the Pisolite and the Basement Beds of the Inferior 
Oolite of the Cotteswolds.’ 
‘On the Forest Marble and Upper Beds of the Great Oolite 
between Nailsworth and Wotton-under-Edge.’ 
‘On the Genus Nerinea and its stratigraphical Distribution 
in the Cotteswolds.’ 
‘On a Section at Selsley Hill.’ 
Mr Witchell was a most painstaking and careful observer, 
and it is not too much to add, that his knowledge of the 
Jurassic. formation in the Stroud area was not exceeded even 
by Members of the Geological Survey. 
To the Club he rendered invaluable service in the admir- 
able arrangements he made for the Field Meetings on the 
Cotteswolds, and which much contributed to their success. 
He was for many years our excellent Treasurer, and had 
only recently been appointed a Vice-President. Mr Witchell 
was elected in 1861 a Fellow of the Geological Society of 
London, to which he contributed several papers; and was the 
author of a book on the Geology of Stroud, which will always 
remain a standard work of great value to students. 
On the 15th of September, the Rev. W. S. Symonds died 
at Cheltenham, at the age of 68, and was buried in the church- 
yard of his old parish, at Pendock, on Sunday the 18th. 
Mr Symonds, whose family was long connected with the 
county, was born at Hereford. In 1842 he graduated at Christ’s 
College, Cambridge; three years afterwards was presented to 
the living of Pendock; and on the death of his mother he 
became the owner of the Pendock Court Estate. Before 
entering upon his rectory, he was curate at Offenham, near 
Evesham, in which parish Mr R. Gibbs resided, a gentleman 
who had made a good collection of local fossils, which much 
interested Mr Symonds. About the same time he became 
acquainted with Mr Hugh Strickland, with whom he made 
