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bed of coral in the limestone. As the gorge was entered all 
were struck with its beauty. In front was the ‘Cathedral 
Rock,” rising in a mural cliff 400 feet above the road, and the 
next bend brought the ‘Castle Cliff’ prominently into view. 
Here the Secretary remarked that these high cliffs were formed 
of the remains of minute organisms; and he shewed some 
micro-photographs of sections of the limestone, under a 
microscope. 
A large cave, which has recently been discovered by Mr 
Gough, and named the “Fissure Cave,” was examined by the 
aid of petroleum lamps; and it was generally thought 
that it would be found to lead to another cave which Mr Gough 
hopes in due time to explore. 
Nearly at the top of the gorge, a second cave was 
visited, and on emerging from it the commanding position 
of the ledge outside suggested that it was an excellent place to 
hear the address Mr Winwood had kindly prepared. 
After welcoming the members of the club to the Mendip 
Hills, he said—Beautiful as were the combes and valleys of 
the Cotteswold Hills, yet Somersetshire considered its ravines 
could hardly be surpassed; indeed the “Cheddar Cliffs” were 
unrivalled in England in romantic beauty and towering heights. 
The members had passed to-day from the eastern edge of the 
coal-basin of Gloucestershire to the most southern ascertained 
limit of the Somersetshire basin, and they were now standing 
on the southern slopes of the Mendip anticlinal, and he pro- 
ceeded to explain the formation of the “Cheddar Cliffs.” They 
had entered the ravine with the Lion Rock on one side and 
Gough’s Cave on the other. Continuing along the winding 
road for some two miles, they would notice, while the beds on 
the left-hand side presented a dip face, those on the right-hand 
showed the strike. The dip of the beds on either side is the 
same, varying only from 15 to 24 degrees, receding angles 
on one side corresponding with projecting angles on the other. 
The mural precipices rising to a height of 420 feet from the 
road, together with most of the caverns, were on the right-hand 
side. 
