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stand. From the dome, hugh and lovely white crystalline 
stalactites hang, and further into the cave is a lake of con- 
siderable size in which the eyeless fish are found. Mr 
Wethered then explained very clearly the leading features 
of the Kentucky cave. _ 
Dinner was served at the Cliff Hotel, and the members left 
Cheddar Station about six o’clock and owing to the facilities 
afforded by the Great Western Railway, Bristol was reached in 
time to proceed by the 7.30 train from there to Gloucester. 
The Second Meeting took place on June the 21st. the mem- 
bers leaving Gloucester by train to Kemble Junction, where they 
were met by Professor Harker, who took them to an adjacent 
cutting on the railway, and at the request of the President gave 
a brief sketch of the Geology which it was intended to see 
during the day’s excursion. He first explained the various 
divisions of the Inferior Oolite, and then referred to the Great 
Oolite, including the Forest marble and Cornbrash, and men- 
tioned that the dividing line between the Great Oolite and 
Forest Marble was still a vexed question with Geologists. The 
officers of the Geological Survey, when they made the map of 
the district, took an arbitrary line in placing the white lime- 
stone as the topmost bed of the Great Oolite, and considered the 
beds above as Forest marble. As a working Geologist he pre- 
ferred to regard the blue argillaceous shelly limestones, shewing 
little Oolitic structure (with their associated clays and tile 
stones) as belonging to the Forest marble, and the white and 
yellow Oolite beds as Great Oolite. He admitted that, before 
any general alteration was made, further careful investigation 
was needed. He particularly directed attention to about 4 feet 
of clay which was seen to rest upon an uneven bed of stone that 
had been subject to abrasion, but without any of the material 
of which it was composed being left in the hollows or depressions 
which were filled in by the clay. It was destitute of fossils, 
and might probably be correlated with the Bradford clay. 
Some sections on the new line were also visited and 
described, and the Professor suggested the club should make a 
