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Circumstances having rendered it necessary to postpone the 

 meeting at Sharpness, the Second Field Meeting of the Club 

 took place on Tuesday, June 23rd, at Wotton-under-Edge. 



Tour President not having been present with the Club on this 

 occasion, I am indebted to your Secretary, and to Mr. Niblett, 

 for the following particulars : — 



The members met at the Swan Hotel, Wotton, and, under the 

 guidance of Mr. Vincent Perkins, visited the different points 

 of interest in the neighbourhoood. The Geology is particularly 

 interesting, exhibiting an unbroken succession of beds — from the 

 Lower Lias to the Great Oolite, inclusive. Between Symond's 

 Hall Down — more than 800 feet above the sea-level — and the 

 town of Wotton, may be traced, in descending order. Great 

 OoHte, Fullers Earth, Laferior Oolite, (Upper and Lower zones,) 

 and all the beds of the Upper, Middle, and Lower Lias. 



The first halt was made at the Dick Hill Quarries, and the 

 sections on the slope of Dick Hill. The Cephalopoda beds, 

 overlying the Supra-Liassic Sands, are here well exposed. The 

 characteristic Ammonites, Belemnites, and other testacea, were 

 found in abundance. 



The next section was in the Freestone Quarry, immediately 

 above the Cephalopoda beds. The beds were compared with 

 those in other localities, and their gradual thinning out in this 

 locality noted and commented upon. 



Leaving these sections, the party proceeded through West- 

 ridge Wood, to examine the ancient Earthwork at Becketsbury, 

 which is now rather difficult to follow out, the whole side of 

 the hill having been thickly planted. It appears to have been 

 square, with double intrenchments, and is said to have enclosed 

 many acres of ground. 



After a luncheon, provided by the kind forethought of Mr. C. 

 P. Pkitchett, of Coombe House, a start was made for Mbley 

 Knoll, now crowned by the Tyndale monument ; and here, in a 

 quarry under the hillside, the Cephalopoda beds were again 

 found well exposed. Several other very good sections of these 

 beds were noticed during the return of the party to Wotton- 

 under-Edge. 



