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FROCESTER STATION, 

 from whence they walked xip the hill, passing on the way the 

 Old Bam at Erocester Court, and pausing to examine the well- 

 known fossiliferous beds at the base of the Inferior Oolite. 

 From the summit of the hill, the party proceeded under the 

 guidance of Mr. J. W. Hallewell, through Woodchester Park 

 to Nailsworth. At the Quarry, near the Park Farm, Mr. 

 WiTCHELL drew attention to the thinning out of the shelly 

 weatherstones of Hampton Common, which are here represented 

 by a bed only 3 or 4 feet thick, and thin out altogether between 

 Frocester Hill and Nymphsfield. From a fissiu-e in this quarry 

 Mr. Lucz extracted a number of small Quartz Pebbles. They 

 were discovered in a red looking earth, which fiUed up the 

 fissure. This was regarded as important, furnishing apparent 

 evidence of the submergence of this part of the Cotteswolds 

 during the Glacial Epoch. 



From Lence the party crossed the valley and at the tower 

 in the park, admirably chosen for the beauty of its situation, 

 they found a handsome luncheon which the kind forethought of 

 Mr. Hallewell had prepared for their refreshment. 



Their next visit was to a landslip which had taken place 

 during the previous winter. These slips are perpetually 

 occurring on the flanks of the Cotteswolds, and serve to show 

 how these combes and valleys have been widened and are 

 still widening. In this instance about twenty perches of ground 

 had slipped, carrying along trees, bushes, &c., and with them 

 an apple-tree, which was seen still standing erect on the ground 

 it stood upon, with its fence still enclosing it. 



The nest halt was at Ferny Hill, near the bottom of the 

 park where similar slips have occurred ; by means of which, in 

 conjunction with the streamlets rmining down the slope and 

 excavating deep fissures, a combe is now in course of formation. 

 These features of the valley were pointed out on the spot by 

 Mr. G. F. Platne, who had prepared a small map of the 

 Combe, copies of which were distributed among the party. 



It was intended to have gone over the Monastery, but time 

 would not permit, and the party returned to Stroud, and dined 



