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The last time I visited it I found a small seam of the Red 

 Quartzose Sand which I had never noticed before. 



About half-a-mile further on at an increased elevation of 

 about 40 feet, is a pit belonging to Mr. Rea, containing — 



l£t. Oin. 



7» 0„ 



Soil. 



Oolite, Marlstone, and Lias Gravel, 

 with Gryphites, Belemnites, and 

 Corals. 



Mammalian Eemains. 



The surface ground round and at these Pits is quite flat, which 

 is a characteristic I shall have to notice more fully in describing 

 the probable origin of the Gravels. 



Leaving Gloucester on the way to Highnam, some little 

 distance from the Over Gate, (west of the Severn,) is a field by 

 the side of the road in which there is a pit just where the 

 Alluvium ends — containing 



2ft. Sin. 



„ 9 „ 

 „ 4 „ 



4 „ ,, 



Soil, with N.D. Pebbles. 



Fine Quartzose Sand. 

 Pebble band of N.D. 



Fine Quartzose Sand. 



There is no trace of Oolite, and the Sand does not differ from 

 that met with at a considerable altitude, or when found in its 

 normal condition in the beds of the ISTew Eed Sandstone. 



At Hempsted, I had the good fortune to arrive just in time 

 to see the following excellent section in a large vault being made 

 in the Churchyard — 



Soil and Pebbles. 



N.D. with some rolled Lias, Gryphites, 



Pebbles, (thicker towards the bottom) 

 with Syenite, Flint, and Chalk. 



Fine Quartzose Sand. 



