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the wood ; it is mainly of White Quartz, with few Flints, and 

 some Oolite. Many of the Pebbles were 31bs. in weight, but 

 could hardly be called boulders, and a man who had lived in 

 the neighbourhood for some years, told me that he had never 

 seen any larger than those now on the surface of the ground. 



Leaving Chipping Norton, and taking the high road to 

 Shipton Station, N.D. Pebbles are very sparsely strewed; 

 occasionally a bit of FHnt may be found, but on descending 

 the hill, near the Station, the Gravel becomes abundant. 



To complete the Valley work it will be necessary here to 

 proceed rather more than a mile along the railway to Ascott, 

 where, near the Mill, there is a cutting on the line, 20 to 25 

 feet above the Evenlode, (at an elevation of 286 feet at level 

 of rails,) and which is composed of N.D., with much sand. 

 In the same field which the railway severs, a great deal of Gravel 

 was obtained for baUasting, and Mr. Taitnton, a Member of our 

 Club, who was the engineer, informed me that many large 

 boulders were found in the cutting, which, at his suggestion, 

 the contractor broke up and used in the construction of the 

 bridge, which here crosses the railway. On examination I found 

 them to be Lower Lias. Numerous Mammalian remains were 

 discovered in the Gravel, but were given away for the most 

 part to persons who have since left the neighbourhood, and 

 therefore I have not been able to make a record of them. 



Mr. Hull, who is generally accurate, has committed an error 

 in his Memoirs of Sheet 44, by stating that the Mammalian 

 remains were found in the local OoUtic detritus, instead of 

 which, they occured in the N.D. Gravel. 



Above Ascott is the high ground of Wychwood Forest, 

 rising to an elevation of about 270 feet greater than the 

 Ascott cutting, and in which N.D. is found. The forest here 

 is a series of Coombes which seem to have been formed by 

 Meteoric abrasion. 



The Church at Leafield, from its position, is quite a landmark 

 for some miles round, and is of great assistance to those who 

 are studying the physical aspect of the country, especially when 

 they are near Stow. 

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