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He further earned the gratitude of the Members by ex- 

 hibiting some of his geological treasures, including an 

 immense boulder of black limestone covered with the 

 striations of glacier action which had been obtained some 

 years ago from a railway cutting in the North of England. 

 A walk through the grounds of Judge Hutton led the 

 party to the summit of the Horsepools Hill, where the 

 Upper Lias Sands, and nearly all the beds of the inferior 

 Oolite are well exposed. In a quarry on the brow many 

 specimens of Coral were extracted by the Geologists' 

 hammers from beds which for some time were only 

 known at Crickley Hill, but which have now been traced 

 for a considerable distance along the escarpment in a 

 Southerly direction. 



The Members then drove along the road leading to the 

 foot of Painswick Beacon, stopping en route at the stone 

 which has always been called " King Charles " stone, upon 

 which, so says tradition, the King sat when retreating 

 from the siege of Gloucester, and where, when asked by 

 one of his sons when they were going home, replied : 

 " Alas, my child, we have now no home to go to." 



Near the stone are some entrenchments at the end of 

 an old road leading up from the valley, forming a double 

 line of breast-works in the shape of an irregular oval. Mr 

 Lucy thinks they are of Roman date, were made to check 

 incursions from the vale. This view is corroborated by 

 the fact that there is a little lower down the slope of the 

 hill a green lane called " Sandford," the original name of 

 which was " Sarnfordd," or " Paved Way," Here are 

 most evident proofs of the origin of the name, the pave- 

 ment being traceable for a considerable distance, a Roman 

 pavement, made probably in the Second Century. 



The Members then drove through Upton St Leonards 

 to Matson House, where they received from the Hon. 

 Miss Rice a cordial welcome, and hospitable refreshment. 

 Here Mr Bazeley was to have read some notes on the 



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