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sum of money was then subscribed towards defraying the expense 

 of fitly displaying the collection, though unfortunately the sum 

 subscribed fell far short of the requirements of the case. The 

 ordinary cost has been, since then, met by annual subscriptions ; 

 but from the first a debt was incurred, beyond what was covered 

 by donations, to the extent of £60. This debt still remains 

 uncancelled; and it seems to me not out of place, in an annual 

 address to the Cotteswold Club, to bring prominently under 

 their notice the financial condition of the Museum, and to urge 

 its claims for support. Some £20 are already promised, and 

 if every member of the Cotteswold Club would give a small 

 donation it would greatly aid the exertions now making, to 

 place the collection in a position of permanent security — a 

 collection which is an honour to our city and county, the 

 maintenance whereof in its integrity is, in my opinion, an 

 object well worthy the best exertions of the Cotteswold Club. 



First Meeting. The Club met for their First Field Meeting 

 at the Haresfield Station, on the Midland Railway, and 

 walked from thence over the Cotteswolds to Stroud. The 

 Haresfield section was first examined stage by stage up to 

 the Gryphite bed on Broadbarrow Green, whence the party 

 proceeded to White's Hill, where good sections of the Trigonia 

 beds and OoUte Marl are exposed. A further section of the 

 OoHte Marl was examined at Scots' Quar, at which point the 

 kindly forethought of Captain Dickenson had provided an 

 abundant luncheon, which was very welcome to the hungry 

 wayfarers. 



The Inferior OoHte Marl, as is well known to Cotteswold 

 Geologists, occupies a position between the two Freestone beds, 

 where, by its lithological aspect and characteristic fossils, it is 

 easily recognisable; it has been traced over a considerable area, 

 and is believed to represent an ancient Coral reef in the Oolitic 

 sea. But besides the "Oolitic Marl," properly so-called, two 

 other Coral beds have been recognised in the Inferior Oolite, 

 the true position of which it was the special object of the day 

 to examine and determine — or rather the position of the lowest 

 of the three ; as respects the two uppermost there was little or 

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