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excellent opportunity was afforded for examining some Freestone 

 beds of the Inferior Oolite, which are inclined at a high angle 

 towards the vaUey. A continuation of the walk brought the 

 party to the Quarhouse, where a fine section of the Great Oolite 

 is exposed. These quarries are situated on the very summit of 

 the hill, and most of the beds are fossiliferous. One important 

 feature in these beds is the different angles at which the strata 

 are inclined. The high dip of the beds on the side of the hill 

 was considered by Mr. Witchell to be due to slips, occasioned 

 by the action of water upon the underlying beds of Clay during 

 the general scooping out of the valley ; to which cause, hkewise, 

 he attributed the high pitch of the beds at Quarhouse, — an 

 opinion combatted by others of the party, who saw in the 

 phenomenon symptoms rather of elevation than of subsidence. 

 At Lypiatt the party visited an interesting old manor-house — 

 now a farm, in a neglected condition — formerly the residence of 

 Judge CoxE, whose family resided here during the last century 

 and were people of position, some of whom represented the 

 borough of Cirencester in Parliament. At Bussage the White 

 Limestone beds of the Great Oolite were examined, which 

 contain a pecuUar fossil — Pachyritma grancle, Mor. and Lye. 



Bussage Church was visited by many of the members, who 

 were courteously received by the Rev. E. Duncan ; after which 

 a halt took place on Mr. Sibree's lawn, preparatory to an 

 excellent luncheon which had been considerately provided for 

 the occasion. 



The White Stone of Bussage was next examined, the 

 fossiliferous character of which is such that a stone taken at 

 random out of a wall by Mr. Witchell, measuring 20 in. by 

 9 in., yielded the following list of fossils : — 



Crassostoma discoideum, Mor. and Lye. 

 Patella cingulata, Goldfnss. 

 Monodonta imbricata, Mor. and Lye. 



■ Lyellii, D'Archiac. 



Nerincea Dufresnoyii, D'Archiac. 

 Astarte excentrica, Mor. and Lye. 

 Quenstedtia laevigata, Phill. 



