VOL. XIV. (1) FOREST BED—WESTBURY I7 
THe PEAT anp FOREST BED 
‘ AT 
WESTBURY-ON-SEVERN : 
II. GENERAL DETAILS, 
BY 
E. W. PREVOST, Ph. D. 
(Read March 20th, 1900). 
Westbury lies on the right bank of the River Severn, a 
few miles below Gloucester, and about 2% miles above 
Newnham. 
At a distance of 30 yards above the mouth of the 
streamlet which enters the Severn at the upper end of the 
meadow named Meers, a little less than % mile below 
the Garden Cliff at Westbury, are to be found the remains 
of a submerged forest. 
Its general characters seem to be similar to those des- 
cribed by W. C. Lucy in our Proceedings (Vol. VI., p. 175). 
The deposit is remembered by many now alive to have 
extended further into the river than it does at present ; and 
large beams 10 or 15 feet long have been taken from it. 
A carpenter in the village tried to make some use of the 
wood, thinking that it might be worked up like Irish bog- 
oak ; but all attempts were hopeless, for the wood cracked 
and split when dried. Antlers of deer have also been 
found within the last 12 or 13 years; and a portion of one 
is in possession of the Vicar, who informs me that it has 
been identified as belonging to Cervus elephas: it 
measures 24 inches in length and 9 inches round at the 
base. 
The present appearance of the Forest bed (Plate I., 
fig. 1) is that of a triangular patch, black on the surface, 
