VOL. XIII. (1) FOREST BED—-GEOLOGY 21 
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WESTBURY-ON-SEVERN : 
lil: “GEOLOGY; 
BY 
T. MELLARD READE, F.G.S. 
(Read March 14th, 1901.) 
In the spring of this year, accompanied by Dr. Charles 
Callaway, I visited Westbury-on-Severn to see the Peat 
and Forest Bed there exposed. From Mr. Buckman’s 
directions we soon found it, but the tide was not low 
enough to render an examination of the underlying clay 
possible. Dr. Prevost has since kindly helped me by 
obtaining a specimen of this clay under more favourable 
tidal conditions. 
The spot where I saw peat exposed is on the right bank 
of the Severn, about 600 yards lower down the river than 
the cliffs of New Red Marl, the following being a sketch 
section of the exposure :— 
No. 1, New Red Marl; 2, blue clay underlying peat, with 
rootlets striking into it; 3, peat, with remains of trees 
scattered about, mostly birch; 4, clay lying immediately 
upon peat; 5, tidal alluvium ; 6, bench of denudation ; 7, 
general surface level of alluvial deposit flanking the Severn. 
A is the spot where the specimen of blue clay overlying 
