154 PROCEEDINGS COTTESWOLD CLUB 1903 
PART II.—THE GLOUCESTER DISTRICT. 
1.—THE GARDEN CLIFF SECTION, 
WESTBURY-ON-SEVERN. 
(TABLE III.) 
This section is situated on the north, or right bank of 
the Severn, eight miles west-south-west of Gloucester. It 
owes its existence to the same cause as Wainlode Cliff— 
the action of the River Severn. When seen from a 
distance of two miles, and lit up by the sun’s rays, the cliff 
has a most picturesque appearance, on account of the 
varied colouring of the beds composing it: a fact which 
was noted by Dr Wright. 
The direction of the section and the dip of the beds 
being almost the same, each stratum, with the exception 
of the Zstherza-bed, and the deposits immediately above 
and below it, may be easily examined. 
The variable thicknesses of the several beds at different 
points render more than one reading possible and correct, 
and for this reason it is unnecessary to critically examine 
all the details of the records made by previous authors. 
Moreover, certain of the sandstone layers in bed 6 of 
my section vary very considerably in thickness: in places 
some thin out altogether. In the description which I 
give below, each stratum has been followed as far as was 
practicable, and the general thickness noted. 
a.—Published Observations in Chronological Order. 
The first description of this section is by Conybeare 
and Phillips... The bed numbered 17 in my section was 
considered by these authors to be the true Bone-bed. 
The Rev P. B. Brodie gave the following section* in 
1842 -— 
1 “Outlines of the Geology of England and Wales” (1822), p. 263. 
2 Proc. Geol. Soc., Vol. iv. (1846), p. 16. 
