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sword below the hilt, which is in the form of a cross, a nimbus 

 surrounding the head. Immediately over the arch is the crucifixion, 

 with the soldiers on either side holding the emblems of the Passion 

 — the spear, the bunch of hyssop or sponge, and a vessel containing 

 the vinegar probably. On the outside of the church, west of the 

 south porch, is a naiTow Norman window, over the east window a 

 stone crucifix, the church being dedicated to the Holy Rood, and 

 in the gable of the vestry is a curious small two-lighted window 

 with round headed arches, which have evidently been cut out of a 

 Roman altar and inserted with the inscription upside down. The 

 following Roman letters have been deciphered : — rib — nio — nia — 

 which have been interpreted as follows, — deabvs. mat)rib(vs. et. 

 ge)nio(loci. iv)nia. (dedicavit). Leaving the pretty and well- 

 cared-for village of Daglingworth, the members proceeded along the 

 Roman road, which continues almost in one undeviating straight 

 line to Gloucester, a distance of seventeen miles, \antil they reached 

 Birdlip, when a most magnificent view burst upon them of the rich 

 vale extending away to Gloucester and Cheltenham. The Malvern 

 hills and the Welsh mountains, which are clearly seen on a bright 

 day, were unfortunately shrouded in haze. 



Whilst lunch was being prepared the quarries on the right of the 

 road were inspected, and the geology of the surrounding district 

 pointed out by Dr. Wright, of Cheltenham, and Mr. Lucy, of 

 Gloucester, who had very kindly come out on purpose to meet the 

 Club at this point. Standing on the verge of the escarpment, with 

 the liassic plain spread out at their feet, and the oolitic outUers of 

 Robin's Wood Hill, or " Robin Hood's" Hill, as it is called, to the 

 left, and ChurchiU standing up boldly in front, the succession of 

 the various beds were pointed out, the line of junction between the 

 lias and the inferior oolite traced, and the characteristic fauna of 

 the latter enumerated. The pecuUar feature of the Birdlip HQl 

 Quarries, and of the Cottes wolds generally, is that the sands of the 

 inferior oolites are very slightly represented when compared with 

 those in the neighbourhood of Bath ; whereas the great thickness 

 of the rock which succeeds them in the ascending order is remark- 

 able, supplying as it does the chief building stone of the 

 neighboui'hood. A very cmious bed overlaid by a coral reef exists 



