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in these quarries, called the piaolitic bed, which is not found in 

 our neighbourhood. Several good specimens of Terebratula 

 maxilata and globata, Pholadomya, and coral were taken away, 

 and some flint flakes also found which had evidently rolled down 

 with the debris from the surface above. It was much regretted 

 that time did not admit of the members remaining longer in the 

 company of these gentlemen, who were so well able to illustrate 

 the geology of their district ; but it is hoped that another visit may 

 be paid by the Bath Field Club to this spot, so full of interest both 

 to the geologist and the antiquary. 



The Excursion to Weymouth, the Chesil Beach and Abbotsbury, 

 fixed for June 22nd, did not take place, owing to the small number 

 of members who had announced their intention of joining, but Mr, 

 Chas. Moore organised an impromptu expedition to his old haunts 

 in the Vallis, near Frome, and was joined by five members. The 

 various quarries where the liassic veins occur were visited. The 

 Rhsetic bone bed, consisting of a pebbly and flinty conglomerate, 

 was well exposed in a quany near the Mill, and several teeth of 

 Acrodus were found, together with the shells characteristic of these 

 beds, viz., Avicula contorta, Pecten valoniensis, Ostrea intusstriata, 

 also the small crustacean Estheria miuuta, and the PoUicipes 

 Rhaeticus, the oldest known representative of the family Cirripedia. 

 In Murder-Combe Valley, a cave, which had been partly excavated 

 by Mr. Moore, was entered. Nothing of any importance was found, a 

 large sheet of water at the bottom having stopped further researches. 

 In the field immediately above, the Secretary found several flint 

 " flakes" and " scrapers." 



Tewkesbury, Deerhurst, and Wainlode Cliff. 



A propitious equilibrium of the atmospheric wave after the late 

 elemental disturbance ushered in the morning of Tuesday, Oct. 

 5th, as the members took advantage of the lately opened branch 

 of the Midland from Bath to Mangotsfield, to start by the early 

 express for Tewkesbury. Under the guidance of J. D. T. Niblett, 

 Esq., whose intimate acquaintance with the history of the church 

 at Fairford, and with the details of its painted windows, had rendered 

 a recent excursion of the Club to that place so agreeable and instruc- 



