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Llandovery rocks took place, Mr. Winwood being fortunate 

 enough to disco-ver in the coarse conglomerates which crop out on 

 the top of the hill several fossils, which Mr. Symonds at once 

 identified as characteristic of the Llandovery formation, i.e., 

 Pentamerics loevis or ohlongus, OrtJiis calligramma, Tentaculites, he. 

 A rapid descent was now made, not without one of the members 

 however making a rather too close acquaintance with a " quaking" 

 bog, which notwithstanding the drought retained its moisture ; 

 many'fossiliferous blocks on the lower slopes were picked up, and, 

 re-crossing the ridge, the Longhope quarry was visited, and some 

 specimens of the usual Ludlow fossils collected, i.e., Orthoceras, 

 Discina, Chonefes lata, Orthis, Rhynconella, &c. 



The interest of the day having now terminated, the great heat of 

 the sun began to tell upon the inner man, and a speedy return 

 home with visions of refreshing claret cup in the far distance was 

 longed for. All, however, agreed that the excursion was by no 

 means the least pleasant or instructive of the many the Club had 

 made. 



Those members who remained the night at Gloucester were very 

 much indebted to Mr. Lucy for his guidance on Wednesday to the 

 celebrated Garden Cliff section of the Rhoetic or Avicula contorta 

 beds. Before starting in the early morning a short walk was taken 

 to a gravel pit in the neighbourhood, where Mr. Lucy pointed out 

 an interesting section of the northern drift sand and pebbles, 

 capped by oolitic gravel ; several pebbles of Lickey quartz, altered 

 sandstone and slate, pure quartz, quartzite, coal measure sand- 

 stone, and trap were picked up in illustration of Mr. Lucy's views 

 (recently given in an elaborate paper read before the members of 

 the Cotteswold Club), that they had been carried from their 

 distant homes across the Severn to their present place and deposited 

 on the top even of some of the neighbouring hills by the action of ice. 

 A pleasant walk from Grange Court Station through pear orchards 

 led to the village of Westbury, adjoining which is the famous cliff 

 section on the north bank of the Severn. The different beds were 

 pointed out by Mr. Lucy, and a good collection of characteristic 

 fossils made, i.e., Estheria minuta, Monotis decussata, Modiola 

 minima, various fish teeth and scales, &c., &c. 



