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scrupulously respected ancient remains like these, but accurately 

 planned and described as he had just done the earthworks around. 

 As to the present camps on Haresfield Beacon, he said it was not 

 unusual to iind Eoman camps within earlier works, and instanced 

 those of Clifton and Ham Hill ; then giving a short history of 

 these fortified posts, he said that a line of camps extended from 

 the junction of the Severn with the Somersetshire Avon, and were 

 the original fortresses of the Dobimi, but afterwards occupied by 

 the Romans all along the edge of the Cotteswolds. Tracing the 

 progress of the Romans north and west, he said that after they 

 had worked out the minerals of Somersetshire they cast longing 

 eyes across the Severn sea to the riches of Wales, and with this 

 end in view, after gradually subduing the various tribes who 

 opposed them, made their conquests secure bj'- fortifying the south 

 line of the Severn before crossing over and attacking the Sihures. 

 The antiquaries now gave place to the naturalists, who, headed 

 by Mr. Whitchell, of Stroud, had something of interest also to see 

 and talk about. Crossing the Roman camp to the south, and 

 turning round by the earthworks at Ring Hill, they halted at a 

 section on the north sidel Here Mr. Whitchell pointed out the 

 geological features of the hill. On their walk up from the station 

 the party had he said passed over successively beds of the Lower 

 •Lias, Marlstone, and Upper Lias — ^the Roman spring at the north 

 gate was at the junction of the Upper Lias and the Sands, This 

 junction could be traced all round the hill by the appearance of 

 springs and wet ground. The spot they were then standing on 

 was the horizon of the Cephalopoda bed, and the upper boundary of 

 the Sands. Of course, for the honour of the Cotteswold Club, of 

 which he waS a member, these Sands, some' 60 or 70 feet thick, 

 must be called Lias Sands, though he was aware that some con- 

 sidered them to be Oolitic. Capping these Sands, which were 

 concretionary at the top, came the Cephalopoda Bed, full oi Ammonites 

 and Behmnites ; ' then came a small band of reddish marl, with 

 Bhynconellaci/ndcephd,l(tj' followed by othei* feiruginous and marly 



