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their contents at its earlier period. There is little doubt that 
the veins and pockets of Hematite which abouud all over the 
Mendips belong to this period, having derived their ferruginous 
contents from the small percentage of iron which forms the colour™ 
ing matter in the Keuper Marls, and has here been washed and 
concentrated in the veins and fissures of these hills. 
It may further be remarked that the occurrence in mineral lodes 
of deposits belonging to different periods is by no means un- 
common. In “Lyell’s Elements of Geology,” at page 608, some 
curious information will be found bearing “on the fracture, re’ 
opening and successive formation of veins, mention being made of 
a Lode at Gersdorff in Saxony composed of no less than 13 beds 
of different minerals.” 
In venturing therefore to suggest that the Gurney Slade Dyke 
probably received its earliest infilling during the Keuper period, 
and that when subsequently enlarged it received a further and 
more considerable Liassic deposit, the writer is only noticing 
what has been observed in other districts. 
Note respecting the Winter of 1882-3. By the Rev. L. BLOMEFIELD, 
M.A., F.LS., &c.* 
(Read March 14th, 1883.) 
_ The two chief features in the late winter of 1882-3 were its 
excessive wet and its mildness. Yet there have been winters 
exceeding it in both these respects, if we go back to the period of the 
‘ commencement of the Bath Literary and Scientific Institution 
Registers. These Registers commenced in March, 1865. Omitting 
_ * It has been thought desirable to include this paper (which was read after 
the Anniversary) in this part of the “ Proceedings,” on account of its special 
"reference to the winter just past.—-EDITOR. 
