REPORT OF GEOLOGICAL SECTION. 
bourhood of Cheltenham it may seem sur- 
prising that so few members collected fossils 
during the past year Possibly there were 
more collections made, but owing to the 
' 23,4 bashfulness of the owners they were not 
ie GaSe «shown up. The only collection exhibited 
was that of E. A. Wilson, which included some perfect specimens 
from the Lower Lias, and also from the Oolite of the surrounding 
hills, for which Mr. Bourne kindly gave the prize. 
Cheltenham, as is well known, has a particularly interesting 
and well exposed Geological Section. Within a radius of about four 
or five miles you can get nearly every strata exposed from the 
Stonesfield slate on Sevenhampton Common to the Lower Lias, 
about half a mile from College at the Lower Brick Fields, where 
Ammonites and Belemnites may be found in many varieties. 
Proceeding from the Lower Lias, we go towards Leckhampton Hill 
and arrive at the Pilley Brick Fields, which give a good Section of 
the Upper Lias, and also yield very perfect Ammonites. Then 
before getting to the Oolitic Cliffs of the Hill itself, we pass over 
Marly Beds, a little of which may be found at the extreme end of 
the Hill, by following Leckhampton Road; here we find lumps of 
Micaceous Marl, containing a few imperfect shells ; above this is a 
little known and less exposed seam of a dark grey hard rock, 
known as the Cephalopoda Bed ; as far as we know there is only 
about 3ft of it exposed on the whole hill. Above this comes the 
well-known pea-grit, containing very pretty but small fossils and 
corals, the Coral Beds however being more developed and exposed 
on Cleeve Hill. Above this comes the Freestone, shelly below, 
but changing to a white and compact building stone above. 
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