154 the president's address. 



surrounded by high wooded hills, in which the town of Dursley is 

 situated. Do the vicinity, the denudation of the high ground has left 

 some singular outlin I unhang Down, with its rounded sands, 



and Oley Bury, 823ft., with its Roman camp. From thence the chain 

 still trends northwards to Frocester, 780ft., Buckholt Wood, Long 

 Wo..: Ley Sills, which hound the southern entrance to the 



Nailsworth, Strou I, and Chalford Valleys, forming the great southern 

 pass, and dividing the northern from the southern ( 'otteswolds. 



White Hill forms the north cheek of this valley, then comes 



Earesfield Beacon, with its wooded summit, stretching far northward 



in advance of the mam line, which now again trends north-easterly, is 



depressed near the Horsepools, and rises again into high ground at 



wick Beacon, 929ft., with its Roman camp. 



The heights that follow are Cooper's Hill, Birdlip Hill, 969ft., 

 over which the great Roman pass, the Ermine way from Glou- 

 cester to Cirencester, was trod by the Legions. Then comes Leck- 

 hampton Hill. 978ft. This promontory bounds the fourth pass, 

 and its Bteeply-scarped sides form the southern cliffs of the 

 grand bay that opens into the Dowdeswell Valley, and leads 

 into the fifth pass over the Cotteswolds. Near the entrance to 

 this hay nestle Cheltenham. Charlton Kings, and Leckhampton. 

 The chain now trends out north-westerly far into the vale, and forms 

 Cleeve Cloud, 1,081ft., which is the highest summit. Then follow 

 NotthiLi and Stanley Hills. The luxuriant valley, in which Winch- 

 combe and Sudeley Castle are situated, forms another deep narrow bay. 

 The main chain now undulates north-easterly, with rounded swell- 

 ing summits, by Middle Hill and Broadway, and terminates in 

 the outlying promontory of Ebrington Hill, which overlooks the 

 Vale of Evesham and the great eastern plains in the counties of 

 Gloucester, Worcester, and Warwick. 



The Outliers of the Cotteswolds merit a special notice as pictur- 

 esque objects in the physiography, and admirable keys to the geology 

 of the region. 



Robin's Wood Hill, 652ft., occupies a conspicuous position in the 



valley near Glouoesti a complete outlier from the main chain, 



i which it his been severed by denuding agencies. It is capped 



with Oolitic Limestone, and its rugged sides, wrinkled by ancient 



i dins, impart to it a peculiar outline of its own, rendering it one 



of the most picturesque of all the outliers. 



rohdown rises to an inconsiderable height, its Marlstone sides 



finely wooded, whilst its forward position renders it a capital 



look-out for Btudying the physiography of the region, and observing 



the undulations of the western wooded slopes of the adjoining hills, and 



then it outline of the high lands th ■' I I the western horizon. 



entoo Hill, 733ft., like Robin's Wood, is rapped with Oolite, and 



formB a considerable mass, well separated from the chain, and AJderton, 



Dumbleton, and Dixton resemble Churchdown, being largely formed 



Iffarlstone, having a rich soil for forest trees, are well wooded. 



