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are seenin several other quarries, and occasionally in eut- 
tings by the road side, all still belonging to the lower lias. 
In ascending the escarpment of the hill, the beds next in 
succession should have been the middle lias—then the 
upper lias, and next in order the Dundry beds of inferior 
oolite. 
The summit ofthe hill, on which Dundry stands, 700 
feet above the level of the sea being reached, a magnifi- 
cent prospect opens to the view, rich and varied as any 
lover of nature could desire. Beneath lies {he city of 
Bristol, and the eye can penetrate far beyond into Glou- 
cestershire, until intercepted by hills contemporary in age 
with those of Dundry, whilst on the other hand the land of 
the Silures, from whence we derive so much of our mineral 
wealth, opens to the view beyond the expanse of the Severn. 
The church of Dundry, dedicated to Michael the Arch- 
angel, is well known. Standing on the brow of the hill 
with its lofty and beautiful tower, it presents an object 
which may be seen to a great distance, and assists the 
mariner in hisnavigation ofthe channel. Collinson, writing 
in 1791, remarks that “the western summit of the hillis a 
most bleak, dreary and solitary situation, whereon nature 
has been very sparing with her gifts, and the hand of art 
never exerted itself, but in hewing out immense quarries in 
days of yore, and erecting one poor forsaken building for the 
purpose of a beacon house.” 
It is on the western side of the hill the principal quarries 
are found. They have lately passed into new hands, and 
the present proprietor is working the beds extensively. 
They are of considerable thickness, and yield a very com- 
pact, fine grained, durable freestone. It appears to me re- 
markable that the value of such beds of oolite within five 
miles of a city like Bristol, with ample means for its con- 
