CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. HISTORICAL NOTICES. PAGE 



Origin of the Oxford Museums. Tradescant, Ashmole, Wilkins, Wren, Plot, 

 Lhwyd, Smith, Kidd, Buckland, Conybeare, Strickland, Stacpoole, 



Whiteaves .. i 



CHAPTER II. HILLS AND VALES. 



The district in general. Ranges of hills and vales. Malvern Hills described, 



with sections and tables of principal elevations . . . . 9 



CHAPTER III. THE THAMES AND ITS TRIBUTARY RIVERS. 



The names Tamesis and Isis considered. Thames-head. Peculiar freezing of 

 the river. The Churn and Seven Wells. The Coin. The Leach. The 

 Cole. The Windrush. The Dickler. The Evenlode. The Cherwell. 

 The Ray. The Thames near Oxford. Ottmoor. The Ock. The Thame. 

 The Kermet .. .. 23 



CHAPTER IV.- PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 



Summits of drainage. Masses of submerged land. Rainfall. Winds. Tem- 

 perature. Sites of population. Supply of water. Mineral springs. Fords. 

 Forests. Ancient roads. Rollrich Stones. Devil's Coits .. .. .. 42 



CHAPTER V. THE OLDEST ROCKS OF ENGLAND. 



The Malvern Rocks. Gneiss period. Crystalline structure. Various kinds 



of rock. Cambrian period. Fossils of the period. Figures of the fossils .. 58 



CHAPTER VI. THE SILURIAN PERIOD. 



The series of strata. Classes of fossils imbedded. List of genera. Figures of 



fossils .. .. .. .. .-. .. .. .. ,* .. 69 



