306 Mr. F’. Chapman on 
inches, 
the rock; many teeth of reptiles, fish, and 
batrachians (?), vegetable remains.......... 9-10 or 12 
“8. A bed found in places, and next the rock, gene- 
rally near the larger bones, whitish or even 
ite white, Like: WOREAT s oisceis x 226s oe eke 5 - go] 
“9, The Wedmore stone, described above, in three 
beds generally, from a few inches to 2 feet 6 inches.” 
Details (chiefly microscopical) of the Beds examined. 
The descriptions of the rocks and the microscopical appear- 
ance of the washings of each of the samples selected and 
numbered by Mr. Sanford are as follows, the beds being 
described in descending order. 
Bed no. 2.—A note made by Mr. Sanford and attached to 
the specimen reads thus :—“ Upper dark sticky clay, almost 
absolutely black, and tending to split up when only slightly 
dried. It varies much in thickness, and the measurement in 
this quarry is about 29 inches. In another quarry, about 
1 mile 8. or 8.E. of this, the bed is covered by a succession 
of strata, more or less irregular, and which closely resembles 
that between this clay and the ‘ Wedmore Stone’ (bed no. 9). 
There are hardly any fossils to be seen excepting one or two 
fragments of bone. This clay thins out in a very short 
distance to nothing.” 
The residuum of bed no. 2, after washing away the fine 
argillaceous material, consists of fine angular and subangular 
quartz-grains, and some of the latter exhibit secondary out- 
growths and envelopes. From the sand-grains a fine example 
of a doubly terminated guartz-crystal was picked out, 
measuring zg Inch (*52 millim.) in length, and with perfectly 
sharp edges. A large portion of the washed material consists 
of the sandy tests of arenaceous Foraminifera, chiefly of the 
genera Ammodiscus and LHaplophragmium, and there were 
also a few examples of Stacheta. Many ot the tests of the 
Foraminifera in these washings are almost chalky white, but 
some are slightly stained with ferruginous material, or, more 
rarely, composed of ferruginous particles mingled with quartz- 
sand. The remainder of the washed material consists of 
ferruginous particles and some bone-fragments. ‘This sample 
was the only one which showed the presence of carbonate of 
lime on treatment with acid. 
Bed no. 8.—TVhis is a bluish-grey sandy clay, with thin 
limonitic partings. The residuum after washing is seen to 
consist of fine angular quartz-grains, ferruginous particles, 
and a few glauconite grains of no definite shape. Examples 
of Haplophragmium and Stacheia also occur in these washings, 
