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Bradford. There the Great Oolite is overlaid by the Bradford Clay, 
which at its base contains a rich fossil bed. Among the fossils the 
most noteworthy were the Bradford Encrinites, portions of which 
were familiarly known as “ Pegtops ” and ‘“‘ Coach wheels ”—this is 
an old stone lily. Many Brachiopoda were found, such as Wald- 
heimia digona and various Rhynchonelle, also the characteristic 
Terebratula coarctata. Some members of the party went under- 
ground in one of the quarries to see the working of the freestone. 
Other quarries were visited at Ancliffe, and then a general halt was 
made at the “Three Guns.” Proceeding along the north side of 
the canal, one Norris, a veritable cave-dweller, was visited. This 
descendant of Paleeolithic man dwells in a hollow excavated in the 
Inferior Oolite, and he devotes himself to the manufacture of eel- 
baskets, whereby he contrives to support himself, and pay his rent 
of ls. a year. The party was then conducted to the Winsley quarry, 
and there Mr. W. H. Wickes took the direction. 
After a delightful though warm walk up and down hill the mem- 
bers reached the old quarry of Muirhill, where a rich treat awaited 
them in the shape of Corals, Polyzoa, and tiny Gasteropoda. The 
quarry was worked some 70 years ago but has long been abandoned. 
The fossil beds lie above the freestone, and tumbled masses of the 
rocks strew the old floor of the quarry. The examination of the 
place completed the programme. The members then proceeded to 
Limpley Stoke for tea, before returning to Bath. On the way Mr. 
Winwood drew attention to the occurrence of the Musk-Ox ( Ovibos 
moschatus) in the valley gravel at Freshford, and Mr. H. B. 
Woodward (president), Professor Lloyd Morgan and Professor 
Blake made some remarks on the formation of the valley. 
On Tuesday morning the members left Bath for Westbury, in 
Wiltshire, the President, Mr. H. B. Woodward, taking the direction 
of the party. Fortunately, Mr. Hudleston, F.R.S., was present ; 
and, on arriving at the Westbury Station, Mr. J. R. Tennear, 
secretary of the Westbury Iron Company, guided the members 
through the works and explained the processes which the iron-ore 
undergoes before conversion into pig-iron. The iron-ore occurs at 
the top of the Corallian beds, and is overlain by the Kimmeridge 
clay. It is on the same horizon as the ironstone of Abbotsbury, in 
Dorsetshire. Several fine Ammonites and large numbers of Ostrea 
deltoidea and other fossils were obtained from this ferruginous rock. 
A fine section of the beds beneath the ironstone was also exposed. 
This showed a few feet of sand, and then rubbly oolitic and marly 
beds with Ammonites plicatilis ; also Pseudomelania, Bourguetia 
(Phasianella), and other Gasteropods ; Hchinobrissus scutatus, and a 
few corals. It was pointed out that this bed probably corresponded 
with the famous Coral-bed of Steeple-Ashton. Beneath these rubbly 
beds there was a fine section of false-bedded oolite, quarried for use 
as a flux in the furnaces. At two o’clock the members witnessed 
the interesting sight of the flow of the molten iron from one of the 
blast-furnaces, the fiery stream running in channels or moulds in 
sand where it solidifies in the form of “ pig-iron.” 
