164 PEOF. T. T. GEOOM ON THE GEOLOGICAL [May 1 899,. 



slope to the south-east. On the top of the ridge, immediately 

 south of the road between Fowlet Farm and Martins, an excavation 

 revealed Grey Shales dipping south-westward at a low angle. The 

 diabase and indurated shale-debris seen in the neighbourhood 

 doubtless represent the north-western continuation of the Coal Hill 

 band. 



The excavation at M 194 which furnished Black Shales contains 

 a remarkable breccia, of which many fragments may be collected 

 from beneath the turf, but neither shales nor breccia can be now 

 seen in place. A very similar breccia with red sandstone (M 176) 

 was reached in making a trench for pipes to the cistern (M 151, 

 152), and may also be seen in place close to the hedgerow near the 

 cowshed. The breccia is made up of alternating layers of fine 

 and coarse material : the dip of these layers is difficult to deter- 

 mine, as very little of the rock is exposed, but I suspect that the 

 beds are approximately horizontal. Immediately north of this 

 breccia were turned out the blocks of basalt (M 175) to which 

 reference has already been made (p. 161). 



The breccia is quite dijfferent from anything else that I have seen 

 in the Malvern district, and I have so far been unable to determine 

 with certainty whether it is a sedimentary rock at all. It consists 

 chiefly of angular fragments of rocks, all of which can be matched 

 in the neighbourhood ; many of the fragments are subangular, and 

 a few well-rounded. The sandy matrix is thoroughly impregnated 

 with an abundant cement of limonite. This rock will be more 

 fully considered in a future communication, containing an account 

 of the lithology of the Malvern range. At present, I see no reason 

 for placing it among the Palgeozoic rocks of the district. 



A description of the horizontal beds of Drift which cover most 

 of the low ridge between Fowlet Farm and Martins is likewise 

 deferred. 



(3) The District around Bronsil. 



The Bronsil district appears to be composed exclusively of 

 Cambrian Grey Shales, with the associated igneous rocks. May Hill 

 Sandstone, and Drift ; but most of the area forms pasture-land, with 

 very few rock-exposures. 



The Grey Shales occupy the greater part of the district, as shown 

 by exposures, excavations, and shale-debris. Points at which there 

 is a reasonable certainty that the Grey Shales occur are indicated 

 by a symbol ( x ) in the map (PL XIII), or by an arrow showing 

 the amount and direction of dip, where these could be taken. 



The exposures of igneous rock in this district are few. They 

 consist, first, of a rather thick band of diabase that crosses the 

 main road between HoUybush Pass and Eastnor (M 106) ; this is 

 apparently continued as far north as Beacon Farm, close to which 

 a small exposure of diabase (M 171) is seen. Another small patch 

 of diabase (M 454), associated with much indurated Grey Shale, was 



