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Diinclry oolite, obtainod in ocrtiiin oxporimonts ho is carry- 

 ing out with the object of ascertaining the weight in tons 

 necessary to crush a two-inch onbo of the rock. He stated 

 that pennant yielded at about twenty tons. 



There have been two excui'sions : The first to Portishead, 

 where tlie President pointed out the nature of the flexures 

 and faults by which the pi'osont conformation of iho ground 

 and configuration of tlio strata have boon produced. The 

 results of his invcsstigations in tliis district arc put forward 

 in the paper which will be found on page 17 of the Proceed- 

 ings. The second excursion was to the Patchway section 

 and the Cattybrook cutting, under the guidance of Mr. C. 

 Richardson, O.E. The contortions of the Palooozoic rocks in 

 the neighbourhood of tlic Cattybrook fault vvoi'c pointed out. 

 In the cutting at Patchway, Professor Lloyd Morgan and Mr. 

 Winwood obtaintsd cliaractcristic specimens of the Rlui-tic 

 bone-bed. Tlie bod is hero two or tli roe inches in thickness. 



A paper by Professor Lloyd Morgan On the Porthury and 

 Clapton District was taken as read, and will be found on 

 page 1 of the Proceedings. 'IMio President will conduct an 

 excursion to this locality in the course of tlie summer. 



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