XIL On the Mineralogy of the Malvern Hills. 



By Leonard Horner^ Erq. 

 ' Secretary of the Geological Societi/, 



§ 1. 1 HE Malvern hills are situated in the south-western part 

 of Worcestershire : the boundary which divides the counties of 

 Worcester and Hereford, passes along their western side. 



§ 2. They consist of an uninterrupted chain of about nine miles 

 in length, extending nearly in a straight line from north to south ; 

 their greatest breadth from east to west not exceeding two miles. 

 The several parts of the chain all present rounded summits, and from 

 one extremity to the other they are nearly covered with a luxuriant 

 vegetation. 



§ 3. When viewed from a little distance on the eastern side, we 

 see that there is a gradual rise from south to north, and that there 

 are three hills which form the principal features, as they stand con- 

 siderably above the general outline. The highest of these is in the 

 centre, and is known by the name of the Herefordshire Beacon ; 

 but the greater elevation of this hill above the other two is not very 

 apparent on this side, as it falls back to the eastward, and rather 

 stands out from the general direction of the range.* The two other 



* On the top of this hill are the remains of a camp, with a treble ditch. " Some have 

 *' imagined it Roman, because of the prastorium, or centre part, and the name of the 



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