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forming low hills, the longitudinal bearing of which is in general 

 parallel to the direction of the Malvern Hills. The dip of the 

 strata is in general towards the west, but this is subject to much 

 more variation than the bearing. It is in general of a bluish- 

 grey colour, but is sometimes of a pale brown, especially in the 

 strata nearest the surface. It contains a great many organic re- 

 , mains, particularly terebratulites, and occasionally vertebrse of the 

 encrinite, so common in some of the limestones of Derbyshire : 

 these organic bodies are most distinct in the upper strata. It is 

 traversed in many places by veins of calcareous spar. The strata 

 are thin, and present uneven waved surfaces ; they are separated 

 from each other by an argillaceous slaty coating, that becomes more 

 compact the nearer it is to the limestone, to which it adheres so 

 closely in some places, as to seem to be incorporated with it. This 

 limestone is very similar to that found in the neighbourhood of 

 Dudley, both in the mode of its stratification and in the nature of 

 the rock itself. 



§ 52. From the point where the road turns to the westward 

 as mentioned in § 48, the ground for a considerable way to the 

 south is covered with trees. There are very extensive plantations of 

 the ash and the alder, all along this side of the Malvern Hills j the 

 former being employed in making the hoops for the cider casks, and 

 the other for hop poles. In the road which leads along the side of 

 the hill from the Wych to Pearly Quj^rry, I found the argillaceous 

 rock in a very loose friable state ; the stratification of it however can 

 be easily perceived. The strata are vertical, bearing N. and S. and they 

 rise to about one third of the height of the hill. Between this place 

 and Pearly Quarry, which is a short way to the westward, the rock 

 is not exposed. 



§ 53. At Pearly Quarry, tl;ie limestone strata are found ; their bearing 

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