NATURAL HISTORY. 
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conglomerate passing into grauwacke^ which forms 
the boundary of the new red sandstone. The strata 
on the western side of the Storrage abound with 
terebratulites.^ Upon this rock the limestone re- 
poses in an almost uninterupted chain of hills from 
Mathon to Suckley. Beyond the limestone another 
range of sandstone hills^ abounding with shells, and 
identical with a similar rock at Ludlow, occurs. On 
this the superficial soil of the country to the westward 
lies ; and the rivulets flowing from the hills in the 
same direction, take their course into the Frome, and 
finally into the Wye. The nearest point to which 
the limestone approaches Worcester, is at Leigh 
Sinton, near the Norris Farm, a distance of eight 
miles. At Rosebury Rock, near Knightsford Bridge, 
a considerable disruption of the strata appears to 
have taken place, and the precipitous conglomerate 
in that spot is mixed up with various rounded frag- 
ments of older granitic rocks in a singular state of 
confusion. At this point the river Teme breaks 
through the old red sandstone series, and flows in 
a south-eastward direction through the red marl to 
join the Severn, near Powick. 
In various places in the valleys, between the sand- 
stone and limestone, shafts have been sunk with the 
expectation of finding coal, at some points it is said 
with partial success ;^ but in the majority of cases it 
^ Mr. Jabez Allies undertook the examination of this part of the country with 
great zeal, and in company with Mr. Lees, explored the whole chain from Mathon 
to Kaightwick, in the present year. 
2 The late Mr. John AUies, of the Upper House, Alfrick, sunk a shaft for coal at 
