IX. Descriptions of some new Fossil Encrini and Pentacrini y lately 
discovered in the neighbourhood of Bristol . 
By GEORGE CUMBERLAND, Esq. 
HONORARY MEMBER OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 
[Read 17th April, 1818.] 
J. HE fossils represented in the accompanying drawings are so 
beautiful in their forms, and add so much to the history of the 
encrini, inasmuch as the greater part of them are of new species, that 
I have thought the figures of them would prove interesting to the 
Geological Society. The principal part of them has been discovered 
in the limestone beds on the river Avon near to Bristol, which pass 
from thence in a direction a little to the south of west to the sea at 
Clevedon point, at which latter place remains of this class are abun- 
dant. One of the beds near Clifton, called the black rock, contains 
parts of stems of encrini in great quantity, and sometimes white 
circular rings of calcareous spar. It was, I believe, first suspected by 
Mr. Brackenridge and Mr. Miller, of Bristol, that these latter were 
the hollow heads of the same animals. On polishing several 
specimens cut in different directions, there appeared no reason to 
doubt the correctness of this supposition, although the compactness 
of the stone rendered it impossible to extricate them. 
