XXVIII. Description of the Quartz Rock of the Lickey Hill in 
Worcestershire , and of the Strata immediately surrounding it ; with 
considerations on the evidences of a Recent Deluge afforded by the 
gravel beds of Warwickshire and Oxfordshire , and the valley of 
the Thames from Oxford downwards to London ; and an Appendix , 
containing analogous proofs of diluvian action . Collected from 
various authorities . 
By the Rev. W. BUCKLAND., b.d. f.r.s. 
MEMBER OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 
FELLOW OF THE IMPERIAL SOCIETIES OF MINERALOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY 
AT PETERSBURG AND MOSCOW, 
AND READER IN MINERALOGY AND GEOLOGY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD. 
[Read December 3, 1 81 
It was long ago observed by Dr. Kidd, and is mentioned by Mr. 
Playfair, that the Lickey Hill (Plate S6), between Birmingham and 
Bromsgrove, in Worcestershire, is the nearest source to which it is 
possible to trace the origin of the siliceous pebbles which are accu- 
mulated in immense quantities over the plains of Warwickshire and 
the midland counties, and which are found also on the summit 
of some hills in the neighbourhood of Oxford, and in the valley 
of the Thames from Oxford downwards to its termination below 
London. But as neither of these gentlemen had leisure to ascertain 
the extent and circumstances of this hill, and as its occurrence here 
is attended with many curious facts calculated to throw light on the 
geological history of the surrounding country, I undertook its exa- 
mination with Count Breunner, of Vienna, in the summer of 1819, 
