Cljt Carbomfcroiis fimcstone Stries 
(Jboman) of the ^boit (§>ax^t. 
By Arthur Vaughan, B.A., D.Sc., F.G.S. 
Contents. 
I. Introduction ......... 74 
II. The Section on the Clifton Side ...... 87 
III. The Section on the Leigh Woods Side ..... 121 
IV. Notes on the Genera of Carboniferous Corals and Braehiopods 130 
I. Introduction. 
This paper is intended to serve as a geological guide to the 
grand section of Carboniferous Rocks which is exposed in the 
Avon Gorge. It is hoped that a visitor who is interested in the 
geology of the Gorge will, without further aid than this manual, 
be able to recognize the various phenomena to which attention 
is drawn, and to test the interpretations which are here 
suggested. 
The technical knowledge which is postulated is of the most 
elementary kind, for I deem it more useful to attempt to arouse 
the interest of the student than to set out a concise disquisition 
for the delectation of the Carboniferous-specialist. 
With this end in view, I have appended elementary definitions 
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