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MEETING OF NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETIES. 
from tlie general denudation effected by the northerly currents 
of the Silurian Seas. The Section is as follows, in descending 
order:— 
1. —Surface gravel ... ... ... ... ... 12 ft. 
2. —Red crumbling marl, with small pebbles ... 24 ft. 
8.—Coarse grey and red sandstones and conglomerates 16 ft. 
4. —A very hard breccia of quartz pebbles in a red 
and vellow matrix ... ... ... ... 6 ft. 
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No fossils have been found in these three beds, 
which seem to be all of Permian age. 
5. —Black Cambrian shales, with Olenus, Conocoryphe, 
Lingulella, &c. ... ... ... ... Oft. 
The beds dipped at an uniform angle of about 50°. 
It is to be regretted that the well was not dug deeper; for 
the boring rod, which was carried 22 ft. further, penetrated 
through nine more feet of shale and thirteen feet of red rocks, 
apparently a repetition of beds (2) and (3) above. In any 
case the discovery is one of considerable interest. It is to be 
hoped that some attempt will be made to correlate these and 
the other Cambrian beds of Malvern with those recently dis¬ 
covered near Nuneaton, which appear greatly to resemble 
them. 
Thursday’s work for the members of the Union began 
about ten o’clock, with an inspection of the patch of Trias 
still clinging to the eastern side of the Hills, where, behind 
the Belle Vue Hotel stables, members noted the bright red 
Bromesberrow (Bunter) Sandstone, with characteristic stains 
of manganese, the rest of which is thrown down many 
hundred feet under the Keuper marls, which now cover the 
whole eastern plain. 
The whole party then drove in two brakes to Mr. 
Canning’s house at The Wyclie, where, on the other or western 
side of the Hills, a similar relic of Upper Llandovery Sand¬ 
stone, with Pentamerus and Petraia, was pointed out to them, 
adhering to the syenitic gneiss. 
The next halt was made at the Camp Inn, where the 
great British Camp of the Herefordshire Beacon was visited. 
Close to here is the residence of Madame Goldschmidt 
(Jenny Lind), in whose grounds is a remarkable quarry 
shewing the foliation of the gneiss, and also a capping of 
Upper Llandovery Rock. 
From here a long drive down the beautiful crest of 
Wenlock rock called the Ridgway, where members had 
pointed out to them a misletoe-bearing oak, led to Eastnor 
Castle and thence to Ledbury. Lunch was served at the 
Feathers at two o’clock. After the usual congratulatory 
