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deposited their burden at the bottom of the water. Near 
to Marsh Brook Station, and also near Acton Scott, and 
in all that district, rre many quarries of Caradoc sand¬ 
stone full of fossils, and containing an abundance of 
different forms, some of which are the following— Tenta- 
culites Anglicus , Phacops apiculatus , Asaphus Powisii, 
Phacops conophthalmus , Homalonotus bisulcatus , Lichas 
laxatus, Diplograpsus pristis , numerous species of Orthis , 
Strophomena grandis , S. expans a, S. alter nata, Piscina 
punctata , Ambonychia sp ., Modiolopsis orbicularis , 
Belter option sulcatinus , i?. bilobata , Leptcena sericea , 
Lingula ovata , Theca triangularis , Raphistoma sp ., and 
Holopea striatella. 
A very favourite quarry of mine is in the White 
Birches’ Coppice, near to Marsh Brook, the upper beds 
of which are very full of fossils. From the side-of the 
private road to Minton several specimens of a new 
Trematis have been collected, and several very perfect 
Trilobites from a small quarry by the side of the foot¬ 
path leading to Acton Scott, the residence of Mrs. 
Stackhouse Acton, who takes great interest in geological 
pursuits, and has a splendid collection of British ferns 
growing in the grounds near the house. 
On Burrow and Clunbury hills are several extensive 
sections of Ludlow rock exposed, most probably a part 
of the upper division. The stone is of a very hard, 
rough, nodular nature, and contains but few fossils to 
assist in deciding with certainty to which formation it 
belongs. These beds want and deserve a more minute 
examination, so that they may be positively placed in 
their right position. 
At Shelderton and the View’s Edge are several large 
quarries of Aymestry limestone containing very many 
fossils. At the latter is a bed of Pentamerus Knightn 
nearly 20 feet thick. 
