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pretty specimens of fossil ferns. A little lower down 
is a most instructive quarry, showing very peculiar 
stratification ; and all down the gutter is a fine section 
of the coal formation, and the underlying Old Red 
sandstone. In the shale thrown up from the numerous 
coal-pits, several fossil plants are to be procured, 
including Sigillarai , Stigmaria , Equisetum , Catamites , 
and As ter ophy llites. On this hill may be collected the 
ferns AUosorus crispus , Lastrea dilatata , Osmunda 
regalis , and many of the commoner kinds. 
At Farlow, on the east side of Titterstone, in a yellow- 
coloured sandstone occupying the highest position of 
the Old Red, and rising out from beneath the carbon¬ 
iferous limestone, Pterichthys and Holoptychins remains, 
of several species, have been obtained. A fine collection 
of fish remains, chiefly palatal teeth, from that neigh¬ 
bourhood, is in the possession of Dr. Jones, of Cleobury 
Mortimer. 
Near the Knowl Gate, on the Tenbury Road, are 
several large quarries of carboniferous limestone, but 
containing few fossils of much interest. 
Ride No. IV. 
Near to Leysters Pole and Puddlestone, some very 
fine sections of Old Red cornstone are often worked, 
which contain the usual fish remains. They may be 
procured by a little perseverance. At Puddlestone the 
fish or crustacean tracts previously noticed as found at 
Bouldon, were first observed in a thin bedded sandstone, 
but they are not so numerous or so well preserved as at 
Bouldon, and, the stone being soft, they are liable to be 
rubbed in carriage. 
On the road side, near to the Leisters, several species 
of Polystichum grow in great luxuriance. 
