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Cophinus Dubius is to be found in abundance in the 
worm bed. This strange fossil, looking like an inverted 
cone, is caused by the rotatory motion of Encrinite 
stems in the quickly deposited mud of the sea bottom. 
Nearly at the top of the cliff some small specimens of 
the trilobite Calymene Blumenbachii occur. From the 
old park wall some very perfect specimens can be 
procured, as the upper stones are in a very perishable 
condition, and so allow the fossils to be obtained in a 
very entire state, often preserving the sharpness of 
their forms, and remains of their original shelly 
covering. At the lower end I have found several good 
heads of Homalonotus Knightii , and nearly perfect 
specimens of Orthoceras bullatum , ibex , and perelegans , 
Ecculiomphalus Icevis , Pterinea lineatula , Orthonota 
amygdalina , and Goniophora cymbceformis ; and about 
100 yards higher up, a large and perfect jaw-foot of 
Pterygotus , the largest portion that had then been 
found in this neighbourhood. 
The Downton sandstone is exposed at the lowest end 
of the road, but contains very little of interest. The 
Ludlow bone bed should be looked for here, as there 
is a nearly continuous succession of beds from the 
Downton sandstone to the middle of the underlying 
rock. Fine specimens of the Asplenium Trichomanes 
grow here. 
Walk No. IV. 
This walk is entirely over the Old Red sandstone, 
and leads us to the best localities in this neighbourhood 
where we can obtain the fossils of this formation, as 
near to Whitbatch are several bands of limestone, 
called Cornstone, exposed, in which the best preserved 
fish remains are found. 
In a field just above Whitbatch Coppice, on the 
