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THE members assembled at Paddington Station, and travelled by the I.33 p.m. to Reading, where they were met by Mr. J. H. Blake, and proceeded at once to the Reading Museum. The fines collections of Roman remains from Silchester, and of flint implements discovered in the neighbourhood of Reading, were duly inspected, and a pot containing numerous Roman coins, recently found in the gravel on Bob's Mount, attracted attention. Much regret was expressed that the honorary curator, Dr. Joseph Stevens, was unable to be present through ill-health. Leaving the Museum, the party walked to the Katesgrove Brickfield, which is worked by Messrs. Poulton, who had kindly given the Association leave to visit the sections. The brick field is situated on the east bank of the River Kennet, and the section was described by Professor Buckland as long ago as 1816. The part described was, however, somewhat to the north of the present workings. Katesgrove was first visited by the Association in 1376, and the account of the excursion, by Mr. Hudleston, will be found in the "Record of Excursions," page 269. It was again visited in 1885 and 1888, in each case during a whole-day excursion, and the present was consequently the first half-day excursion to the locality. The section seen on the present occasion consisted of Reading Beds overlain by the Basement-bed of the London Clay and the latter by Plateau Gravel. The upper part of the Reading Beds was composed of from 40 to 50 feet of mottled crimson, grey, and brown plastic clays, from which fossils have not been recorded; beneath, were stratified and false-bedded buff-coloured sands, in which a few lenticular masses or beds of more or less laminated grey clay occur, containing leaves of plants, and which are known as the " Leaf-beds." Specimens of the willow and other trees were obtained by some of the members, but the bed here being somewhat sandy the leaves were not so well preserved as in the adjoining Waterloo brickyard, where the beds are more clayey. The "Bottom-bed," showing the junction with the Chalk, which had recently been dug down to at this spot-the southwestern part of the excavation-was unfortunately hidden by rain-wash. NOVEMBER, 1896.] Northern Railway, and a part of which was figured in the
THE members assembled at Paddington Station, and travelled by the I.33 p.m. to Reading, where they were met by Mr. J. H. Blake, and proceeded at once to the Reading Museum. The fines collections of Roman remains from Silchester, and of flint implements discovered in the neighbourhood of Reading, were duly inspected, and a pot containing numerous Roman coins, recently found in the gravel on Bob's Mount, attracted attention. Much regret was expressed that the honorary curator, Dr. Joseph Stevens, was unable to be present through ill-health. Leaving the Museum, the party walked to the Katesgrove Brickfield, which is worked by Messrs. Poulton, who had kindly given the Association leave to visit the sections. The brick field is situated on the east bank of the River Kennet, and the section was described by Professor Buckland as long ago as 1816. The part described was, however, somewhat to the north of the present workings. Katesgrove was first visited by the Association in 1376, and the account of the excursion, by Mr. Hudleston, will be found in the "Record of Excursions," page 269. It was again visited in 1885 and 1888, in each case during a whole-day excursion, and the present was consequently the first half-day excursion to the locality. The section seen on the present occasion consisted of Reading Beds overlain by the Basement-bed of the London Clay and the latter by Plateau Gravel. The upper part of the Reading Beds was composed of from 40 to 50 feet of mottled crimson, grey, and brown plastic clays, from which fossils have not been recorded; beneath, were stratified and false-bedded buff-coloured sands, in which a few lenticular masses or beds of more or less laminated grey clay occur, containing leaves of plants, and which are known as the " Leaf-beds." Specimens of the willow and other trees were obtained by some of the members, but the bed here being somewhat sandy the leaves were not so well preserved as in the adjoining Waterloo brickyard, where the beds are more clayey. The "Bottom-bed," showing the junction with the Chalk, which had recently been dug down to at this spot-the southwestern part of the excavation-was unfortunately hidden by rain-wash. NOVEMBER, 1896.] Northern Railway, and a part of which was figured in the
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