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said that he had seen several horses in them, and that they were 

 sometimes ! got out alive. The geologists of the party made 

 some superficial observations on them ; only one going thoroughly 

 into the subject, which he did as far as the knee, and found that 

 the substratum consisted of a whitish clay a little thicker than 

 pea-soup. For this discovery an unanimous vote of thanks was 

 given him. At this meeting the Rev. Edwin Meyrick and 

 Nevil Story Maskelyne, Esq. were elected members. 



The third meeting on August 7th, to inspect Bredon Hill, pro- 

 mised a large field of interest, and Mr. Strickland had taken 

 much pains to point out the easiest way of reaching the several 

 points of the route, and had moreover invited those who might 

 attend to breakfast ; yet, proh pudor ! the distance and un- 

 favourable weather deterred all but two members, Mr. Baker and 

 the Rev. F. Bayly, from availing themselves of his hospitality. 

 Dr. White joined the party afterwards; and Mr. Strickland, sen., 

 Mr. Hyett, the Rev. Mr. Davies and Dr. Willis were the rest of 

 the party. 



Mr. Strickland's rich collection of about 3000 specimens of 

 birds, and the Abbey Church of Tewkesbury, which was under- 

 going restoration, occupied the party till the inexorable train 

 commanded their departure for the Eckington station, near 

 which, at the ancient seat of Woolashill, a luncheon was most 

 hospitably provided, and the ascent of the Bredon Hill com- 

 menced. Mr. Strickland pointed out on the eastern face the 

 inferior lias reaching far above Woolashill, where, at a compara- 

 tively short distance from the top, the marlstone crops out, 

 forming a hard shelf between the upper and lower lias. The 

 latter, eaten away into bays and promontories by the ancient sea, 

 forms a nearly perpendicular bank now clothed with coppice, on 

 the top of which the upper lias having been washed off the 

 marlstone, there remains a broad flat shelf which can be traced 

 almost uninterruptedly along the face of the hill. The glorious 

 view from the top was veiled by rain and mists. This unpro- 

 pitious day did not prevent the select party after dinner from 

 enjoying an animated discussion on philological subjects, Mr. 

 Jones maintaining that not only the Saxon and Latin, but the 

 Celtic and Sanscrit languages were derivable from the same 

 roots. Greek metres and pronunciation were then introduced : 



