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Wickwar Tunnel many years ago. It has long been bricked up, 

 and may never be seen again. It occurs in the Carboniferous 

 Limestone, and appeared truly interbedded. 



Mr. Harding then exhibited some living specimens of 

 AsUjnonms cedilis, both sexes; they were taken near Hartlepool. 

 Some mounted specimens were presented to the Museum. 



EXCURSION. 



The only general Excursion taken by the Society this summer 

 was on July 2nd. A party of twenty-five left Bristol by an early 

 train for Cheltenham, being joined at Mangotsfield Junction by 

 the Secretary of the Bath IN'atural History Club, and a few other 

 friends. 



The programme of the day was the study of the Inferior 

 Oolite at Leckhampton, under the guidance of Dr. T. Wright, 

 who had kindly put his unrivalled acquaintance with these 

 Jurassic beds at the disposal of his Bristol friends. Dr. Wright 

 met the party at the station, and they all proceeded in carriages 

 straight to the foot of Leckhampton Hill. They were here joined 

 by another party almost equally strong in numbers from 

 Cheltenham, of whom the greater part were ladies, eager to join 

 in the advantages of a field demonstration from the learned 

 Professor, and if we may believe report, already well initiated 

 into the mysteries of rocks and fossils. 



After a short toil up the side of the tram-incline, down which 

 the loaded trollies with their freight of building stone were 

 constantly running, the base of the quarry was reached. Dr. 

 "Wright here pointed out the chief groups or divisions of the 



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