IxX PROCEEDINGS, 



manner in which its ornaments are arranged. The great doors had 

 four pillars on each side, with Saxon capitals supporting five 

 mouldings, the outermost of which is ornamented with zigzag 

 work ; the second has angels and foliage in alternate ovals ; the 

 third, beasts' heads, jessant foliage; the fourth, a spread eagle and 

 the signs of the Zodiac, of which Pisces and Capricorn still remain; 

 the fifth, flowers, etc. The capitals have David playing on the 

 harp, a figure prostrate to him ; a bishop in pontificalihus, with 

 mitre and crosier, and a bearded man in a cap ; two more bearded 

 men hold a scroll perpendicularly, on whose top is a headless beast, 

 etc. The lesser door has seven mouldings, on five pillars exclusive 

 of the inner, composed of roses and laced work, and nail-headed 

 quatrefoils. The arch between the two doors is half a zigzag and 

 half a straight moulding, and the interlaced arches within it rest 

 on capitals charged with grotesque figures : one seems to have 

 a number of souls and a devil. The space over the small door is 

 ornamented by various compartments displaying flowers. Above 

 the doors are three rows of arches : the first consists of seven flat 

 arches, with pedestals for statues ; the second of six small and two 

 large, open to a gallery leading to the bell-tower, with a seventh 

 arch between the latter, placed over the door, all on treble clustered 

 pillars. The third row has five pointed flat arches with single 

 pillars. Over the west door, under the arch, are three ornamental 

 niches ; and under the west windows of the tower are four roses 

 in squares." [Loc. cit., pp. 19, 20.) 



The church was entered, but the interior features have not the 

 same interest, from a geological point of view at least, as that 

 attaching to the exterior of the building. 



The members of the Hertfordshire Society then left from the 

 Great Northern station, a few minutes' walk from the church, 

 the members of the Geologists' Association leaving by a later train 

 after having tea in Dunstable. 



Field Meeting, 19xh October, 1895. 



THE GROVE, WATFORD. 



When a naturalist settles down to work in his study, he knows 

 exactly the amount of material at his command, and under such 

 circumstances he has not the charm of uncertainty, and possibility 

 of a pleasant surprise, so often experienced by the somewhat 

 despised collector. Undoubtedly the type of collector who has 

 no ultimate object in view cannot claim much sympathy from 

 the ti'ue student of nature ; but, on the other hand, every true 

 student of nature must be a collector, otherwise his field of view 

 must necessarily be narrow, and his power of comparison imperfect, 

 owing to a lack of the knowledge pertaining to tlie habits and 

 mode of life of the particular group of organisms in which he 

 is interested. Every raml)le in the country adds to the know- 

 ledge of the student of nature, and although it must be admitted 



