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Sept. 14. Spent in the town. A curious mill of the 14th cen- 

 tury, church, castle, etc. The castle much ruined and altered to 

 form the site of a modern house. 



Sept. 15. Visited the church of Efenechtyd, the inscription in 

 Pool Park, and many circles on the hills about Bedd Emlyn. 



Sept. 16. To Llanrhaidr, Denbigh, and St. Asaph. Lunched 

 with the Bishop. 



Sept. 17. Freeman, Basil Jones, and I walked to the camp, 

 Y-Foel-Fenlli. Dined with Mr. Turnor, agent to Lord Bagot. 



Sept. 18. To Valle Crucip and Llangollen. 



Sept. 19. A wet day for the most part, taken up with meetings 

 and the museum. 



Sept. 20. Left Ruthin for Liverpool to attend the Meeting of 

 the British Association. Took lodgings (with Ramsay). Dined at 

 the Town Hall with the Mayor. 



Sept. 23. This evening Professor Ramsay and I went to 

 Manchester, to Mr. Ormerod's house, Adelphi Terrace, Salford. 



Sept. 25. Returned to Liverpool for the rest of the meeting. 

 " Red Lion " dinner at the Waterloo Hotel ; much too grand, long, 

 and expensive. 



Sept. 27. Dined with Dr. Dickenson. 



Sept. 28. Left Liverpool for Shrewsbury. Spent half the day 

 with Leighton. 



Sept. 29. To Birmingham, to the house of W. Mathews, jun., 

 Edgbaston House. 



Sept. 30. Went to Bewdley and Wyre Forest; Lees, and a 

 Mr. Thompson, and Mr. Jordan joined us. Forest all low wood 

 Full of RuU. 



Oct. 2. To Clent Hills and Hagley Park. 



Oct. 3. Left Birmingham for Mr. E. A. Freeman's house at 

 Dursley, where I arrived. Walked with him to Uley Bury, a very 

 extensive fortification, taking up the whole top of a peninsular 

 abrupt hill. Entrances at the south, east, and north angles, or 

 rather just close to them. North angle strongly defended by two 

 ditches, and ramparts crossing the neck. Also further on to a 

 tumulus called . . . 



Oct. 4. Walked over Stinchcombe Hill to Drakestone Camp, 

 which is not a camp, but a small space separated from the rest of 

 the Down by five or six parallel banks and ditches. Descended 

 by Stancombe to N. Nibley ; ascended to Nibley Knoll, and to 

 Blackenbury Ditches ; two fine ditches and trenches extending 

 quite across the hill, and one following its brink. Descended into 



