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Woolbope Naturalists' JFidtr Club. 



Second Field Meeting, Tuesday, July 26th, 1853. 

 LEINTWARDINE, FOR DOWNTON, WIGMORE. 



The Second Meeting of this Club was held on Tuesday, 26th July. At 

 .5-30 a.m., notwithstanding the frequent and heavy rain which was then falling, a 

 party of the Members started from Hereford in a brake supplied by Messrs. 

 Bosley, and made their way to Leintwardine, which they reached at 9 a.m. 

 Having partaken of an excellent breakfast at the Lion Inn, the Members 

 transacted the business of the Club. The new members, Mr. Booker of Ross, and 

 Mr. Stubbs of Fownhope, were unanimously elected. A letter from Dr. Rowan, 

 of Hereford, was read, stating his inability to be present, and enclosing for the 

 use of the Club a schedule of directions for taking meteorological observations, 

 which he had received from James Glashier, Esq., of the Meteorological Society 

 of London. By about 11 a.m. the rain began to clear off, and the Members started 

 on their scientific explorations. The remainder of the day was fine, and the varied 

 scenery which met their view at every step, whether the eye ranged over the broad 

 vales and step-like ridges of South Shropshire, or surveyed the picturesque wooded 

 hills and valleys of North Herefordshire and Radnorshire, showed to the greatest 

 possible advantage. 



Under the guidance of the respected President, the Rev. T. T. Lewis, they 

 visited the limestone quarries, one mile from Leintwardine, on the Ludlow road, 

 and then made their way through the beautiful demesne and woods of Downton, to 

 Burrington and Leinthall. Thence they directed their course to Wigmore, after a 

 most delightful and instructive ramble of about six hours duration. At 5 p.m., the 

 Members met at the Hundred House Inn, where they refreshed their exhausted 

 frames with an excellently served dinner. 



There were present — The Rev. T. T. Le\vis, President ; Rev. J. B. James, of 

 Knowbury ; Rev. J. F. Crouch, Pembridge ; Mr. E. Davies, Barrister of the 

 Oxford Circuit ; Mr. Lingwood, Mr. Cam, Mr. Purchas, Mr. Lichfield. Mr. 

 Blashill, Mr. A. Thompson, Mr. Edmunds, and others. 



After dinner, Mr. Lingwood read a Paper containing a list of the Birds of 

 Herefordshire, as observed by himself and some friends upon whose accuracy he 

 could rely. After spending a day of great intellectual enjoyment, the party 

 separated about 9 p.m. 



Throughout the day the Members were greatly indebted to the Rev. President 

 for his lucid explanations of the arrangement of the various strata belonging 

 to the Silurian system, which the party visited. Some excellent specimens of 

 Pentamerus Knightii, various Trilobites, and other fossils were found. 



