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Joint Meeting, Woolhope, Malvern, and Cotteswold Clubs, Tuesday, 

 June 13TH, 1854. 



SPEECH HOUSE, FOREST OF DEAN. 



The second joint meeting of the Woolhope, Malvern, and Cotteswold Natural- 

 ists' Field Clubs, fixed in pursuarce of a resolution passed at the first meeting 

 held at Eastnor, on the 7th of June, 1853, was held on Tuesday, 13th June, at 

 the Speech-house, in the Forest of Dean. 



The Malvern and Cotteswold Clubs met at breakfast at Newnham, transacted 

 their special business, and thence proceeded to the Speech-house. 



The Woolhope Club met at 8.30 a.m., at the King's Head Hotel, Ross, where 

 they breakfasted, and held their ordinary meeting, under the presidency of the 

 Rev. T. T- Lewis ; Mr. T. T. Williams, of Wessington Court, was unanimously 

 elected a member ; and a number of gentlemen were proposed to be balloted 

 for at the July meeting, which is to be held at Monmouth Cap. It was agreed 

 that the address of the Rev. T. T. Lewis, on retiring from the office of President 

 in January last, together with a narrative of the Club's proceedings, and a selection 

 of the papers read at its meetings, be printed for the use of the members ; and 

 it was arranged that the Printing Committee should meet at Hereford on the 

 evening preceding the next meeting, for the purpose of carrying out the resolution. 



The desirability of purchasing a set of Meteorological instruments, and request- 

 ing one of the members to undertake the keeping of a series of observations, was 

 discussed at some length, but the decision was postponed until the July meeting. 



At 10.15 a.m., the members started in a stage coach, (supplied by Messrs. 

 Bosley, of Hereford), for the Speech-house. The morning had been marked by 

 heavy rain, but by this time the sky cleared, and the rest of the day was fine, 

 with the exception of some flying showers. The route taken was along the south 

 bank of our beautiful Wye to Lydbrook, a portion of the river which is scarcely 

 excelled even in any part of its course, for scenery. The luxuriance of the vegeta- 

 tion ; the various forms of the richly wooded hills ; the serpentine windings of 

 the pellucid Wye ; the picturesque Court and gray old Castle of Goodrich ; the 

 venerable Churches of Walford, EngUsh Bicknor, and pretty villages, nestUng 

 among the foUage ; and the succession of comfortable and elegant mansions 

 studding the slopes, all showed to perfection. The thousand different lights and 

 shades, thrown from the April -seeming sky, gave as many varied effects, as the 

 clouds scudded swiftly across the landscape. Considering the state of the atmos- 

 phere, the views were remarkably extensive, while they could not have been seen 

 to greater advantage. 



