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by a faint beam of sunlight, but the lofty ranges of " the stormy hills of Wales " 

 loomed out but dimly in the background. 



To the geologist the scene was interesting, as bringing together in one view, 

 classic Siluria, with the Syenite of Malvern, the Basalt of Titterstone, the Old 

 Red Sandstone of Radnorshire and Breconshire, the Cornstone ridges of Hereford- 

 shire, the Mountain Limestone wall of Dean Forest, with the Liassic and Oolitic 

 formations of the Severn Vaie and the Cotteswolds. 



On this spot, under the shadow of the lofty Scotch firs which crown the 

 summit where, may be, Caractacus once marshalled his brave followers, the 

 peaceful students of nature assembled, with the expectation of hearing a lecture 

 on the geology of the district, from the eloquent President of the Malvern Club, 

 the Rev. W. S. Symonds, Rector of Pendock. The President, however, was com- 

 pelled to disappoint expectation by the announcement that, as Mr. Symonds had 

 been unexpectedly prevented from being present, and as he (the President) had 

 been unable to prevail on any of the geologists present to address the company, 

 that part of the plan must necessarily be given up. He, however, had another 

 announcement of a more agreeable character to make. They were met on that 

 spot by the kind permission of Mr. Thomas Evans, of Sufton Court, who had, 

 with his characteristic hospitality, on learning that the meeting was fixed to be 

 held in his neighbourhood, thrown open his house to the members from a distance. 

 He, however, had felt that in the present state of Mr. Evans' health, it would not 

 be at all proper for them to avail themselves of his very kind invitation ; and he 

 (the President) had intimated that feeling to Mr. Evans, while thanking him on 

 the part of the members, for his kindness. Mr. Evans, however, not satisfied 

 with the mere invitation, had given a fresh proof of his kindness by sending up 

 the materials for a handsome luncheon to that spot. (Applause). 



As even geologists and botanists must eat and drink, like other people, and 

 as the out-door pursuit of science is particularly favourable to the cultivation of 

 a good appetite, the latter part of the President's short address was received with 

 hearty applause. Their minds had been deprived of a banquet, but it was not 

 considered at all necessary to fulfil the poet's resolve by " letting the body pine " ; 

 and so the luncheon was attacked with spirit, and was relished all the better for 

 being partaken of on the breezy hill-top, under a sky which wore at the time a 

 somewhat threatening aspect. 



After luncheon the party proceeded through the wood to the well-known 

 " Hatton's-rocks "* — a striking spot at the eastern ridge of the Camp, where 

 enormous masses of rock hang impending over the deep woody valley beneath. 

 Here the famous Woolhope " valley of elevation," by the exploration of which 

 Sir Roderick Murchison worked out his great Silurian System, is visible at a 

 glance. The deep concentric valleys represent the denuded shales, while the 

 separating ridges are composed of the harder rocks. In the centre the Caradoc 

 Sandstone rises as a vast dome, though the lowest in the series of the Silurian 



"* At the period of republication (1907) these rocks are very generally known as Adam s 

 Rocks. The late Judge W. H. Cooke advocated Atoms Rocks. — Eiiitor. 



