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Second Field Meeting, July, 2ist, 1857. 

 LUDLOW. 



The Second Field Meeting was held on Tuesday, July 21st, at Ludlow. In 

 their choice of the day the members were singularly unfortunate, Tuesday being 

 being the first wet day we have had for several weeks past, and being followed, 

 as well as preceded, by fine bright weather. The rain began soon after the 

 Hereford members departed by the 9-45 train for Ludlow, and continued with 

 scarcely an interval, until evening. Despite this drawback, however, there was 

 a pretty good muster — the party at dinner numbering 22— and the scientific 

 explorations of the day were carried on with zeal, although the range of country 

 examined was necessarily much restricted by the weather. 



Among the members present were : Mr. C. Lingen, President of the Club ; 

 Mr. Suter, Hon. Sec; Mr. Lingwood, Mr. T. H. Lee Warner, Rev. J. Miller, 

 Messrs. Salwey, Lightbody, Cocking, Cam, Flavell Edmunds, Ballard, Curley, 

 G. Smith, A. Thompson, and Rev. J. D. La Touche, of Stokesay. The list of 

 guests present included Mr. C. T. Bodenham, Rothetwas ; Rev. Mr. Green, 

 Holme Lacy ; Mr. W. Gilkes, Mayor of Leominster ; Mr.T. T. Davies, Hereford, 

 &c. 



On arriving at Ludlow, the members departed, in two crowded omnibuses, 

 for Forge Bridge, the nearest point of the Silurian district of Downton, not more 

 remarkable for the exquisite beauty of scenery than for the geologic interest 

 attaching to the chief formation there developed. The fine-grained, compact, 

 Downton Sandstone, so valuable for building purposes, is particularly interesting 

 to a geologist, as the uppermost member of the Silurian system, and therefore 

 the next formation to the massive Old Red. 



At the point of junction between the Leintwardine ruad and the road to 

 Downton Castle, the party alighted from the conveyances, which were sent on to 

 the furthermost point at which the Downton gorge approaches the road, there to 

 await them at the close of the pedestrian part of the journey. 



On their alighting, the members were joined by Col. Colvin and Mr. Colvin, 

 junr., who kindly acted as their guides in the exploration of this very beautiful 

 tract of country. Col. Colvin on this occasion acted as the representative of Mr. 

 J. H. Tarratt, who thus conveyed an invitation to the members to lunch at the 

 Castle, and also kindly threw open the Park for theu: explorations. 



The members proceeded first to the quarry on the roadside near the Bridge, 

 where the geologists of the party spent half an hour very satisfactorily, bagging 



