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a number of fossils. The party then crossed the glen, after admiring the bold arch 

 of the very beautiful bridge which at this spot spans the Teme, and visited 

 several newly opened sections of rock on the south side of the river. They 

 subsequently re-crossed the river, and made their way along its north bank to 

 Downton Castle. 



At this finely situated mansion, a handsomely provided luncheon awaited 

 them, at which Col. Colvin presided in the unavoidable absence of Mr. Tarratt. 

 In the course of the luncheon it was unanimously agreed that the Hon. Secretary 

 of the Club, Mr. J . A. F. Suter, be requested to convey the thanks of the members 

 to Mr. Tarratt, for his kind consideration. The only toast drunk was proposed by 

 Mr. Edmunds, who remarked that he had been requested by his fellow members 

 around him to express the sentiments which they all felt towards their hospitable 

 entertainer. Not only had he thrown open to their view the exceedingly beautiful 

 park, upon the scenery of which they had gazed with such gratification, but he 

 had also invited them to examine the stiU more beautiful scenery of the upper 

 part of the gorge, and he had with kind thoughtfulness entertained them very 

 handsomely also. He begged to express their grateful sense of the hospitality of 

 Mr. Tarratt by drinking the health of that gentleman. (Applause). 



This toast having been cordially drunk, the party rose from table, and having 

 spent a few moments in admiring the beautiful prospect visible from the south 

 front of the castle, seen as it was through the thin veil of the constantly falling 

 rain, made their way towards the " Walks," in the upper gorge of the river. 

 At and near to the bridge they examined various outcrops of the Old Red and of 

 the Downton Sandstone, and then entered the gorge, noticing and admiring the 

 " dim religious light " of the grotto, the musical murmurings of the river, and 

 the ever-changing beauty of the winding course. It was remarked by one member 

 that the scenery bore so strong a resemblance to that of a part of the Scottish 

 Lake district that the gorge might fitly be called a miniature of the Trossachs. 



Having made their way up the gorge as far as the cottage of the Leint- 

 wardine fishery watchman, who is a careful collector of fossils, many of the 

 members examined his collection of ProtasUrs, the star-fishes of primjeval waters, 

 and other curious fossils. 



At Bow Bridge the fine sweep of the valley and the lofty range of perpen- 

 dicular cliffs excited their admiration. Here, of course, the hammers of the 

 geologists speedily awoke the echoes, not wholly unused to such summonses it 

 must be admitted. 



On the road above this lofty cliff the vehicles awaited the party ; and here 

 they departed from their kind guides, Col. Colvin and Mr. Colvin, jun., who 

 returned to Leintwardine, while the rest of the party were rapidly driven towards 

 Ludlow, where the important business of dining had to be transacted. 



The Botanists of the party had of course only glanced at the treasures of the 

 district through which they had passed. They had, however, secured specimens 

 of the beautiful Poly podium dryopteria and Aspidium fdex foem., Cystopteris fra- 



