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Woolbop^ ^atoalists' JFidtr Club. 



Second Field Meeting, Tuesday, July 20th, 1858. 



BROMYARD. 



The Second Meeting of this Club for the present year was held at Bromyard, 

 on Tuesday, July 20th, under the presidency of Mr. C. Lingen, in the absence of 

 the President, Dr. Bevan, of Beaufort. There were present also, Mr. Suter, 

 Hon. Sec, Mr. Salwey, Mr. Lightbody, and Mr. Harley, of Ludlow ; Mr. Curley, 

 Dr. Rowan, Mr. Edmunds, of Hereford, &c. The party met at breakfast at the 

 Falcon Hotel between 9 and 10 a.m., and afterwards proceeded to transact the 

 usual business. The Rev. C. Smith, of Tarrington, was unanimously elected a 

 member, and another gentleman was nominated, to be balloted for at next 

 meeting, which was fixed for August 17th, at Usk. Progress was reported on the 

 subject of the Flora of the County, a complete account of which is being prepared 

 by the Rev. W. H. Purchas. 



After breakfast the party started for an exploring rambld Mr. Salwey and 

 Mr. Lingen acting as guides. 



The party first visited the quarries on Bromyard Down, and thence made 

 their way by the Hawkins to the interesting old Church of Stanford Bishop. 

 Here a few minutes only were allowed for a glance at the fine Norman doorway, 

 and other interesting features of the Church. In passing, the patriarchal yew 

 tree, 15 or 16 feet in girth, and probably six or seven centm"ies old, which shades 

 the north side of the churchyard, was greatly admired. 



From Stanford Bishop Church the party made their way through the Church- 

 house dingle to Sevington, visiting divers quarries, and putting " crushing 

 questions " to stone heaps wherever found. Until they reached Sevington, 

 however, their researches were fruitless. There, on the contrary, a mass of 

 Comstone fragments yielded a number of good specimens of Pteraspis, Cepha- 

 laspis, &c. 



A visit to another quarry, lying eastward of the house, was then made, 

 after which the party made their way to Ponton, and thence through the Acton 

 Beauchamp dingle to Hingston, returning through Avenbury Churchyard to 

 Bromyard. 



The weather was delightful, the passing clouds frequently veiling the sun, 

 and thus rendering the intervals of his fierce glare more tolerable. The slight 

 fatigues of the journey were lightened by the hospitality shown by Mr. Philpotts, 

 of The Hawkins, and Mr. Brown, of Sevington, the latter gentleman kindly 

 entertaining the party at an al fresco lunch on his lawn. 



