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but the water was too high to reach it. From thence a walk of about a mile aad 

 a half to Craven Arms and back to Ludlow by train, concluded the first day's 

 excursion over a most interesting and splendid country. 



The second day's trip was first to Mocktre, and after examining the fine 

 sections of Aymestrey Limestone and Lower Ludlow, the party proceeded to 

 Leintwardine. where they separated for a short time, Mr. Symonds and Mr. 

 Lightbody going on further to Pedwardine, to examine the small upheaval of 

 Lower Llandeilo Flags, containing Dichiyonema sociale in abundance, and a small 

 species of Obolina. The remainder of the party went to Church Hill and waited 

 there for Mr. Lightbody to meet them. 



The Church Hill quarries are the most productive in new organisms of any 

 section in this locality ; more than twelve species of new Star-fish, several new 

 Encrinites, a few species of Ceratiocaris, and two or three specimens of Limuloides 

 optatus, an organism allied to the great King-crab of our existing seas, have been 

 found there. It seems to be a connecting link between the Silurian Trilobite 

 and the Old Red Cephalaspis. In these beds of the Lower Ludlow formation, 

 the oldest known fish was found of the species of Pteraspis, but the members 

 were very unfortunate in their day. 



After Mr. Lightbody joined, they continued on towards Ludlow, through 

 the beautiful grounds belonging to Downton Castle, in which are some fine sections 

 of Upper Ludlow, and many rare species of ferns are to be procured. At the 

 lower end of the Walks near Downton Castle Bridge, the Upper Ludlow Bone Bed 

 is well exposed, and immediately overlying it is the Trochus Bed, from which 

 several small, but perfect, Fish-heads have been obtained. A short walk from 

 here to the Forge Bridge, and back to Ludlow by carriage, concluded the second 

 day's excursion, through a most interesting locality both to the geologist and the 

 botanist. We noticed present the following members and visitors : — WOOL- 

 HOPE CLUB : — Mr. Robert Lightbody, President ; Mr. George Cocking, and 

 Mr. Elmes Y. Steele, Vice-Presidents ; Capt. Guise, hon. member. President of the 

 Cotteswold Club ; Messrs. C. T. Bodenham, H. Salwey, T. Curley, Arthur Thomp- 

 son, A. Wall Davies, M.D., Kington. MALVERN CLUB :— The Rev. W. S. 

 S>'monds, President ; Mr. Edwin Lees, Vice-President ; The Rev. R. Bilson, 

 The Rev. W. Thorn, Mr. Kent. VISITORS :— David M. McCullough, 

 M.D. ; The Rev. R. Soper, Messrs. F. Kempson, Alfred Marston, and — Pritchard, 

 Weston-super-Mare. 



The Rev. Arthur Gray, of Orcop, was elected a member of the Woolhope Club, 

 and the following gentlemen were proposed : — The Rev. Thos. Woodhouse, 

 Mansel Lacy ; David Wylie, Esq., Shrewsbury ; Dr. McCullough, and Mr. Wm. 

 Phillips, Hereford. 



In his " Sketch of the Proceedings of the Malvern Naturalists' Club " from 

 1853 to the close of 1865 " the Rev. Wm. S. Symonds refers to this Field Meeting 

 in 1861 in conjunction with the Woolhope Club at Ludlow, in the follow- 

 ing words : — " We were specially interested in the fossils found in the Passage 



