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Fourth Field Meeting, Monday, September 7th, 1863. 



MALVERN LINK. 



On 7th September, 1863, the Club met at Malvern Link for a grand Field 

 Day, with the members of the Malvern, Worcestershire, Cotteswold, Dudley, 

 Severn Valley, and Caradoc Clubs. 



The members breakfasted at Lyttlet#n House, Malvern Link, by invitation 

 of Rev. Thomas King. 



The business of the Club consisted in the election of the following candidates : 

 Rev. Thomas H. Candy, Llangua ; Rev. George Cornewall, Moccas : Colonel 

 Fielden, Dulas Court ; Rev. Berkeley L. S. Stanhope, Bosbury ; and Rev. W. 

 Wenman of Rowlestone. 



The following attended the meeting : Mr. R. Lightbody and Rev. Charles 

 Smith, Vice-Presidents ; Rev. H. C. Key, Rev. Thos. King, Dr. McCullough, 

 Messrs. Philip Baylis, Thos. Blashill, C. T. Bodenham, T. Curley, Elmes Y. Steele, 

 and Arthur Thompson, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary ; and the following 

 visitors : Mr. T. T. Davies and Rev. — Mason. 



Having partaken of the kind hospitality of the Rev. Thomas King, at Lyttel- 

 ton House, and transacted the ordinary business of the Club, our members joined 

 the general assemblage in a visit to the very interesting Abbey Church at Great 

 Malvern, which has been recently restored by Mr. Gilbert Scott. A brief history 

 of the Abbey was given by Mr. J. S. Walker, with an explanation of the curious 

 and very old glass in the South West Chapel. 



The Museum of the Malvern Club at the house of the Messrs. Burrows was 

 next visited, and after a short inspection of some of the many interesting fossils 

 of the district, which it contains, a general move was made for the summit of the 

 Worcestershire Beacon. From this (the highest point of the Malvern Hills), a 

 most interesting and eloquent lecture was given by the Rev. W. S. S^inonds, 

 F.G.S., President of the Malvern Club, on the Geology of the surrounding district. 

 It was thoroughly appreciated by everyone, but enjoyed more especially by those 

 gentlemen who had wisely carried up with them their great coats. 



The Geologists, under the guidance of Dr. Holl, then pursued their way 

 across the Llandovery conglomerate of Miss Phillips to the Upper Silurian Rocks, 



