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MEETING AT KINGTON, 



June 26th, 1866. 



On Tuesday, the 26th inst., the second field meeting of this club for the 

 present season was held at Kington. The day was a magnificent one, the 

 brightness and heat of the sun being tempered in some degree by a gentle 

 breeze, and there was a large attendance of members from various parts of the 

 district. 



The President, Pr. Bull) and the committee met at the Barton Railway 

 Station in this city at 9 a.m,, and held a meeting at which several gentlemen 

 were elected as members of the Club, and others duly proposed. 



At 9.50 a large party left Hereford for Eardisley, by the Hereford, Hay 

 and Brecon railway, the clean neat state of the carriages, and the smoothness 

 of the travelling being remarked by some of the visitors from a distance, as 

 giving a satisfactory idea of railway developement in this district. The 

 beauty of the scenery along the line, too, was the theme of general admiration ; 

 the wooded Credenhill with its suggestions of Roman and Saxon warfare, and 

 its picturesque church ; the peaceful fields dotted with sheep, once covered 

 with the houses of busy Magna Castra ; the " leafy honours" of Gamons-hill ; 

 the ivy-covered ruins of old Yazor church, and the " heaven directed spire " 

 of its neat successor ; the beautiful Lady-lift with its diadem of trees, sug- 

 gestive of the renowned author. Sir Uvedale Price, who was not only their 

 planter but the cause by his writings of many other beautiful estates being 

 so laid out as to develope their natural capability of being made beautiful ; 

 and then, in descending the long incline between Kinnersley and Eardisley 

 stations, the glorious view westward of the richly wooded vale of the Wye, 

 with its noble framework of wooded hills, behind which rise the huge wall of 

 the HatteriU range, the Radnorshire Beacon, the far-off Radnor Forest, and 

 other lofty summits, all successively delighted the visitors, as far as the hazy 

 state of the atmosphere permitted them to be seen. This diflBcHlty, however, 

 did not mar their view on returning, when the exquisite clearness of the 

 atmosphere not only revealed the full beauty of the view, but invested it all 

 with an added charm in the golden glory of the evening light. 



