frequent display of force we notice in the most insignificant cirrhus of dust under our feet 

 JUBt as the mighty strata, teeming with the records of a past life history, resemble in 

 larger type, the drift now being formed from the muddy deposit of the merest brook ; 

 just as the huge bones of the megatherium present to us, as organic remains, objects for 

 study in conmion with the tiny foraminifer. Correlation of laws, of forces, and of struc- 

 tures, which, the more it occupies our minds, the more it must excite our admiration of 

 that Creative Power who institutes, who stirs, who fashions them all. 



Our fourth field meeting was on Wednesday, the 20th of August, for Tenbury and 

 the Titterstone Clee. It was attended by 30 naturalists, including members and 

 visitors, the greater part of whom left Hereford by train for Wooferton, at which station 

 carriages were in waiting for us. Unfortunately, owing to that prevailing fault, to which 

 I may plead guilty with perhaps more excuse than many of my colleagues, of not sending 

 timely notice of intention to be present, there was barely room enough for an un- 

 comfortable squeeze into the seats provided, and to add to the inconvenience, when we 

 reached Tenbury no accession to horse and carriage could be obtained. We, however, 

 cheerfully made the best of the appliances at our command, and turned to the steep hill 

 we had to ascend. Had the living horse been more vigorous, and the iron ones more 

 accommodating, we should have had a successful excursion, for the sky was smiling 

 although the wind blew cold, and the scenery of this part of the Teme Valley is most 

 varied and beautiful, combining rich pasture, well-wooded vistas, and a picturesque out- 

 line. This route had been chosen partly because an ascent of the Titterstone had before 

 been made from Ludlow, and partly to afford us the opportunity of making acquaintance 

 with a new district well calculated to charm the lover of nature in her freshest and brightest 

 garb. Dragging our slow way up the hill we had ample time and opportunity for 

 scanning the valley below. Its undulations presented the varying aspects of light and shade 

 that such a sky of alternating sunshine and cloud, as we enjoyed on that day conld afford. 

 Green banks, woods, dells, and dingles succeeded each other as we followed the winding 

 road, passing Kyrewood House, Nash Court, and Court of Hill, beautiful seats of the 

 notables of the district, till approaching the top of the ascent a fine view was unfolded of 

 the more distant landmarks, somewhat obscured however by a hazy horizon. We left our 

 carriages at the "Golden Cross," the first reached of the two or three modest 

 hostelries on the roadside, and stopping to note the outcrop of carboniferous lime- 

 stone and of superincumbent millstone grit, we arrived at the coal measures, here 

 covered over and concealed by coarse mountain turf, a long stretch of which, between 

 Knowbury and Cornbrook, had to be crossed before reaching the extreme points of the 

 mountain to the northward, which bears the name of " Titterstone." Here, sitting in the 

 " Giant's Chair," which is a remarkable protrusion of basaltic rock, we took breath to 

 survey the glorious expanse of undulating country beneath and around us, plain, 

 valley, mountain, and stream, all combining with distant cities and other works of man 

 to form one of the finest panoramas our favoured land can present to the lover of 

 scenery. To detail only the more prominent features of this wide and lovely prospect 

 would occupy more space than I can now afford, and I may spare you the 

 trouble of hearing a lame account of what has been so often told by better 

 observers and describers than I can pretend to be. Attention was called to 

 a paper " On the Geology of the Titterstone Clee Hill, and of the Knowbury 

 and Cornbrook Hills," by Mr. Henry Johnson, mining engineer, of Dudley. This very 

 able and interesting paper, was, in the absence of the author, kindly read by 

 the Rev. H. W. Phillott, who, in well-modulated tones, acquitted himself admirably of the 

 task imposed upon him by bis readiness to oblige me. The paper itself, with accompanying 



