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returned to Hereford stopped on their way to visit the magnificent oak at 

 Rosemaund, which they found to be still flourishing, althcligh quite hollow. 

 Ten people could stand inside the trunk. At four feet from the ground it 

 measured 35 feet in girth. 



On the way back to Hereford, the intense blackness of the clouds to the 

 S.W. was an omen which was soon verified by a heavy fall of rain. From 

 Ross, Mr. Henry SouthaU reports that the do^vnpour was the heaviest experi- 

 enced this season. In Hereford it was not nearly so heavy as that of the 

 whirlwind day, July 7. 



At 5 p.m. a party of the members dined together at the Green Dragon 

 ho!)el, Mr. E. Y. Steele, the President, occupjdng the chair. The Chairman 

 apologised for his absence from the morning meeting, adding that he had been 

 further delayed by the interruption caused by the sad accident at the Eedhill 

 junction. The party broke up about 7 p.m., several of the members visiting 

 the terrible scene at Redhill. 



The party present in the course of the day included Mr. E. Y. Steele, Presi- 

 dent ; Mr. John Lloyd and Mr. Curley, Vice-Presidents ; Rev. H. T. Hill, 



Rev. Graham ; Mr. and Miss Hereford, Sufton ; Mr. John Lamb, 



Mr. riavell Edmunds, Mr. H. Southall, Mr. Garrold, ISIr. Harrison, Mr., 

 Mrs., and Miss Pitt, Mr. Paris, Mr. and Mrs. Adam.s, Mr. Burlingham, Mr. 

 Riddle, Mr. Lloyd, &c. 



