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Mayne Eeid ; Mr. and Mrs. E. Colt- Williams, and Miss Timberlake ; Rev. C. J. 

 Westropp ; Mrs. Beddoe, Mr. C. B. Beddoe, and Miss Marion Beddoe ; Dr. Bull, 

 Mr. H. P. Bull, Miss Bull, and Miss Evelyn Bull ; Mr. W. C. Bull ; Miss Ellis ; Rev. 

 E. and Mrs. Cunningham, Mr. Charles Fortey, Miss and Miss Marg'aret du Buisson, 

 Mr. T. C. Paris, Kev. Percy Burd and Mrs. Burd, Rev. W. D. V. Buncombe, Mr. 

 John Morris, Miss Morris, and Mrs. and Miss Bliukhorn ; Mr. Joseph Greaves, 

 . Rev. T. M. and Mrs. Beavan ; Rev. C. H. and Mrs. Buhner and Miss Bulmer ; 

 Mr. Cockrem, Miss and Miss F. Cockrem, and Miss Morris ; Rev. W. R. 

 Shepherd, Rev. H. B. D. Marshall and Mrs. Marshall, Rev. G. M. and Mrs. 

 Metcalfe, Mr. W. A. Arraitage and Mrs. Eckley Armitage and Miss Brown, 

 Mr. Theophilus Lane (secretary) and Mrs. Lane. 



The dinner took place in the Verderer's room. It was rather a scramble, 

 and the excellent waiting had to be done by the members, whilst not a few of the 

 visitors had to practise it in a negative sense. The room indeed was rather full, 

 but there was enough for all, so things righted themselves in the end. After 

 dinner an excellent paper was read by Mr. Lees, entitled " Cursory Notes on the 

 Forest of Dean and some of the objects within it." It was listened to with much 

 interest, and, on the motion of Dr. Bull, the thanks of the Club were unanimously 

 given to Mr. Lees, not only for the present paper, but for the generous kindness 

 with which he had always placed his services at the disposal of the Woolhope Club. 



A pleasant adjournment was then made to the beautiful green terrace on 

 the western front of the inn, and here Captain Mayne Reid gave a very interesting 

 account of the " Chinampas, or Floating Gardens of Mexico." The paper was 

 written in that terse descriptive style which has rendered the reader's name a 

 household word through the kingdom. The President proposed a vote of thanks 

 to Captain Mayne Reid for his kindness in preparing it for the meeting, which 

 was most cordially granted. 



An hour still remained for the cup of cofifee, and a leisurely walk down the 

 hill to the station ; but it is the fashion of the age to hurry off to a station at the 

 last moment, and so the way down the dusty road, in the full blaze of a western 

 sun, was the only oppresive incident of the day to those who unwisely followed the 

 fashion. The botanists knew better ; they turned again through the trees to the 

 many-flowered bog, and dallying with the ferns below, the fragrant Asplenium 

 Oreopteris in particular, made the descent both shady and pleasant. Again the 

 four miles of lovely scenery to Lydbrook were passed through, varied by full 

 sunshine, and the travellers reached Hereford by 7.50 p.m., "in time for the 

 evening trains in all directions," as the programme stated. 



The business of the Club was transacted en route. What it was, what new 

 members were elected, and what fresh ones proposed, is all written no doubt in 

 the archives of the Club. It scarcely needs to add that " The Ladies' Day " in 

 the Forest of Dean passes pleasantly into history, to be noted hereafter, as a red 

 letter day of the Club. 



