The proceedings of the past year have not been so satisfactory as 

 those of other years, as regards the out of door work. Our excursions 

 were respectively held at Ledbury, Bromyard, and Usk ; though 

 the first and last were considerably marred by unpropitious wea- 

 ther. At Ledbury, where we were joined by our friends of the 

 Malvern, Cotswold, and Worcestershire Clubs, we were fortimate 

 enough to hear an iuteresting panoramic lecture from Mr. Symonds, 

 on the summit of Braidlow HilL But scarce was it finished, when 

 Jupiter Pluvius and Jupiter Tonans put ia an appearance, and 

 drove us under cover, where, however, we passed a tolerably plea- 

 sant afternoon. At Usk the weather was still worse, and in point 

 of geological work, none was done. I regret to say that I was not 

 able to be present at the Bromyard meeting, which I understand 

 was very pleasant and instructive, though attended by only a few 

 Members. I do not, however, regard Field Days generally as 

 occasions when much work is done, but what is of great importance, 

 they are social gatherings where fi-iends may meet and communicate 

 to each other points of interest, new facts and theories, and all the 

 latest intelligence in the several departments of Natural History, 

 while the real work is done quietly and steadily, each one for him- 

 self, in his own locality.' The Woolhope Club rejoices in several 

 parties, thorough workers, who by their acciunulation of new facts 

 and specimens, are doing good service in the cause of geology. If 

 there is one locality in the district on which I should Hke to see 

 more attention bestowed, it is that of our head quarters, the City of 

 Hereford and its neighbourhood — the fluviatUe deposits of the 

 valleys of the Wye and Lugg, the classic valley of Woolhope itself, 

 Hagley Dome, and other places, which might be more thoroughly 

 worked out than they are at present. 



With regard to the internal economy of the Club, a measure has 

 been proposed which I hope ere long to see carried out, viz., the 

 formation of a tabular list of fossils, arranged stratigraphically and 

 locally, which have been found in the area embraced by the 

 Woolhope Club. At present numbers of fossils, mostly typical, 



