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suinmer, in a quarry of grey sandstone, on the Rodds ftinn, Kington, 

 a good specimen of the head of Ceplialaspis Lyellii. I had pre- 

 viously met with slight traces of fishes in the same quarry, but the 

 fragments were too small for reference to any known species. Mr. 

 Alfred Marston, who has done so much to bring to light the 

 extinct animals of the Ludlow district, has kindly furnished me 

 with a list of the fossil Crustaceans, Star fishes, and fishes, found 

 in the nciglibourhood of Ludluw, during the last four or five years. 

 I have made additions to the list, and, having submitted it for 

 correction to Mr. Lightbody, have added it to my address, as a 

 record of some of the discoveries of the Woolhojje Club. 



I have dwelt at some length on these details, because it appears 

 to me that the Field Clubs may more usefully employ themselves 

 in the collection and co-ordination of facts relating to Natural 

 History in all its branches, than in speculations, which, however 

 ingenious, would crumble to pieces when they were handled, on 

 account of the limited range of our researches. 



As it is a part of my duty to-day to offer suggestions for the 

 promotion of the objects of the Club, I feel I cannot do better than 

 call your attention to the following suggestions of our kind friend 

 Mr. Salter, in a letter to myseK; — "We shall never really know 

 what the true nature of our boundary lines is until people of 

 leisure will note on their maps the facts as they arise. May I beg 

 you, in the name of science, to do this for your district — a yellow 

 colour for Downton — a blue for Ludlow — a brown for passage beds, 

 dotted down in the exact spots where they occur, would point to 

 the true arrangement of the faults and anticinals in a way that no 

 guess work in London could do ; then, when such coloured spots 

 increased in number, a visit from any practised field worker would 

 clear up whole lines of work, and our maps would begin to look 

 like what no other country has done. There is a special reason for 

 doing so on the borders of Siluria and Devonia, since the informa- 

 tion is all valuable among transition beds." I would suggest, in 

 addition, to any Members of the Club who may carry out Mb. 



