however, had been too diligently investigated to yield us much 

 beyond fragments, and we soon proceeded to the romantic sides of 

 the Skyrrid, where we had hoped to enjoy the magnificent views of 

 the neighbourhood. Unfortunately a sharp scud of rain came on, 

 and the mountain tops were obscured by mist. However, after 

 sheltering for a few minutes, "we resumed our walk, and while one 

 party went up to the top of the Skyrrid, the rest of us looked (but 

 nearly in vain) at a quarry of Cornstonc on the east side of the 

 mountain, where some of the choicest specimens had been found. 

 We soon moved on again, and rejoined the Alpine party on the 

 weat side, in the wild ravine, which seems formed by a fracture and 

 slip of a great mass of the Old Red beds, which have parted, leaving 

 a huge cliff on either side. Here we were entertained by listening 

 to a very instructive address by Dr. Bevan, on the various strata 

 in which Iron Ore is found, wliich I tnist will be printed for our 

 benefit, if, as I hope and believe, our friend had written it out, but 

 had forgotten to bring it with him. 



Having rested here on the rocks for some time, we walked on, 

 with the occasional mishap of losing one another in the tall gorse, 

 till we got to another quarry, not far from Pandy Station, where 

 we found in the Cornstone some fine shields of Pteraspis, shewing 

 how well worth more close examination than it has hitherto received, 

 this neighbourhood is. After a very pleasant day, we returned to 

 Abergavenny, much indebted to our kind friends Drs. McCullough 

 and Steele, for exhibiting to us the treasures of their quarries ; and 

 I trust their further investigations will be crowned with success. 

 If each of our Members would as actively and continually examine 

 the rocks in his own neighbourhood, whether Silurian, Devonian, 

 or Carboniferous, I feel sure the result would amply reward him — 

 if not in new species, at least in health and geological knowledge, 

 and probably in all three. 



And noAv having (I fear in a tedious manner) gone over the 

 routine of our Excursions, I should wish, if you are not already 

 tired, to say a few words in reference to the classification of the 

 Upper Ludlow, Aymestry, and Lower Ludlow rocks. Our gi'eat 

 authority. Sir Eodeiuck I, Murchisox, as well as the Maps of the 



