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examined at its outcrop, and some af its characteristic Fossils 

 obtained. Our walk, which was directed to Cinderford, led us by 

 some newly erected mining works, where Iron Ore has been ob- 

 tained from the Limestone beds. The last part of our walk, for 

 a couple of miles before we reached Cinderford, was through some 

 very picturesque Forest Scenery, through the openings of the 

 foliage of which the smoke of the town and works of Cinderford 

 "gracefully curled " in a manner more pleasing than on nearer 

 acquaintance. The Members had walked quite far enough to 

 enjoy a very primitive luncheon at a small but by no means 

 quiet Inn which, to misquote Goldsmith, 



" Did seem contrived a double debt to pay. 

 An Inn by night, a Butcher's shop by day" 

 and adapted rather to test the power of appetite than to satisfy 

 it. On returning past the Town some curious sections were 

 noticed of the disturbed Limestone beds thrown into very nearly 

 vertical Strata. On their return the Members dined together at 

 Eoss. 



This little raid into the Forest was such as to make me feel 

 very jealous of a subsequent Forest tour undertaken by our 

 valued Secretary elect, which I hope will, together with a more 

 detailed account of our Club day, form the subject of a paper 

 for this Evening. 



The Second Meeting of the Society, which took place on 

 the 7th of July at the Craven Arms, near Ludlow, was one that 

 will be long remembered by those who were present. It was a 

 joint assemblage, in fact, of not less than Five Societies, consist- 

 ing of the Oswestry, the Dudley, the Bridgenorth, and the young 

 and promising Caradoc Club with our own. The place chosen 

 presented several attractions — The Ruins of Stokesay Castle, for 

 the inspection of the Archaeologist, the Wood of View Edge, said 

 to be the only place in England where tlie Astrantia Major is 

 supposed to grow wild, of which abundant specimens were found, 

 and to the judgment of some, rather cruelly brought away, 



