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preparing, at such a short notice, such an interesHn? and amusing paper, and 

 therefore ooulj not combat, as he would, the position he hud taken. Dr. Bull 

 had attacked one of his pet theories ; but gratitude must on this occasion keep 

 him silent. He would rather take the opportunity of mentioning one or two 

 other trees in that neighbourhood, which were worth notice, although they 

 could not be included last year in his paper on "Herefordshire Yew Trees." 

 In the churchyard of Llanstephan, not raore than two miles from that spot, 

 were some fine trees, one of which measured 22ft. 6in. in girth, and another 

 19ft. 6in. A fortnight ago he had found in the little churchyard of Llanfaredd 

 a yew tree which, though hollow and battered, seemed to him at least 30ft. in 

 girth ; he had unfortunately had no means of taking the dimensions exactly. At 

 Aberedw, a little nearer to that spot, there was also two very large trees. He 

 might, in conclusion, be allowed just one remark on the argument that had been 

 drawn from Oapely-ffin. It was this : Although the existing chmch must have 

 been built long .since the yews were planted, might there not have been a still 

 older church on the same site ? 



The Rev. W. Jones TaojrAS made some interesting remarks on the name 

 and history of Capel-y ffin, the probable existence of a cross on the spot long 

 before the church was built, and especially referring to a tradition which con 

 nected that neighbourhood with the first planting of Christianity in Britain. St. 

 Paul was said to have visited this district, and there certainly was a pass through 

 one of the valleys called "Bwlch Efengyl," or " The Gospel Pass " to this day. 



Some further conversation ensued on the antiquity of the Welsh language, 

 and the curious fact was mentioned that some derivatives in Latin which have 

 no Latin root have a root in "Welsh. 



Dr. Bull gave also the dimensions of the Sarnesfield yew-tree, which was 

 not given in Mr. Woodhouse's paper, and which had been kindly procured for 

 him. This was a very fine tree. It measured 21ft. Sin. at five feet from the 

 ground, and was said to be ninety feet high, though he scarcely thought it could 

 be so high as this. 



Mr. David Griffith had very kindly brought some beautiful fossils for 

 distribution to the ladies, as a remembrance of the day. Very perfect little 

 specimens of Oc/ygia Buchii, Ogyia Portlockii, Phacops Daviesii, Ampyx nudtis, 

 GraptolUes Murckisoni, and some others, from the quarries near Builth ; the 

 Calymene duplicata, and the Trinuckus fimhriatus and Trinuckus concentricui, 

 from the Llanfawr quarries, visited by the Club at the last meeting ; and he had 

 also that day knocked out from the Lower Ludlow rocks below, a fine orthoceratite, 

 showing very well its cavities, and had procured several pieces of the rock, which 

 was almost a mass of shells. These pretty specimens were distributed during 

 the discussion, and were very gladly appropriated by the ladies present. 



The President said he was compelled to remind his hearers that, interest- 

 ing as this discussion had been, they had other matters before them ; and ho 

 therefore begged to call upon the Rev. T. W. Weare for the paper which he 

 had promised to favour them with. 



