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tjistinctncss ami bciiuty. Tho breeze was fresh and pleasant ; the atmosphere 

 Very clear, and the turf studded with blossoms. 



The summit of Backbury Hill is crowned by an ancient entrenchment, 



planted thickly with wood. Outside the wood a narrow path winds round the 



enclosure. At every step 



" Tlie eye hath caught new pleasures 

 As the landscape round it measures." 



The hills about Koss and on the verge of the Forest of Dean were distinctly 



visible, and marked out by faint clouds of smoke rising from tho coal-works. On 



the Welsh border rose the long line of the Black IMountain, at the left of which 



the mountains about Abergavenny, distinguished by their curiously abrupt and 



pointed outline, were in full view. The i^lain below, intersected by the "Wye, 



and dotted in all directions with corn-fields in all the glory of harvest, was 



lighted up by gleams and patches of sunshine, far more picturesque than if an 



unbroken blaze had made it all equally conspicuous. The most distant points 



visible were to the North, where the hills about Church Stretton were above 



the horizon. 



The travellers lingered for some time on the breezy height, and then 

 wound their way down to Mordiford, where the rest of the party awaited them. 

 Those who adhered to the programme went to visit the quarries at Scutwardine. 

 Here the true Woolhope limestone is found. These quarries are now extensively 

 worked, and the stone brought from them is used for the repair of the roads in 

 the district. Several trilobites and other fossils were found, for whose pleasant 

 and euphonious names we beg to refer the gentle reader to the quarto edition 

 of Murchison's SUuria, where will be found also the portraits of most of them. 

 Both divisions again met at the appointed trysting i^lace, the Moon at Mordiford, 

 that pretty village near the confluence of the Lugg with the Wye, or, as Drayton 

 has it, "The wedding of the lovely Lugg with the princely Wye," and in less 

 than an hour the whole party were safely brought back in carriages to the City 

 Arms Hotel at Hereford, where the dinner had been provided, and was thank- 

 fully discussed. 



We will take advantage of the interlude to give the names of the members 

 and visitors who took part in the day's proceedings : — The President, Chandos 

 Wren Hoskyns, Esq. ; the Rev. Thos. Woodhouse, vice-president ; Kev. Geo. H. 

 Cornewall, hon. sec. ; Kev. Henry Cooper Key ; R. Hereford, Esq., and the 

 Rev. R. Hereford ; Rev. W. H. Purchas ; Rev. J. F. Crouch ; John Lloyd, Esq. ; 

 Rev. J. Raven, Master Raven, and Master Tancred Raven ; James Rankin, Esq., 

 and Reginald Bushell, Esq. ; Dr. Bull ; Rev. E. Du Euisson ; Rev. H. W. 

 Phillott; J. Hullah, Esq.; Rev. Thos. Phillipps ; Rev. T. B. Beavan; John 

 Llewelyn, Esq. ; Rev. Thos. West ; Rev. J. H. Jukes ; James Best, Esq. ; Rev. 

 R. W. Williams ; James Davies, Esq. ; Rev. J. C. Westropp ; Rev. H. J. W. 

 Stillingfleet ; Capt. Pateshall ; Powell Price, Esq. ; J. H. Wood, Esq. ; Mr. 

 Henry Southall ; Mr. James Lloyd ; Mr. Pitt j Mr. With ; and Jilr. Arthur 

 Thompson, the assistant secretary. 



