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The "Wamackshire Naturalists' and Archaeologists' Field 

 Club, (by kind permission of the Council of this Society,) 

 held their Annual Meeting at the Museum, Warwick, 

 the Kev. P. B. Brodie, Vice-President, in the Chair, on 

 March 8th. 1872 ; the following papers were read: — 

 (1.) — Associations of the Princes of AYales with Coventry, 

 by W. G. Fretton, Esq. (2.) — A sketch of the Geology of 

 the neighbourhood of Banbury, by T. Beesley, Esq., F.C.S. 

 (o.) — The Legends and Ancient Uses of Warwickshire 

 Plants, by T. Burgess, Esq. 



The First Summer Meeting was held at Banbury. The 

 Geologists, under the able guidance of Mr. Beesley, 

 examined the various sections of Lias and Oolites, (upper 

 and Lower,) exposed in the district, especially noting the 

 Inferior Oolite at Coombe hill. The Archasologists visited 

 Broughton Castle, Hook Norton Camp, and the beautiful 

 Churches of Adderbury and Bloxham. 



The Summer Excursion was held at Weymouth, in June. 

 The Members during the week visited the Isle of Portland, 

 studying ou the way the Coast sections of Coral Rag and 

 Kimmeridgc Clay at Sandsfoot Castle. The Oxford Clay 

 and Cornbrash at the Backwater, and the fine sections of 

 the Purbecks including the Wealden at Lulworth, the Chalk, 

 Kimmeridge Clay, and Purbecks at- Ringstead bay, the 

 Inferior Oolite at Bridport, and the instructive coast sections 

 of Lias and Oolite from the east of Lyme to Bui-ton Bradstock. 



The Archaeological Meeting was held at Tamworth, in 

 July, visiting the site of the battle of Bosworth. 



The last Field Meeting took place at Kirtlington, in Ox- 

 fordshire, and various sections of Forest Marble and Corn- 

 brash were examined atIslip,Kidlingtou, Woodstock road, &c. 



All the meetings were well attended, and a greater interest 

 seems to be taken by the Club in the objects it has in view. 



