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The "Warwickshire Naturalists' and Archreologists' Field 

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

 held their Annual Meeting at tlie Museum, Warwick, on 

 Thursday, March 6th, 1873 ; the Rev. P. B. Brodie, Vice- 

 President in the Chair, the following paper was read :-0n some 

 Roman Sepulchural Tablets in Warwick Castle, by 

 Mr. J. Tom Burgess. Mr. Parker then gave a Lecture on 

 the Origin of the Flint Beds in the Valley of the Somme. 



The First Summer Meeting was held at Burton Dasset 

 and Kineton, on Tuesday, May 20th ; the Geologists visited 

 the Lias and Marlstone quarries on Burton Dasset hill, and 

 the Inferior Oolite ( Northampton sands ) near Northend. 

 At Kineton the very remarkable and much contorted section 

 of lower Lias was examined with much interest by the 

 Geological party. The Archaeologists visited the churches 

 of Fenny Compton, Avon Dasset, Burton Dasset, and 

 Kineton. 



The Summer excursion was held at Northampton, and 

 several pleasant and successful days were spent in examining 

 the Great Oolite, Inferior Oolite, and Lias in the neighbour- 

 hood, under the guidance of Mr. S. Shavpe. An excursion 

 was also made to Stamford, where the Lincolnshire limestone 

 is well seen, and Collyweston. Mr. Sharpe's valuable, local, 

 and typical collection of fossils was thrown open for the 

 inspection of the Club, and the church of the Holy 

 Sepulchure and the famous Eleanor's Cross were also 

 visited. 



