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 of the Rhcetic formation in its range throughout England. 



In the meantime the Archaeologists, under the guidance 

 of several local Archaeologists, (Major Bellairs, Mr. Nevinson, 

 and others,) visited the Magazine, the Trinity Hospital, the 

 tesselated pavement in "Wall Street, of great beauty and 

 interest, the Churches of St, Mary, St. Nicholas, St. Mar- 

 garet, St. Martin, and All Saints, Wigston Hospital, and 

 the Guildhall. 



The Midsummer Excursion was held at Wells, for the 

 Mendips, occupying the week from the 28th of June to the 

 end. The following account has been obligingly furnished 

 by Mr. Parker. 



On Tuesday morning the party walked over Milton hill, 

 where they examined a fine section of Mountain limestone 

 in a quarry, obtaining a few fossils; on arriving at Wookey 

 hole Mr. Hodgkinson, jun., courteously received the party; 

 he had also provided a plank by which the members could 

 cross the stream into the so called ' Hyena den,' and a man 

 with a pick-axe to work down the material with which the 

 cave is filled, so that several members had the opportunity 

 of finding the bones of the extinct mammalia in situ ; some 

 good teeth of Rhinoceros and Hyena were amongst the 

 most interesting found. They then proceeded to the large 

 cave; all the party went to the end, but a few under the 

 guidance of Mr. Parker explored as well the upper parts of 

 the cave, which are more remarkable. Some of the party 

 meanwhile again visited the smaller cave, and then joined by 

 the others proceeded up the Ebber gorge, and so on to the 

 summit of the Men dips overlooking Wells . Some curiou s phe- 

 nomena are presented at the anticlinal axis, and occasioned 

 much discussion when the point was reached. 



