The Midsummer Meeting was held at Dovedale and 

 district, in Derbyshire, on June 15th. Arriving at 

 Ashbourne in the afternoon, the members visited the 

 fine Parish Church, and reaching the Isaac Walton Inn 

 at five, had a pleasant walk along a portion of Dovedale. 

 On Wednesday the route taken was up Dovedale to 

 Milldale Church, Astonfield and Wetton Church, ending 

 at Thor's Cave. There were some fine sections of 

 Mountain Limestone on each side of the banks of the 

 Dove in this picturesque valley, but it was not very 

 fossiliferous. On Thursday the party walked in the 

 morning to Islam Hall and examined the ancient and 

 beautiful church situated in the grounds of the Park. 

 There were many very old tombs and one Runic Cross 

 in the well-kept churchyard, and in the church a fine 

 work of Flaxman's to the memory of a former owner 

 of the Hall. After luncheon a visit was paid to 

 Thorpe quarries, following the Dove up to Hilldale, 

 but very few fossils were obtained. On Friday the 

 Club drove to Longnor, and walked from thence along a 

 beautiful valley to Condecote, where a very fossiliferous 

 bed of Mountain Limestone yields a great variety of 

 shells of small size, but in excellent preservation ; walking 

 thence through Pilsbury, to Hartington, where a fine 

 church was inspected, and so drove back to the Isaac 

 Walton. On Saturday, after another ramble along the 

 Vale of the Dove, the few members who remained 

 returned home. The weather, though unsettled, was on 

 the whole favourable, and the members present greatly 

 enjoyed a very pleasant excursion in a most beautiful 

 country, Dovedale itself being well worth a visit, 



