PREFACE. 



During the past year the excursions have been as well attended 

 as ever and probably more small excursions have been taken 

 place than in previous years. There have been more who may 

 with correctness be termed working members of the sections. 

 The lectures during the winter terms have however not been so 

 well attended as usual, and this is more to be deplored as they 

 have been exceedingly interesting. We have to thank very 

 heartily some friends in the town for having come and talked 

 to us on subjects which they have made specially their own. 

 Dr. Callaway's lecture on the Origin of Our Cheltenham 

 Scenery cannot fail to have interested and impressed all who 

 were present, and Mr. Witchell's lecture on the Habits of 

 Animals must have been most fascinating to everyone who 

 heard it. It is by hearing those who, like Dr. Callaway and 

 Mr. Witchell, know so well how to observe and can tell in so 

 interesting a way the results of their observations, that others 

 become conscious of what a vast world the world of nature is 

 and how much there is to observe in it. During the Winter 

 term Dr. Carter was kind enough to come and tell us much 

 that was interesting on the subject of Blood. All who heard 

 him were keenly interested and we hope this is not the only 

 time that he will lecture to us, 



