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kind permission of Mr. Garrett, the proprietor of the Fuller's: 
Earth Works adjoining.* The Secretary visited the section of 
Inferior Oolite adjoining the Midford Station, and after lunch the 
members returned to Bath. 
On March 12th a walk, postponed owing to the snow, was. 
taken by the Via Julia to North Stoke Church, where the Rev. 
F. W. O’Melia met the members and pointed out the. 
peculiarities of the chancel arch, the remains of the rood 
loft, the curious font, shaped like a parallelogram, which he- 
thought was Saxon, and the so-called sun-dial on the E. jamb. 
of the S. porch. Some of the radiating lines of the latter had 
evidently been re-touched or added to, but in spite of the opinion 
expressed that they were merely the irreverent scratches of some- 
village rustic, their correspondence with many of those circles and 
semicirles with radiating lines of varying length found on the N.. 
as well as the S. walls of our churches of a certain date, support. 
the opinion that they are the work of an earlier period than that. 
of the village artist. Having looked at some bases of Roman 
columns and the Roman coffin lately discovered, and now at Mr.. 
Gibbs’s farm, the members returned over Lansdown and enjoyed 
the fine view of the Welsh mountains with the “Sugar Loaf” 
standing out conspicuous in its mantle of snow. 
At the Quarterly Meeting in October the Secretary presented 
the following report, as delegate from the Club to the Corres- 
ponding Societies’ Committee of the B. A. :— 
Your delegate attended the meeting of delegates of the Corres- 
ponding Societies held at Newcastle-on-Tyne, on Septe:nber 12th, 
under the presidency of Sir F. Galton. After the report of the 
Committee of the Corresponding Societies to the General 
Committee of the British Association, for the year 1888, had 
* Photographs of Tucking Mill and the tablet have since been taken 
by one of the members, Mr. Norman, through whom copies can be- 
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