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Warwick and Stratford-on-Avon.—Another pleasant excursion of 
the Field Club took place on the 25th and 26th of July, and 11 
members started from the Great Western Station by the 8.7 a.m. 
express for Leamington. There they were met by two other 
members, and made the Manor House Hotel their head-quarters, 
although more than half the party were provided with beds 
outside the house, which was filled with American tourists. 
Having done full justice to the luncheon provided by Mrs. 
Lamplough, proprietress of this hotel and of the Pavilion Hotel, 
Scarborough, the party of 13 mounted the tramcar, which passes 
the door of the house, and in a short half-hour were deposited at 
the East gate of Warwick. Thence a few minutes sufficed to 
reach the bridge over the Avon, from which the world-renowned 
view of the Castle, with its two towers, is obtained. Having 
fully stereotyped this entrancing spectacle on their memories, a 
start was made for the entrance gateway of the Earl of Warwick 
and Brooke’s castle, each member having previously armed 
himself with the “ open sesame” in the shape of a shilling ticket 
of admission, Passing through the first strongly-built portal, a 
walk of some 300 yards between perpendicular rocks of the new 
red sandstone brought the party to the ancient drawbridge (now 
a permanent structure) spanning the inner moat, and the entrance 
tower, giving admission to the inner court of the castle. On the 
right hand stands the gigantic Guy’s tower. On the left Czsar’s, 
joining the entrance tower by a lofty machicolated wall, with a 
walk on the inner side, near the summit, for the defending troops. 
The residential part of the castle, and great hall burnt down 
December 3rd, 1871, have been rebuilt, the western wing remains 
as restored by Sir Fulke Greville Lord Brooke, in James I. reign. 
Being placed under the guidance of a Commissionaire, the 13 
members of the Field Club were conducted through all the rooms 
of the west wing, full of valuable portraits and articles of virtu. 
Many beautiful cabinets, and tables of inlaid marbles and lapis 
lazuli, of Florentine workmanship adorn this suite of apartments, 
