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property to a Brudenell, of the family of the Earls of Cardigan, 
who was created in that year Baron Bruce, of Tottenham, by 
George II., and Earl of Ailesbury by George III. in 1776. His 
descendant at the coronation of George IV. was made Marquis of 
Ailesbury, Earl Bruce and Viscount Savernake and the third 
Marquis on the death of his kinsman, of Crimean and black 
bottle fame, the Earl of Cardigan, succeeded to his patronymic 
title created by Charles II. in 1661. The fourth Marquis, lately 
deceased, added no lustre to the title, and well nigh squandered 
the whole wealth and property of the family, but dying suddenly 
without issue the transference of the Forest to Lord Iveagh, 
who offered three quarters of a million for it, remained un- 
accomplished, and the present Marquis succeeded to the ancestral 
estates, and it is to be hoped will soon restore them to their 
former flourishing condition. The pedestrians of the Field Club 
arrived after their long walk through the forest glades at 
Savernake Station, where the 14 who preferred to view the 
beeches and drives from brakes were already assembled, having 
by some mistake been deposited by their drivers at this little 
station instead of that at Marlborough. But the weather was 
perfect for the excursion, the autumnal tints had not yet altered 
the verdant hues of the trees or bracken, but the foliage was still 
thick, and the vistas along the avenues arched over by gigantic 
boughs, were charming, and Bath was reached by the whole party 
at 7.46 p.m. after a thoroughly enjoyable trip amidst enequalled 
sylvan scenery. 
Monkswood Reservoir, October 2, 1894.—A visit was paid by 24 
Members to the new reservoir of the Bath Waterworks, at 
Monkswood, in the parish of Cold Ashton. Sixteen of the 
party reached the summit level, 672 feet above the sea, at the 
fourth milestone on the Gloucester Road by brake, and proceeding 
across some fields, reached the quarry in the great Oolite, which 
here takes a very different structure to the fine building stone 
whereof Bath is constructed. On this spot also the whole thick- 
