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fissures propounded by Mr. Tompkins in his first paper read to 
the Club, were repeated at the commencement of the present, 
although they had been long ago exploded by every geologist of 
repute. Asto the chemical composition of the water it might be 
rightly stated, but the Members of the Field Club were not able 
to decide, not being chemists. 
- Other Members briefly spoke on the subject of the paper, 
and a vote of thanks was returned to Mr. Tompkins for his 
communication. 
The Field Club has lost but one of its Members by death during 
the year, and that on the very last day. The Rev. Elias 
Thackeray Stubbs, M.A., of Trinity College, Dublin, and Rector of 
Charlecombe passed away to his rest at Hyeres, France, on 
February i8th, 1897, A Member of our Club since 1886 he ever 
took great interest in its affairs and while his health lasted took 
part in most of the excursions, and meetings. Three Members 
have been lost to the Club by resignation, Mr. Spencer Wilson, 
who joined the Club in 1875, Gen. J. Bayly, R.E., C,B., ESA, 
and Col. H. S. E. Reeves, C.B., while our ranks have received but 
one recruit in the year. The number of active Members on our 
lists for this year, therefore, stands at 95, leaving, therefore, five 
vacancies for gentlemen with an appetite for scientific research, 
or anxious to become better acquainted with the Natural History, 
Geology, Botany or Archzology of the neighbourhood. 
The Field Club’s library has received considerable additions 
during the year. One of our Members, Mr. J. S. Bartrum, 
presented a copy of “ Hydriotaphia and the garden of Cyrus Dy 
Sir Thomas Browne, “ Myths, Scenes and Worthies of Somerset” 
by Mrs. E. Boger, and the quarterly issues of the “ Reliquary and 
Illustrated Archeologist.” Another of our Members, Mr. W. 
Daubeny, added to our shelves “ The Memoir of the Megatherium ” 
by Sir R. Owen, F.R.S. RB. S. Fowler Esq., F.R.C.S., presented 
the Club with ‘The Proceedings of the International Congress of 
Prehistoric Archzology, held at Norwich, 1868,” and the late Sir 
