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shot hole from which the charge was fired which caused the 
unfortunate explosion in 1895. 
Upon arriving at the surface some minutes were spent in 
removing the evidences of the visit, but some hats, it is feared, 
will never again visit Milsom Street. When justice had been 
done to the luncheon provided by Mr. Pitt, a visit was made to 
the Church and Tomb of Sir Barnaby Samborne, and the pulpit 
and screens of fine white lias quarried in the parish were much 
admired. The party then walked through the grounds of 
Timsbury house (Mr. S. S. P. Samborne), one of the most 
picturesque old houses in this part of the county, and returned 
to Bath via Farmborough, Corston, and Newton S. Loe, thus 
bringing to a close this very pleasant excursion. 
Chepstow and Tintern, May 30th, 1899. Eleven Members of the 
Field Club started from the Great Western Station at nine a.m. 
for one of the most picturesque and agreeable excursions easily 
made from Bath. The weather was perfect, and the foliage of 
the woods which clothe both flanks of the Wye Valley was in its 
first spring verdure. Chepstow was reached at 11 o’clock, and, 
naturally, the first object of interest sought by the party was the 
Castle of Striguil, built by William Fits Osborne, Earl of 
Hereford, to defend the enormous possessions he had received 
from his relative William the Conqueror from the inroads of 
the Welsh. Proceeding down the castle combe, a magnificent 
Wych elm with several trunks rising from one base was duly 
noted, and after payment of a small entrance fee, the first 
quadrangle of the Castle was entered by the massive oaken door 
covered with iron plates and bolts, guarded on each side by lofty 
circular towers, formerly also by a portcullis, whereof the groove 
in which it worked only remains, with embrasures for the 
bowmen and gunners and two holes above for pouring down 
boiling lead or oil on the heads of the besiegers. Entering the 
court, many chambers and arches are on the right, and to the 
left stands a large round citadel with dungeon below ; the floors 
