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salmon and three trout in a triangle. Hicjacet Johannes Willifred 
is the inscription, and on the wall near by some information is 
given to the public as to the Christian symbolism of a fish, the 
letters of its Greek name being the commencement of the words 
signifying Jesus Christ, Son of God the Saviour. 
The fish on the stone most likely betoken that John Willifred 
was fisherman to the Abbey, and had earned the gratitude of the 
White Friars by supplying their Refectory with the succulent 
trout sewin and salmon of the Wye. 
A good hour was spent examining these charming ruins, and 
then the return drive was taken through Piercefield Park to 
Chepstow, whence a train at 5.34 brought back the Members to 
Severn Tunnel Junction, another brought them through this 
wonderful boring to Bristol, and a third thence deposited them at 
Bath at 7.40 p.m. Thus another excursion was added to those 
undertaken by the Field Club since its foundation 44 years ago, 
but this was no novel expedition, the same route having been 
taken in 1864 and 1886, but a ferry then took the Members over 
the Severn. 
Cheddar Cliffs and Caves, June 20th, 1899. <A very successful 
excursion was made by 15 members of the Field Club to the 
village of Cheddar, on the south flank of the Mendip Hills. 
Leaving the Great Western Station at 10.17 a.m., Cheddar was 
reached at 12.16 p.m., and the Market Cross received the first 
attention. This structure was restored by the late Marquis of 
Bath, and is unique among the numerous Crosses in Somerset in 
that the upright shaft of the Cross is octangular, and the roofed 
and battlemented shelter erected around it, seemingly at a later 
date, is a hexagon. The gargoyles at the six angles of the roof 
are very quaint, and are rendered more peculiar by the long lead 
pipes inserted through their mouths to carry off the rain. 
A visit was next paid to the Parish Church of S. Andrew, 
restored in 1873. It is a plain structure of Perpendicular archi- 
tecture, with a lofty Western tower, 100ft. in height, Internally 

