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Emerging from this wonderful Cavern most of the party walked 
up the Cheddar Gorge, overhung on both sides by the picturesque 
and weatherworn Cliffs of mountain limestone, and were glad to 
see, on inaccessible spots, many roots of the Cheddar pink, still 
spared by the destructive flower hunters. This pink Dianthus 
. Cesius is only found on the Cheddar Cliffs, and is very fragrant. 
At one spot on the precipitous rocks a fine clump of the flower 
was seen, accompanied by several flowers of the yellow Welsh 
poppy MMeconopsis cambrica. Returning to the Station about six 
o'clock, in less than two hours Bath was again reached, after a 
most enjoyable excursion, favoured with exceptionally fine 
weather. 
Oxford and Great Haseley, July 18th and 19th, 1899. Twelve 
members of the Club started for this two days’ trip to the famous 
University and City of Oxford, on the Isis and Cherwell. Having 
taken up their quarters at the Randolph Hotel, opposite the 
Taylor Institution and Martyr’s Memorial, a start was made for a 
visit to the principal Colleges and University Buildings. This 
perambulation, under the direction of the Hon. Secretary, was 
necessarily limited to three hours’ duration, owing especially to the 
abnormal temperature of the day, 87° Far. in the shade. §. John’s 
College was the first College to be entered, and its two quad- 
rangles and hall viewed, with its inimitable eastern facade and 
beautiful gardens., Archbishops Laud and Juxon lie buried under 
the Altar in its Chapel. The most ancient portion of the College 
retains much of the Cistercian Monastery of S. Bernard which 
stood on this site until the Reformation, 1555. Leaving this 
foundation Balliol was next viewed with its Chapel which con- 
tains a Mural Memorial of the late Master, Benjamin Jowett, and 
several quaint windows painted by Van Linge, 1637. There is 
little of the old buildings remaining, nor in Trinity College, which 
was next on the line of walk. The Chapel in Trinity is in the 
Greek style and contains a fine tomb of the founder, Sir T. Pope, 
and his wife, and some exquisite carving on the Reredos and 

