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anticlinal of the Mendips, with the Mountain Limestone dipping 

 successively north and south, until they reached the levels on the 

 other side, and once more came upon the Lias. He then drew 

 especial attention to the series of Ammonites from the Sands 

 and the Inferior Oolite ; alluded to the researches of the late 

 Professor Buckman, so ably continued by his son, which had done 

 so much to clear up the vexed question as to the true horizon of 

 the Sands, and he ventured to think that their researches went 

 far to establish the fact that these Midford or Yeovil Sands put 

 on a femes more Oolitic than Liassic. Having thanked Mr. Wood 

 for his kindness in showing them over the famous school, the 

 members entered the Abbey at the west end under the guidance 

 of the vicar. Before doing so the remains of an old doorway on 

 the north side of the present one were pointed out as containing 

 traces of Saxon work, and attention was called to the picturesque 

 effect of the painted window at the east end as seen through the 

 open portal. The contrast from the glare outside to the subdued 

 light of the interior of this noble Abbey was most restful to the 

 eye. The richness of the carving in pannelled pier and vaulted 

 tracery, and the soft blending of the whole in one harmonious 

 warm tint, due to the quality of the far celebrated Ham Hill 

 stone, renders this interior probably unequalled in beauty. The 

 vicar, notwithstanding the sad aflEiiction in the almost total loss 

 of his eyesight, was an excellent expositor of all the architectural 

 details. Eecently he has had the gratification of taking a pro- 

 minent part in the restoration of the tower, and pointed out some 

 Norman pier work on the north wall of the lantern, recently brought 

 to light. Scarcely any portion now remains to be restored ; 

 almost everything has been done through the liberality of the 

 Digby family that was necessary. There still, however, remains 

 the anomaly of the Lady Chapel being used as a sick ward to be 

 done away with, and then this Abbey will be even more perfect 

 than it is now. A visit was paid to the belfry, containing a peal 

 of eight bells. The tenor, called "Great Tom," the gift of Cardinal 



