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afternoon meetings have been of much vahie, and the attendance 

 of members has been encouraging, notwithstanding a lack of 

 discussion which was very evident on several occasions. On 

 March 9th, Mr. Irvine, well-known for his archaeological re- 

 searches in Bath during his superintendence of the restoration of 

 the Abbey by Sir Gilbert Scott, contributed some interesting 

 Notes on Old Bath, collected chiefly from the Municipal Eecords 

 of the City ; and facts connected with the history of the 

 Church of St. Mary de Stalles (Stalls Church) not hitherto 

 apparently made public. Mr. Austin King added some valuable 

 additional information respecting the Municipal Records, and 

 considered that the word "Stalls" arose from the permission 

 given to the public to erect stalls for tlie sale of their goods outside 

 the walls in that part of the parish extending down what is 

 now Stall Street. In the course of the discussion it was elicited 

 that the valuable collection of papers and prints connected with 

 Bath, formerly made by the late Mr. William Long, was now in 

 the possession of his son Colonel Long. The winter portion 

 of the session began with a communication of great value from 

 Professor Rupert Jones, F.R.S., F.G.S., and Mr. C. D. Sherborn, 

 F.G.S., on the Ostracoda found in the neighbourhood of Bath. 

 The Secretary, to Avhom tlie paper was entrusted to read, 

 prefacing it by a short history of the Entomostraca in general 

 — their habits, food and characteristics — stated the condition 

 under which these in particular were found. The Fuller's Earth 

 industry having lately been much developed in our locality, 

 new excavations have recently been made on the North side 

 of the hill on which Midford Castle is situated, and a driving 

 of some length on the horizon of the Fuller's Earth, here 

 about 20 feet thick. Several visits were paid by him from time 

 to time to the works in company with Mr. H. B. Woodward, of 

 the Geological Survey and others, and specimens of the Blue 

 Clays and Yellow Earth were sent up to Professor Rupert Jones 

 who was engaged in a microscopical examination of such clays 



