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attracted much attention, reminding us of continental ways; 

 the camera was focussed upon them, with what success as yet 

 remains to be seen. Nineteen members took part in the excursion. 

 It was remarked as a sign of the lateness of the season that 

 the oaks in the forest were but a very little out in leaf, and 

 that the note of the cuckoo was silent. 



Barry Island and Docks, June 14.ih.— Owing to the Jubilee to be 

 celebrated on the 2 1st (the original day fixed for this excursion), 

 it was thought advisable by the committee to alter the date to 

 the 14th. Summer having burst upon us with sudden energy, 

 twenty-three members assembled at the G.W.E. Station, at 10.18 

 for Cardiff via the Severn Tunnel lately opened for passenger 

 traffic. The comfort to passengers by the through route was 

 most fully appreciated. Instead of the inconvenient change from 

 carriage to steamer, down and up the dirty and slippery steps 

 with the chance of a wetting in crossing the " Trajectus " from 

 rain above or Sabrina's muddy water below, one passes through 

 the Tunnel in a few minutes, sensible chiefly of the extreme 

 freshness and purity of the air. From reliable information 

 obtained en route, the following facts in connection with this vast 

 and important work were obtained. Between Pilning Station, 

 the last stopping place on the Bristol side, and the Severn Tunnel 

 junction on the opposite side, the distance is 7 miles, 1,000 yards; 

 the actual length of the Tunnel being 4 miles 624 yards, or 

 nearly 4^ miles. The line appears to have a descent both ways 

 to the centre where it is level for a short distance, about 12 

 chains ; the gradient on the Pilning side being 1 in 100, that on 

 the opposite side being 1 in 90. So that the time occupied in 

 passing through ought to be longer on the down that on the up 

 side ; this was verified at the time, eight minutes being calculated 

 . on the down journey to Cardiff between the entrance and exit, 

 and about 7 minutes on the return up journey. 



On arriving at Cardiff two breaks met the members, and after a 

 hot, dusty, and disagreeable ride of about 9 miles through an 

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