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imperfectly closed lids. The skull had been broken, there were 

 four or five teeth in the jaw sound but slightly worn. The 

 bone of the left arm had been broken since it was discovered ; 

 this was at the end of November, 1887, whilst excavating for wall 

 material near the top of the lane leading up to Lansdown, from 

 the N.E. of the Church and on the right hand side, in a depression 

 or slip of the Great Oolite beds just under the brow. 



As a record of the Walks pure and simple, in which exercise 

 alone seems to have been the chief object, the following letter from 

 Mr. Henderson to the Secretary may be of interest. 



Knowing your partiality for statistics, I append a list of the walks, 

 ordinary or subsidiary, together with the number of miles they cover, 

 which I, and a few other members of the Field Club, have taken 

 during the past four years, ie., from January, 1884 to 1887 inclusive. 



In 1884 we walked 408 miles in 24 walks, 



„ 1885 „ „ 336 „ „ 18 „ 



„ 1886 „ „ 583 „ „ 30 „ 



„ 1887 „ „ 1011 „ „ 53 „ 



Makiug a total of 2338 miles in 125 walks. 



Tbo longest walk I achieved was on 14th July, 1884. I was not 

 accompanied by any of the members of the Field Club ; but went to 

 Frome and back, a distance of 29 miles. No member would undertake 

 this stretch, so my younger sou, then a cadet at Sandhurst, and I 

 tramped it alone. The shortest walk was on 26th April, 1887, when 

 16 members of the Field Club went by train to see Thornbury Castle 

 and Church, when 4 miles would about cover what we did in the 

 walking way. The day was wet, probably that was the cause of so 

 limited a walk. It may amuse you to hear that I have walked the 

 above 2338 miles in two pairs of boots, whereby I think you will 

 admit that I have beaten tlie celebrated Somersetshire traveller, 

 Tom Coryate. In 1608 he walked 900 miles in one pair of shoes, 

 which on his return he hung up as a curious relic in Odcombe 

 Church, in this county ! I conclude they were past work ; but mine, 



