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amount of material now removed, which once covered up the 

 small postern beneath, could be fully understood and the 

 labours of Mr. Cobb duly appreciated. The hail was situated 

 on the south side, some very elegant Decorated windows 

 still remaining ; on either side of the great gateway are flanking 

 square towers, which serve as a residence for the proprietor. 

 That on the right hand on leaving the Castle has its battlements 

 resting on corbels carved into heads. The Castle formerly be- 

 longing to the Bohun family passed by marriage to Thomas of 

 Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester, and gives the title to the 

 Barony of Beaufort. Having thanked Mr. Collins for his kindly 

 guidance, the members traversed the short distance between 

 Caldicot and Portskewet, visiting the church on the way. Unlike 

 that of Caldicot, it can boast of having been spared the hand 

 of the restorer for many years, and remains in its covering of 

 ochre and whitewash, concealing doubtlessly unknown bits of 

 antiquity beneath. An old cross, with its steps and upright 

 shaft of New Eed Sandstone, stands in the churchyard, and the 

 now rare wooden stocks can be seen outside the wall to the £. ; 

 no longer a terror to evil doers, but still a sport to the village 

 boys whose boast it appears to be that they had once been put in 

 the stocks themselves. An excellent hot lunch at the Black Rock 

 Hotel at 2.30 prepared the members for an inspection of the 

 great pumping works in connection with the tunnel. Under the 

 guidance of jNIr. Hosken, who met them at the works about a 

 quarter of a mile from the hotel, they were first of ail conducted 

 to the outfall, where a fine body of clear fresh water was 

 rushing into the Severn, the result of the pumping then going 

 on representing the drainage of the surrounding area to the 

 amount of 20,000,000 gallons per day. At the present time, 

 owing to the late heavy rains, the quantity was increased to 

 22,000,000 gallons, 11,000,000 of which came from the Sud- 

 brook spring alone, a seemingly sad waste of an element becoming 

 daily more necessary to the people of England whether in large 



