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to a bricked tunnel through which, in a crouching attitude, the 

 venturesome few passed along till they arrived at the spot where 

 the water was seen rushing from the subway beneath the main 

 tunnel, to be drawn to the surface by the monsters they had 

 just left behind them. Ee turning by the way they came they 

 were speedily hauled to the surface, and tendering their sincere 

 thanks to Mr. Hosken, who. had shown himself so anxious to 

 explain everything, wended their way rather dirty from their 

 underground experience to Portskewet Station, much pleased and 

 instiucted by their visit. The whole excursion was very much 

 facilitated by the railway arrangements made through Mr. 

 Graham, and by the opportune assistance afforded by Mr. Oliver 

 Norris, who placed himself and trap at the disposal of the more 

 infirm of the members. 



The second Excursion was a two-day-one to Christ Church, 

 Hants, on Tuesday, May 1 5th, under the guidance of the Vice- 

 President of the Club. The party left Bath in a saloon carriage, 

 provided for them by the Midland Eailway, and reached 

 Bournemouth in the afternoon, when they were met by a break 

 at the Bournemouth Station, and drove through the town and 

 its picturesque outskirts to Christ Church. Here they were 

 met by the Eev. G. H. "West, who had kindly undertaken to 

 explain the church to the party. The Priory Church dates its 

 foundation to the time of William Eufus, and the nave, the 

 earliest portion, is jDure Norman, and the work of Prior Flambard, 

 who was afterwards removed to Durham, and who built the 

 nave of that Cathedral in the same style ; there is a close 

 correspondence between the two buildings. But Christ Church, 

 like Durham, contains specimens of every style of architecture, 

 from the early Norman to the late Perpendicular work of the 

 time of Henry VIII. ; besides which the church has several 

 crypts of an early date, and chantry chapels not less interesting 

 than the main building. The Cloisters, the Infirmary, the 

 Guest House, and all the arrangements of a Conventual Cloister 



