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swollen by an influx of visitors of both sexes — whom the beauty of the 

 weather and scenery drew together in numbers which threatened to 

 disconcert all the arrangements of the secretary, and to convert the 

 meeting into a pic-nic. It would be well, in order to prevent disappoint- 

 ment in future, that ladies and gentlemen should recognise the fact, that 

 there is necessarily a limit to the admission of visitors to the Field Club 

 Meetings, especially in those cases where more Field Ckibs than one come 

 together, when the accommodation required for the members taxes all 

 the energies of the executive to provide for it, without the further 

 embarrassment caused by a large influx from without. Happily, in this 

 instance, the foresight and tact of our Secretary, Mr. Lucy, were equal to 

 the requirements of the occasion ; and so complete were the arrangements 

 for the transport and supply of such a large party, that no hindrance or 

 difficulty occurred. 



After breakfast, a move was made to the boats, into which admission 

 ■was gained by means of tickets issued by the Secretary — a preliminary 

 which necessarily occasioned some delay. At length the flotilla got under 

 way, the President's barge leading, and in gallant array the boats swept 

 down the first bend of the river, and under the arch of the bridge at 

 Wilton. But here an unforeseen obstacle brought the whole to a standstill 

 — the first of a series of a like nature, which at one time thi-eatened to 

 bring the voyage to a sudden and unexpected termination. The water, 

 owing to the long drought, was lower than the boatmen "had ever know'd 

 it," and, on the shallows below the bridge, the President's barge came to 

 gi'ief, taking the groiind with a dull grating sound, and remaining there, 

 firmly fixed, in spite of all efforts. The next boat, bearing the President 

 of the Malvems, followed suit, and in a few seconds the whole flotilla 

 was " hard and fast," — poling, shoving, swaying, — while the entire popula- 

 tion on the banks turned out to see the fun. The delay here was very 

 considerable ; and though the boatmen exerted themselves to the utmost, 

 —toiling bare-legged in the water — nearly half-an-h our elapsed before the 

 boats were again afloat. 



A mile above Goodrich all the passengers were landed, there being a 

 a long reach of the river too shallow to admit of passage by laden 

 boats. This afforded an opportunity of visiting the castle, which was 

 availed of by many. Again re-embarking, the party proceeded down the 

 river, enjoying the richly-varied scenery which the windings of its course 

 displayed, until, in due time, they arrived at Lydbi'ook, where, in a small 

 hostelry hard by, the discovery of good bread, cheese, and beer, brought 



