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he liad witnessed that day had reminded him of the evidences of 

 Glacial action he had noticed in his recent investigations in 

 Scotland, and remarked that Glacial Striations would be as 

 clearly visible in the rocks of the Cotteswolds, were it not that 

 they are composed of so soft a material. 



At nine o'clock next morning the carriages were again in 

 requisition to drive to Stow. Having seen the Church, they 

 next visited Daylesford, sacred to the memory of the great 

 Indian statesman, Warren Hastings, whose remains repose in 

 the parish church. From hence the party proceeded to Chastleton, 

 a former residence of the Catesby family, whose name is mixed 

 up with the infamous "Gunpowder Plot." Mr. Whitmoke Jones, 

 the present proprietor, gave them free access to the house and 

 adjoining church; the latter contains some good brasses. The 

 house is a grand example of the stone mansions of the Jacobsean 

 period. Only a portion is at present inhabited, but noble suites 

 of apartments, now falling into decay, remain to shew the 

 splendid taste of the wealthy territorial families 250 years ago. 



In the keeping of the present proprietor are preserved two 

 curious rehcs of Charles the 1st. (1) The Bible which he gave 

 to Bishop Juxon, who resided in the adjoining Parish of Little 

 Compton ; and, (2) A curious set of miniature paintings on talc, 

 or Mica, of Charles 1st, in different costumes, one head or face 

 being adapted to each costume so that he may be seen by 

 merely adapting the head to each figure — in his walking costume 

 — as crowned King — in armour — in the dress he wore at his 

 trial — in his dressing gown, as he appeared when a prisoner at 

 Carisbrook — and in the dress he wore on the scaffold. This 

 singular collection of effigies was found concealed behind a 

 wainscot in the house. 



Here the party was joined by Mr. Cooke and Mr. Baldwin, 

 and a return to Moreton took place. 



After dinner the Secretary called attention to the difficulty of 

 getting papers read at the Field Meetings, for lack of time : and 

 it was suggested that, during the winter, evening meetings should 

 be held for the reading of pa^^ers. This proposal was warmly 

 received, and Dr. Wright undertook to read the fii-st paper. 



