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remarkable " fault," so well displayed in the cutting on the 

 Bristol and Exeter line of railway. 



After some time spent in the examination of this most 

 interesting spot, the party walked back to the Priory, and 

 returned through the village of Worle to Weston, carrying with 

 them a considerable quantity of " edible fungi," which formed 

 an addition to the excellent dinner awaiting them at the Eoyal 

 Hotel. 



I regret to state that this was the last meeting of the season. 

 The Club had fixed upon Tuesday, 9th of September, for a fourth 

 meeting, which was appointed to take place at Bromsgrove 

 Lickey, with the object of examining the Northern Drift, 

 Conglomerate beds of the ISTew Red, Permian breccias. Coal 

 Measures, Upper Llandovery and Lickey Quartz, and other 

 interesting features of the district. Arrangements had likewise 

 been entered into with the Railway authorities to set the party 

 down, in case a sufficient number declared to go, at Blackwell 

 Station, which would have been more convenient than at 

 Bromsgrove ; but as the names of only seven members were 

 sent in to the Secretary, it was thought advisable to postpone 

 the visit to the Lickey to a future day, when the enthusiasm of 

 the Club might be greater. It was, perhaps, injudicious to fix 

 a meeting so late as the month of September, but as this was 

 done with the approbation of a large meeting of members, 

 and our opi^ortunities of coming together are so few, it is a 

 matter for regret that a larger number should not have volun- 

 teered to join in what could not have been other than an 

 interesting and instructive excm-sion. 



In concluding this address, it only remains for me, gentlemen, 

 while thanking you for your confidence in me as yom- President, 

 now renewed for so many years, to express the sincere satis- 

 faction I have experienced in witnessing the continued prosperity 

 of our association; and to assiu-e you that so long as you honour 

 me with your confidence, I will do all that in me lies to advance 

 the objects we have most at heart, and to promote the interest, 

 the well-being, and the good fellowship of the Cotteswold Field 

 Club. 



