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A well appointed break with four horses, met the party at 

 Stroud, from whence the drive through the beautiful valleys of 

 Nailsworth and Avening was greatly enjoyed. A short halt 

 was made at Whitecroft, the residence of Mr. G. F. Platne, 

 whose collection of Thorns {Cratcegus) from all parts of the 

 world, is a novel and interesting example of arboriculture. A 

 pretty rivulet in the garden, draped with moss and sheltered by 

 shrubs, had been made a nursery for every species of British 

 fern, from the royal plumes of the ' Osmunda ' to the delicate 

 fronds of the maiden-hair, which had evidently found a 

 congenial habitat, and flourished luxuriantly. 



Near Longford Mills a halt was made to examine a section of 

 drifts described by Mr. Witchell in a paper on the " Angular 

 Gravels of the Cotteswold," in the last part of the published 

 ' Transactions ' of the Club. 



On the way to Tetbury, two quarries were examined, both in 

 the Great Oolite ; the first, on the hill above Avening ; the 

 other Bay's quarry near Tetbury; neither of which yielded 

 anything deserving special notice. Luncheon was served at the 

 White Hart, Tetbury, from whence a move was made to 

 Beverstone Castle, which was visited by the Club in the month 

 of August, 1871, and was made the subject of "Notes" by Mr. 

 G. r. Platne, embodied in the President's Address at page 16, 

 of the 5th Volume of our Transactions. The Eev, T. H. 

 Blunt acted as guide to the party, to whom he pointed out the 

 particulars most worthy of notice about the Castle, of which he 

 has since become the historian. 



From Beverstone the party drove to Malmesbury, the rain 

 falling in a continuous downpour. The splendid remains of the 

 Priory Church were thoroughly examined and admired from 

 every point of view. A Section was examined on the new line 

 of rail where the ' Forest Marble ' is exposed with a capping of 

 ' Cornbrash '; but the rain which fell inexorably compelled a 

 hasty retreat to the George Hotel, where an excellent dinner was 

 provided. After dinner, Mr. F. D. Longe explained his views of 

 the geology of the Cotteswolds, derived from a study of the 

 sections on the line of railway between Cheltenham and Banbury. 



