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by the petrologist, and construed by means of the microscope, 
the blow-pipe and the laboratory. With this general glance 
at the physical nature of the country visited by the Club, we 
return to the starting-point at Worcester. 
The journey to the Hundred-House lay through a smiling 
country; the crops seemed heavy on the red lands—peas were 
being harvested, hay-making had begun, vetches were being 
cut, and the air was scented with the fragrant perfume of 
beans and white clover in blossom, whilst in the hop-gardens 
women were fixing the bine to the poles, and otherwise taking 
care for the produce. Omberley Court, the residence of Lord 
Sanpys, and the old church and pretty village, with its timber- 
framed houses, marked half a stage in the journey, and when 
further on Witley Court and Park were reached, a division of 
the party ensued, some lingering to see the fountains playing 
in Lord Duptxy’s Italian gardens, whilst others pushed on to 
the Hundred-House. 
The geological party, under the guidance of Dr. Smrrus, 
soon became deeply interested in the remarkable district under 
exploration. They first examined the fine exposure of Upper 
Silurian rocks at Walsall quarry. Here were presented to 
view an imposing series of Upper Silurian deposits, with the 
characteristic fossils of the Wenlock, Aymestry, and Ludlow 
beds. The following species were here tabulated, and had 
there been time to give to the work a more careful scrutiny, 
the list would have been much longer, though it was noticed 
that the multiplicity of marine life was due rather to the 
number of individuals than to the number of distinct kinds of 
organisms. 
The following are the most noticeable :— 
Pentamerus Kynightii, Spirifer piswm, S. elevatus, Atrypa reti- 
cularis, A. compressa, Rhynconella Wilsont. R. navicula, R. deflexa, 
Retzia sp., Cyrtoceras levis, Pterinea lineata, P. Sowerbii, Chonetes 
lata, Holopella sp., Strophomena depressa, S. englypha, Encrinite 
joints and Corals in great abundance. 
Mr. Best, agent to the Earl of Duptry, had kindly ordered 
that every attention should be paid to the Club, and the head 
