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fore-shortened appearance which the Malvern hills present as 
one looks from this northerly direction towards the Worcester- 
shire Beacon. 
The dispersed members of the Club met at the table of 
the inn, partook of an excellent dinner, and, undaunted by a 
thunder-storm which overtook them on their way, arrived 
safely at Worcester, and took the train westwards, after a day 
of much enjoyment. 
The Third Field Meeting was held on Tuesday, the 20th July. 
The fixture was Lydney, with dinner at the Speech House, in 
THE FOREST OF DEAN. 
The weather was everything that could be desired, and some 
40 members with their friends assembled to take part in the 
excursion. They quitted Gloucester by the Midland Railway, 
and had the satisfaction—a novel experience to most—of 
crossing the Severn Bridge, a distance of three-quarters of a 
mile, on foot; in traversing which they found ample opportunity 
of admiring that magnificent example of engineering and 
constructive ingenuity, while the prospect up and down the 
river was one of rare beauty and interest. Arrived at Lydney 
town, the party went on to Lydney Park, the residence of Mr. 
Batuurst. Here they met with a most courteous reception 
from the proprietor, under whose guidance they proceeded to 
the Roman Camps, the examination of which constituted the 
main object of their visit. 
There are two camps; one a small one, occupies a projecting 
Knoll, the sides of which have been steeply scarped, and is 
separated by a deep valley from the larger entrenchment. It 
is somewhat oval in form, and may, from the salient position 
it occupies, have been used as a post of observation prior to the 
Roman occupation. Pottery and Roman coins have been found 
there. But the fortified enclosure which crowns the adjoining 
hill is of quite a different character, and reveals in its extent 
and completeness a Roman station of the most important class. 
The principal building, which is considered to have been the 
