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getting in the arrears, the funds of the Club were in an 
unusually thriving condition, and he suggested that they 
_ could not be better expended than in re-printing the earlier 
volumes of their “Transactions,” pointing out that, owing to 
the important position occupied by the Club among kindred 
Societies, a demand had arisen for their “ Transactions,” of. 
which complete sets could no longer be supplied ; indeed it was 
believed that very few members of the Club were possessed of 
_ an entire series of its publications. 
This proposition proved generally acceptable, and it was 
resolved that the Executive Committee should consult and 
report to a future meeting. 
The Third Field Meeting was held at 
CHEPSTOW, 
_ on Tuesday, 18th July. The Members of the Cotteswold Club, 
_ though they in the main confine their rambles and researches 
within the limits of their own county, do occasionally break 
bounds, and seek “fresh fields and pastures new” beyond their 
own confines; and thus it seemed good to them on the day in 
question to make an incursion into Monmouthshire, with a 
_ view more especially to visit Mathern and its neighbour Moins 
Court, which were new to them, with Caldicot Castle and 
_ Caerwent, both of which localities had been included in their 
_ programme on a previous occasion. The Club, on the present 
_ occasion, had the good fortune to be accompanied throughout 
_ the day by Dr Yuars, L.L.D., a gentleman resident in 
_ Chepstow, and one well acquainted with all particulars relative 
_ to those points of special interest which formed the staple of 
_ the day’s proceedings. . 
__ A well-appointed break was in waiting at the Chepstow 
_ Station, on the arrival of the train due at 10.19 a.m., when the 
_ party proceeded at once to Mathern a village about three miles 
distant, where is a singularly interesting and picturesque 
‘residence of the former Bishops of Llandaff, and a Church 
which owes its foundation to Mreurie or Maurice, the son of 
