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limited in extent as to be at the present time a complete 
puzzle. The time at the disposal of the Club did not admit of 
long delay, and the order was given to proceed to Stow, where 
dinner was awaiting them. 
After dinner Mr G. B. Wirts read a paper on the explo- 
ration of the Randwick tumulous. After describing the 
structure of the barrow, Mr Wirts showed that their search 
had been rewarded by the discovery of a chamber filled with 
débris, at the bottom of which was discovered the remains of 
at least eight individuals ; but it was evident that the chamber 
had been at some time rifled, and its contents scattered— 
probably in Roman times—for, along with portions of rude 
hand-made pottery, was found a piece of a vessel which had 
been turned on a wheel, and part of a Roman horse-shoe. Mr 
Wirts considered this barrow to be of earlier date than that 
at Uley Bury, but later than that at West Tump. 
This terminated the proceedings of the day, and the party 
returned from the Stow station by the train at 5.34 p.m. 
The First Winter Meeting of the season was held in the 
Lecture Theatre of the ; 
SCIENCE SCHOOL AT GLOUCESTER, 
On Wednesday, January 16th, when a paper was read by Mr 
W. C. Lucy, F.G.S., on “The Birdlip Section, with some 
observations on the recent boring for water there, by the 
Gloucester Corporation.” 
On the table were displayed some grand antlers of the great 
sub-fossil stag (cervus elaphus var: strongy loceros of Owen) ; one 
pair of noble dimensions from the bed of the Severn, near 
Purton, doubtless derived from the ‘ Forest’ bed; and a single 
antler, much worn, found during the excavation of the New 
Docks, at Sharpness. 
In illustration of Mr Lucy’s paper, were displayed upon 
the wall some carefully-drawn sections of Birdlip Hill, taken 
at five different points, which had afterwards been brought 
into one vertical section of 20 beds. “The sands which form 
