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He had a charming manner, a good knowledge of astro- 
nomy, was a diligent student with his microscope, took much 
interest in Natural History generally. In him I have lost one 
of my oldest and most valued friends.’ 
For many years he was a member of the Club, and fre- 
quently attended the Field Meetings, but he did not contribute 
to our Proceedings. Shortly before he died he brought before 
Professor Harker some minute white eggs he had observed on 
stones at Sharpness, and which the Professor has described in 
a paper in our last number—under the name Tetranychus 
lapidus—a genus of Arachnida belonging to the family Trom- 
binada. 
It was only last week we lost very suddenly an Honorary 
Member, Mr Handel Cossham. He contributed to our 
Proceedings a paper on the “ Cannington Park Limestone,” 
and another “On a Discovery in the Kingswood Coalfield,” 
both of which are in Vol. VIII. 
Mr Cossham took a warm interest in the Club: we 
were frequently his guests, and the meetings held under his 
auspices were so well arranged and accompanied with such 
hospitality, that they will always be remembered by us as 
‘““red letter days.” 
Owing to the interest felt in the able paper on 
Tytherington, read by the Rev. H. H. Winwood before the 
Club, which appears in Vol. IX., the first Field Meeting 
was held at Tytherington and Thornbury on May 28th. 
The Section was thoroughly examined and explained by 
Mr Winwood and the Hon. Secretary. It was seen under more 
than ordinarily favourable circumstances in consequence of the 
care which our colleague, Mr Meredith, Engineer of the 
Midland Railway, had taken in having the obstructions 
in the cutting cleared away, well exposing the different beds, 
and also to the admirable map he had prepared of various parts 
of the line. 
After lunch at the “Swan,” Thornbury, the members pro- 
ceeded to the Castle, where they were met by the owner, Mr 
Stafford-Howard, who courteously explained its leading features. 
