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died 1416, and that of Maegaket, his wife. The inscriptions, shields, and 

 other accessories, are missing, also the sword, dagger, and spurs of the 

 Lord ; but othei-wise the brasses are in a fine state of preservation, having 

 been placed in an elevated position — out of harm's way. They are a fine 

 study of costume." 



The TMrd Meeting of the Club took place on Wednesday, 

 22nd June. The rendezvous was at Gloucester, from whence 

 the members proceeded by steamboat, on the canal, to Sharpness. 

 The ijrogramnie included an examination of the " Forest Bed " 

 in the "Eoyal Drough" and the SUurian outcrop at Purton 

 Passage. The day was one of the hottest of the late unusually 

 hot summer; tempered, nevertheless, by a pleasant breeze, 

 which rendered the water transit very agreeable. At Shepherd's 

 Patch Bridge, about four-and-a-half miles from Sharpness, the 

 party quitted the boat and pui'sued the line of the canal for 

 about a naile, following the coui-se of the " Eoyal Drough," one 

 of the main arteries for the drainage of the adjoining district. 

 Mr. CLEGRA^r, who acted as guide, drew attention to the trunks 

 of trees projecting here and there in the bed of the drain, and 

 indicating the level of the " Forest Bed," which, at the depth 

 of 16 feet, presents itself as*a bed of Peat, 6 feet in thickness, 

 containing oak, hazle, beech, and water flags. From it was 

 taken a piece of oak timber, bearing on its surface evident marks 

 of fire. This was shown to the Club. Wben excavating at 

 Shepherd's Patch Bridge, at a depth of 16 feet, after passing 

 througli deposits of sand and mud, tracks were found of sheep 

 and cattle impressed in clay, as sharp and well defined as if the 

 impressions had been made quite recently. The present distance 

 of this point from the river is more than a mile, but regard 

 being had to the rapid silting up of the river along the low 

 lands bordering the estuary — of which evidences abound — it is 

 certain that no very remote antiquity can be assigned to these 

 evidences of human occupation. 



Following the "Eoyal Drough" to its outlet into the Severn, 

 the excursionists pursued the river bank to Purton. About 100 

 yards to the eastward of the outlet of the " Drough " occurs 

 a patch of Oolitic gravel, resting upon Lias, and containing 



