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with, their Infra- Liassic fauna in great numbers actually in their 

 chambers ! 



Moreover, in the Coral bed at Brocastle, which Mr. Duncan 

 would make Infra-Lias, Mr. Moore has taken GrypJicea incurva 

 in abundance. He finally tu'ges that by the adoption of such a 

 classification as that proposed by Mr. Duncan nine-tenths of the 

 English Lias would have to be obliterated from the Geological 

 Map of England. 



On Wednesday, 15th August, the Club met at Evesham, to 

 which place a branch railway from Ashchurch gives ready access. 

 The points selected for a visit were the fine tower — all that now 

 remains of the once important Abbey — and the two Churches 

 close by, of All Saints and St. Laurence. 



The Eev. W. S. Symonds read a short notice of the history of 

 the Abbey, to which the President added a few notes upon the 

 armorial glass formerly existing in the windows of the two 

 parish churches — now alas! wholly obKterated. In the Vicarage 

 adjoining the Church of St. Laurence, the party was kindly 

 permitted to inspect a most curious ancient wall-painting, 

 concealed behind a wainscot, a portion of which was removed 

 in order to afford a view of it. 



From Evesham the party proceeded to view the site of the 

 famous battle, in which Stmon de Montpoet, the great Earl 

 of Leicester, was slain in the month of August, A.D. 1265. 

 An important portion of the field lies within the domain of 

 — RuDGE, Esq., whose family has been long seated there. 

 Permission having been obtained to enter the grounds, the least 

 military eye was able to appreciate the disastrous consequences 

 to a large army, of being driven pell-mell down those heights 

 into the river Avon, which, here describing a wide bend, 

 completely bounds the rear of the position. The spot where 

 the stout Earl fell, resolutely refusing to surrender to "dogs 

 and perjurers, but to God alone," is still traditionally preserved, 

 and is marked by a modern tower, which, from its summit, 

 commands a noble prospect over the rich and diversified valley 

 of the Avon. Hard by, a spring of water, now a watering-place 

 for cattle, is pointed out as "The Earl's Well," and is probably 



