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He also drew attention to the remarkable non-sequence — 

 the Upper Trigonia-gn\ resting directly upon the Midford 

 Sands, so that there is no representative at Midford of 

 something like 200 feet of the strata of Leckhampton Hill. 



A visit to the house of William Smith, and to the Fullers' 

 Earth Works in the neighbourhood, brought the day's 

 excursion to a close. 



The third Field Meeting, held on July 20, 1898, had 

 the Museum at Reading, and the excavations of Silchester 

 for its objectives. 



On arrival at Reading, the party proceeded to the 

 Museum, a fine building with well-arranged collections 

 under the care of Dr Joseph Stevens, as honorary curator. 

 In his absence, the members were received by the 

 assistant-curator, Mr Colyer, who courteously explained 

 the very interesting collection of Roman relics obtained 

 from Silchester. 



After a well-served luncheon at the Great Western 

 Hotel, the party drove to Silchester, the Roman city, 

 Calleva Attrebatium. 



On arrival at Silchester, the party were met by Mr 

 Herbert Jones, one of the superintendents of the 

 explorations, who courteously gave as much information 

 as he could concerning the uncovered portions of the 

 Roman city. The time at his disposal, owing to the 

 exigencies of the train service at Reading, was all too 

 short— for a visit to the museum and to the excavations 

 in one day, so far from home, is really too much ; but Mr 

 Jones made the most of his opportunities. 



The fourth Field Meeting was held at Nailsworth and 

 Minchinhampton on Wednesday, September 21, 1898. 



The party assembled at Nailsworth station, and pro- 

 ceeded to the High Beeches, where Mr A. E. Smith had 

 made a small excavation, exposing a fossihferous band of 

 yellow sands, resting on blue clay. Two or three hundred 



