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fragments dislodged by the atmosphere and other causes, owing to 

 the steep slope of the bank, roll into the bed of the Severn and are 

 lost. The members returned to Apperley Court, ■whence a break 

 conveyed them back to Tewkesbury, passing en route the fine old 

 gable ended manor house of Whitefields. Again were they in- 

 debted to Mr. Symonds for his guidance throughout a very 

 agreeable day, and many were the pleasant memories which they 

 carried away of Tewkesbury, its abbey, old houses, and last, but 

 not least, the excellent dish of Agaricus procerus and other edible 

 fungi, abounding in the neighbourhood, of which they had partaken. 

 Walks. 



The Tuesday walks and minor excursions have afforded the 

 members many agreeable and instructive gatherings. The first 

 that is worthy of special mention was taken in February of last 

 year to Combehay, along the newly constructed terrace road, 

 which affords many fine views of the distant coimtry. The object 

 of this walk was to visit the grave of the poet Carrington, but un- 

 fortunately the laurel tree which formerly marked the spot has 

 disappeared, and nothing at present indicates his resting-place. 

 Surely, the representatives of a family so well-known in Bath 

 should look to this, and erect some memorial. On the report of a 

 skeleton having been found near the Twerton Coal Pit, some of 

 the members walked there on 30th March, and found that in 

 working back the Lias quarry, a small excavation, about 3 or 4 

 feet from the surface, had been opened in which the burial had 

 taken place, but that the interment was of a comparatively recent 

 date. 



During the month of April three walks are especially worthy of 

 record, the first, tracing the Wansdyke through Englishcombe, to 

 the village of Newton St. Loe, where the Master of the Parish 

 School exhibited some Roman remains recently found at a slight 

 depth below the surface in a quarry adjoining the village. They 

 consisted of fragments of Roman pottery, coins of the Emperors 

 Constantine and Probus, pieces of bronze, part of a mortarium, 

 a broken skull with part of a Roman jar found along- 

 side, the nails of a coffin lying at intervals, the wood having 

 perished, except in one instance where a small portion remained 



