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day, and the turn now came for the geologists. The " Castle of 

 Comfort," however, was too attractive for the same class of mind 

 that called a halt at Chewton Mendij), and in vain did the stone 

 walls, abounding in fossils, entice them away. Suffice it to say 

 that those to whom geological phenomena were of paramount 

 importance saw no more of their friends until they met them 

 again at Chewton Mendip and described to listless ears how they 

 had seen some Liassic beds so altered that their nearest friends 

 would not recognise their fades ; how all the beds resting on the 

 limestones at this part were much changed and metamorphosed 

 into siliceous and cherty beds ; how Millstone grit blocks were 

 found scattered here and there over the fields ; how in fact the 

 whole geology of this portion of the hills was a puzzle, and 

 required to be worked out by the busy bees of the geological 

 hive ; but a quarter of lamb had to satisfy the want of eleven 

 members, now increased to fourteen ; — but perhaps the least said 

 about this the better. Sufficient energy was, however, left to 

 thank Mr. Scarth for his guidance and to mount the break for 

 Bath. Pleasant are the recollections of Priddy ! 



Llanihony Albei/. — Llanthony Abbey was the object of the 

 third Excursion of the Club ; and on Tuesday, June 19th, a 

 party of eight members and two \dsitors found themselves after 

 an uneventful journey by rail, via Portskewett and Newport, 

 someAvhat too tightly packed in a conveyance at the Abergavenny 

 station. After shaking down gradually into their places as this 

 ancient town, which gives its title to the Neville family, was 

 traversed, the Hereford road skirting the western sides of the 

 Skirrid-Fawr was followed for about four miles as far as the 

 village of Llanvihangel. Here a turn to the left was taken, and 

 the pretty valley of the Honddu ascended in its sinuous course 

 for about seven miles. The rounded hills on either hand began 

 to close in, and every turn in the road seemed to promise a view 

 of the ruins ; the Spanish chestnuts grew thicker and thicker, 

 and at last through a wooded grove of these trees a grey mass 

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