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tinguishable from it ; hence may have come these " Sawyers," which 

 are lithologically identical. Iq conclusion the Secretary stated that he 

 had examined microscopically the Kingswood Sandstone, the Wick 

 Millstone Grit, and the "Bittou Sawyers," and found them roughly 

 speaking almost identical in their characteristics. As regards the term 

 Pennant Sandstone used locally for that great division of the Coal 

 Measure Sandstones dividing the upper series of coal beds from the 

 lower, he asked for information as to its origin. 



The session of 1879-80 opened on the Srd of December with a 

 most valuable paper from our President "On the Winter of 

 1878-9 in Bath and Seasons following" (vide p. 209). 



At the second meeting on January 7th, Mr. Skrine in the 

 chair. Dr. Bird read a paper on " The Prehistoric Races of 

 Somersetshire and the adjoining Counties" (vide p. 239), and 

 exhibited the skull of a skeleton found in a sitting position 

 during the excavations at the Charlcombe Water Works. 



This was followed by a paper from Mr. T. Browne on " The 

 Restoration of the Roofs of the North Aisle and Hungerford 

 Chapel, of Wellow Church," upon which he was consulted in 

 November, 1878, and which he had just finished (vide p. 244), 

 The interest of the paper was increased by the exhibition of some 

 very carefully drawn plans, drawings and sections of the roof, 

 and of some specimens of the decayed timbers. The Rev. H. N. 

 EllACOMBK said that very little reliance was to be placed on the 

 colouring of the shields ; they had evidently been tampered with 

 by the village painter. They could only be sure when they had 

 the colouring in stained glass, or when shown in sculpture. The 

 Assistant Hon. Sec. (Mr. Harold Lewis) said that as the 

 Club would not hesitate to find fault when a work of this kind 

 was -wrongly done, they were obliged to Mr. Browne for coming 

 there and telling them what he had done, and enabling them to 

 express their pleasure at the manner in which he had done it. 

 The Vice-President was glad that the work had fallen into such 

 good- hands ; he referred to the general restoration of the church 



