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slope the Secre+.ary picked up some flint chips, a slight indication 

 of former occupation, but the external appearance of the Round 

 Hill itself equally with Pen Hill fails to corroborate the idea of 

 any fortifications having been made then ; though the trees seem 

 certainly to have been planted on an artificially raised mound. 

 Its rounded form is probably due like that of the so-called 

 " Englishcombe barrow" to the fact of a capping of hard rock 

 preserving it from that extreme denudation which in former 

 geological times cut out of the high plateau our picturesque valleys 

 and combes. 



Appended to this summary is a list of the excursions and walks 

 taken by the Club since its foundation in 1855. 



In conclusion the attention of the members is drawn to the 

 valuable publications received from various Societies in exchange 

 for our own proceedings, especially to that magnificent series of 

 memoirs from the '•' U.S. Geological Survey of the Territories" 

 distributed so lavishly to all those Societies claiming any pretention 

 to be scientific, a liberality with which the niggardly dealings of 

 our Government in the issue of their scientific results contrast so 

 unfavourable. Shelves have been set apart for all these 

 publications in the bookcase opposite the Jenyn's library, any 

 books from which can be obtained on application to the librarian. 



H. H. WINWOOD. 



