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of the camp and passing out through the defences at the north- 

 west corner, the members found themselves wandering tlirough the 

 well-trodden paths of Leigh Wood, vainly endeavouring to find 

 a short cut to Abbots Leigh. Their steps however had to be 

 retraced to the main road which was reached after a little 

 scrambling through brushwood and over walls. A good section 

 of the lower beds of the Mountain Limestone is exposed on the 

 roadside just before reaching Abbots Leigh, and a dip in the- 

 road here evidently marks the junction of the softer Lower Lime- 

 stone shales, with the Old Red Sandstone ridge, on which the 

 village is situated. The party here divided, some remaining for 

 luncheon at the George Inn, in view of the fine elm, called 

 Charles II.'s elm, whilst the rest walked on to Leigh Court, 

 Through the courtesy of Sir Philip Miles, especial permission to 

 view the pictures had been given to the members on this day, 

 Thursday being generally the only day on which the public is 

 admitted. It is hardly necessary to add that all were highly 

 gratified with them. The special feature in this collection being 

 that the Avorks of the great masters Eubens, Titian, Domenichino, 

 Velasquez, Claude and Poussin, could be leisurely enjoyed 

 by themselves, as the eye was not distracted by the collocation of 

 the works of any inferior artists. The giants in the art were seen 

 standing out alone. A few favoured individuals had the oppor- 

 tunity of walking through the gardens bright with Ehododendrons 

 and admiring the magnificently grown Camellia trees some 50 

 years old. The botanists of the party were especially pleased 

 with a sight of the female plant of Garya eliptica, a Japanese 

 shrub almost unique in England. A short cut through the fields 

 was taken to the laudanum drinking village of Pill, the ferry 

 crossed to Lamplighters' Hall, and the train taken at Shirehampton 

 for Avonmouth Docks. The few members who remained to carry 

 out the day's programme inspected the capacious floating-harboiu" 

 already bordered with the usual mushroom growth of houses, and 

 indicating the future growth of what might become a flourishing 



