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suburb of Bristol ; looked at the fine dock gates, and returned in 

 time for the 4 p.m. train to Clifton. The usual exigencies of 

 lunch interfered somewhat with the unity of the jmrty, otherwise 

 the day's excursion was a fair success. 



EXCURSION TO LYDNEY PARK. 

 The excursion to examine the Eoman remains in the Park 

 of Mr. Bathurst took place on 25th May. The Assistant- 

 Secretary having made an arrangement with the Midland 

 Railway Company a new saloon carriage was engaged, in which 

 the party, eighteen in number, travelled very comfortably. 

 The run through West Gloucestershire showed a familiar country, 

 bright with the fresh hues of spring. After Berkeley road 

 everyone was striving to obtain the first glimpse of the new 

 iron bridge across the Severn, and as the train ran down to 

 Sharpness Point it came into view. Passing slowly over, it was 

 possible to see the massiveness of the bridge and its apparently 

 very careful construction, while sixty feet below the yellow waters 

 of the Severn rolled and glistened in the sun. On arriving at 

 Lydney Station it was found that Mr. Bathurst, the owner of 

 Lydney park, had sent a carriage to meet the members, and from 

 that moment till they returned to their train his attention, 

 courtesy and liberal hospitality knew no ceasing. Some made 

 use of the carriage, the others walked up to the house, a recently- 

 built mansion in the Elizabethan style, most charmingly placed, 

 looking on one side down a beautiful and well-wooded country, 

 and on the other facing a long reach of the Severn. Here they 

 found the Vice-President, and were introduced by him to Mr. 

 Bathurst. After jjartaking of some refreshment an adjournment 

 was made to the library, where an interesting paper on " The 

 Villa, and on the Temple of Nodens or Nodon" was read by the 

 Vice-President, before the site of the villa was explored. 



The Park at Lydney, he said, is one of the most picturesque in the 

 county of Gloucester, or of any other county. Situated on the high 



