SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS 



OF THB 



BATH NATURAL HISTORY AUD iUTIQUARIAN 

 EIELD CLUB 



FOR THE YEAR 1868-69. 



Mr. President and Gentlemen, 



At the close, Sir, of your address to the Members of the 

 Club at their last Anniversary Dinner, you urged them to give 

 a good account of themselves, as occupying a place amongst 

 the many thousands in Great Britain devoted to the pursuit 

 of Archseology and Natural History. Whether, Sir, your 

 hearers have profited by those words and by your own 

 unwearied labours and bright example in the cause of 

 science, will be seen in the Summary of the Year's Proceed- 

 ings, which the Secretary now lays before you. 



Dividing the Proceedings, as usual, under their respective 

 heads of Evening Meetings, Excursions, and Walks, I would 

 here thank those gentlemen who have so kindly responded to 

 my request, and have, at the expense of much time and 

 trouble, given us the benefit of their researches in the various 

 subjects with which they are famihar. It is a matter for 

 congratulation that the papers prepared with so great pains 

 will find a permanent place in the Proceedings, and will 

 serve to lessen somewhat the discoiu-agement which neces- 

 sarily ensues fi-om the frequently too meagre attendance of 

 the Members at the Evening Meetings when those papers 

 were read. 



