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the day. It will be well here to state that certain preliminary 

 diflSculties had to be overcome before the ascent was 

 commenced. The proprietor (Colonel Bennett, of Cadbury 

 House) having suffered from the propensity of archseological 

 visitors to overthrow walls, requires visitors to the Camp to 

 acknowledge his rights, by first, as an act of courtesy, asking 

 his permission. This having been granted, a winding ascent 

 by fern- clad ditch and vallum was made past the usual King 

 Arthur's well on to the summit. The hill consists of a 

 capping of inferior oolite ; the rock on the west side assumes 

 a very peculiar form, and is of a close marble-like texture, 

 very similar to white lias, from which it is with difficulty 

 distinguished. Several pieces of ancient black coarse British 

 pottery were found, with flint chippings and flakes. 



Having enjoyed the magnificent view for a while, and a 

 refreshing cup of coffee at the rectory, the Sparkford Station 

 was reached after a pleasant but rather fatiguing day. The 

 great heat of the sun was remarkable. 



The Third Excursion, fixed for June 16th, to Shrewsbury 

 and Worcester, did not take place, three Members only of 

 the Club having signified to the Secretary their intention of 

 going. The thanks of the Members are, however, due to Mr. 

 Scarth, who kindly gave an account, at a Special Meeting 

 summoned for the purpose, of the excavations recently carried 

 on at Uriconium, and exhibited a map and plan of that 

 ancient city, the foundation of which, he thought, might 

 probably be as early as 50 ad., and the destruction about 

 584 A.D. 



Nineteen Members with their friends, met on Tuesday, 

 September 22nd, for the Last Excursion of the season to 

 Thornbury Castle and Aust Cliff. A four-horse break, 

 after certain mishaps in the Bristol streets, conveyed the 

 Members in safety through the villages of Horfield, Filton, 

 and Almondsbury to Thornbury ; the latter portion of the 



