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original title “The Bath Herald.” The small volume of the 
“Register” is interesting, as giving very full accounts of a 
dispute proceeding at the time between the Freemen and Cor- 
poration of the city, regarding the property of the former. 
William Meyler was a member of the Town Council and 
Magistrate, and held office as Constable and Sheriff; he died 
_ of gout on Saturday, March 10th, 1821, aged 65, at his residence 
in the Abbey churchyard. I will not say more about him, as I 
hope his biography will be given the Club next year by the 
executor of the last of his family. 
And now having described all the Bath papers I can trace 
down to the end of the last century, I think I have reached 
a very good point to draw the line between past and present, and 
to end my story. 
Case of Abnormal Development of Wood in the Root of a 
Spanish Chestnut. 
By the Rev. LEONARD BLOMEFIELD, M.A., F.LS., &c. 
(Read February 15th, 1882.) 
This was the case of an excessive development of woody fibre, 
forming a large globular callosity round one of the roots of a 
Spanish chestnut in the Park at Bath. The tree had been 
planted, it is supposed, about 50 years, and had attained a girth 
of between 6 and 7 feet. In the autumn of 1881, one-half of the 
tree was seen to be in a dying state, the other half being still 
healthy and vigorous. The former had been noticed as in a 
failing condition for four or five years previous, and was so far gone 
at the time above-mentioned that it was determined to take the 
tree up altogether. When the roots were laid bare, the callosity 
in question was discovered on one of the roots on the same side 
‘as that half of the tree which was dying, showing a connection 
