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the sight—by those hitherto unacquainted with their beauties—of 
the Cathedral and the Palace grounds amply compensated for the 
loss of the former. The rest of the party continued their journey 
in the train to Glastonbury, and filled up the time before the 
arrival of the others by a visit to the far-famed Lias quarries of 
Street, about two miles distant. After passing through the long 
avenue of well-to-dolooking houses—whose inhabitants derive their 
sustenance and support chiefly from the famous manufactories of 
the Messrs. Clarke—Kaines quarry (formerly known as Crees) was 
reached, and the Secretary having told the members that it was 
from this and the adjoining quarries that the Ichthyosauri, which 
adorned the walls of the Bath Museum, came originally, a work- 
man was found who pointed out each individual bed, whether of 
rock or shale, to which some local name was given, corresponding 
accurately with the description of these same beds by Dr. Wright 
24 years ago. Several specimens of the reptilian bones encased 
in their stony covering, and not yet worked out by the chisel, 
were shown ; and one of the party having succeeded in obtaining a 
photograph of the quarry, faces were turned towards Glastonbury. 
Taking the right hand road opposite Northover, Weary-all hill 
was ascended from the south, and the supposed site of S. Joseph 
of Arimathea’s halt visited—handed down to posterity by a Lias 
_ . slab in the turf near the top, with the following inscription cut 
thereon :— 
J. A, 
Anno Domini, 
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the work probably of some historic wag! The Secretary having 
alluded to the legend so familiar to most, a descent was made to 
the hostelry of the George, where lunch was eaten with despatch, 
and then the Abbey ruins were visited. It need hardly be 
written that those who had not previously seen these beautiful 
ruins were most agreeably surprised, but those to whom they were 
familiar were grieved to see the steady progress of decay which 
