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the capture of Caractacus as described by Tacitus as strikingly 
analogous with what he imagined the capture of Worlebury. He 
stated, without endorsing it, Mr. Warre’s theory that the fastness 
was of ancient construction but abandoned, and that the iron 
weapons found proved that it had been captured and re-occupied 
by the Saxon in 577. 
The discussion after tea was carried on by the Chairman, Dr. 
Hunter, who thanked Mr. Tomkins for his admirable paper, by 
Dr. Black, Messrs. Skrine, Ekin, and Winwood. A general 
feeling was expressed that such a valuable relic of the ancient 
people should be preserved from the destruction which is quickly 
overtaking it at the hands of visitors and children, and that it 
should be one of the objects of antiquity included in the schedule 
of Sir John Lubbock’s Bill which is again to be brought before 
Parliament. Time did not allow of the reading of the Secretary's 
summary of the year’s proceedings, as announced. 
EXCURSIONS. 
Tuesday, May 25th.—Excursion to Burrington Combe, Charter- 
house Mines, and Cheddar Cliffs. 
About twenty-one members left Bath at nine o’clock a.m. by 
train for Bristol ; and having taken a “ break” from the station, 
proceeded direct for Burrington, crossing the high table-land called 
Broadfield Down and descending into the beautiful Vale of 
Wrington at Redhill. The morning was misty, and the clouds 
hung upon the Mendips preventing the eye from embracing at 
one view all the varied landscape, which, bounded by the Mendip 
hills and the Quantocks in the far distance, extends across the 
Severn and includes the bold pomontory of Brean Down, with the 
Islands of the steep and flat Holmes and the coast of South Wales 
beyond. By the time the party reached Burrington a little before 
noon the sky had become clear, and seemed to promise a fairer 
view from the top of Mendip. 
At Burrington, the party having dismissed their “ break,” were 
met by the Vice-president, the Rev. Preb. Scarth, and most 
