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the Cardiff Field Club, who kindly acted as their cicerone during 
the excursion. 
After luncheon, and securing quarters at the Royal Hotel, a 
visit was made by the kind permission of the Marquis of Bute 
to Cardiff Castle. On entering the gateway, Mr. Drane pointed 
out the traces of the buildings which formerly ran at right 
angles from the Gate-house tower to the Keep, and which have 
been lately uncovered. He gave it as his opinion that it was in 
one of the towers of these buildings that Duke Robert, of Nor- 
mandy, was confined ; and not in the Gate-house tower, according 
to the popular tradition, this latter tower being of much too late 
a date. 
The members then ascended the new Tower which affords a 
splendid view of Cardiff, the headland of Penarth, and the valley 
of the Taff. The inhabited buildings of the Castle are under- 
going extensive repairs and alterations, under Mr. Burgess, in the 
severest Medieval style. 
Leaving the Castle, the members walked by the banks of the 
Taff to Llandaff. The Taff is the beau ideal of a salmon river 
with one omission; there are no salmon. These have all been 
destroyed by the water from mines and ironworks. 
The sight of the Cathedral placed on the right rank of the 
Taff is very charming, and the two western towers of different 
sizes, one crowned with a spire, give it a peculiar and rather 
foreign appearance. On the return to Cardiff, several members 
walked round the Docks. 
In the evening there was a very pleasant dinner, to which 
nineteen sat down, and later on several of the members ad- 
journed to Mr. Drane’s to inspect some curiosities, while the 
others were introduced to the Cardiff Club, by the kindness of 
Mr. Bruce. 
The next morning a start was made for Caerphilly. The Castle 
is situated in the centre of a wide basin, and was essentially a 
fortress and not a Baronial residence. It is of immense extent, 
