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old London road ; following this up about a quarter of a mile a 
gate on the right hand led into Ashley Wood copse. Here an 
old way was traced on the left hand leading diagonally through 
the wood until it seemed to end near an excavation now grass 
grown, which had the appearance of having once been used as an 
old quarry. It is called the “Shambles” ; tradition has it that 
bulls were baited here formerly. A little to the N.E. of this runs 
a wall, at one point of which meet the three dioceses of Sarum, 
Gloucester and Bristol and Bath and Wells. Crossing a field to 
the W. called “Stallards,” and formerly “Nemletts” and 
“Soap Leaze,” the Secretary picked up several good flint “ flakes” 
and chips and one well worked “scraper” 2.9-16 in. long and 
1.1-16 in. broad at its worked end. On the opposite side of a 
road in a quarry at the edge of Farley Down Capt. Sainsbury 
pointed out a very remarkable bed of flints between two solid beds 
of Oolite. They were seen in a large mass or pocket on the left 
hand some 5 ft. deep, and ran round the top of the quarry about 
two feet from the surface, gradually thinning out from a thickness 
of some two feet to that of a few inches at the right hand corner. 
The flints were rolled, subangular, red and black on the outside. 
Passing over the Down to a summer house at the top of Capt. 
Sainsbury’s field, the members found a lunch provided for them 
by the kind forethought of their friend and his sons. This was 
most thoroughly enjoyed, and a return made to Bath under the 
usual conditions of atmospheric moisture so prevalent of late, 
Permit me in conclusion to bring a personal matter before you. 
This seems a fitting opportunity to express my earnest wish of 
resigning the secretaryship of the Club. For the last thirteen 
years during which I have been in office it has been my sincere 
endeavour to maintain the scientific character of the Club, and it 
has been a work of love to carry out the multifarious duties 
attaching to my post. The work now becomes irksome to me; 
this warns me of the need that exists, if the Club is to maintain 
its position, of your appointing another Honorary Secretary. If 
