78 PROCEEDINGS COTTESWOLD CLUB 1905 
Whatever would have happened to us had it been wet 
when we gathered on that high ground near Eldersfield ? 
No untoward circumstance marred or hindered our enjoy- 
ment on any single occasion. It was not our fault that 
only one or two members of the Bristol Naturalists’ 
Society turned up at our Caerwent meeting, when happily, 
as I think, ace the remembrance of Sir William Guise’s 
opinion as to their presence, we brought ladies with 
us. And if we had to wait an undue time at Chipping 
Norton Junction before our conveyances were ready, we 
have the satisfaction of knowing that that also was not our 
fault. 
Of the half-day meetings I can do no more than record 
that rumour says they were thoroughly enjoyed, and that 
much valuable information was given at them. Personally, 
I was present at none of them, for which I tender my 
apologies, though | cannot promise to make atonement for 
the past by a constant attendance at the coming summer's 
meetings. Exceptions prove the rule. There is not 
always a Way possible to the Will. 
Our first Field Meeting was in my own more immediate 
neighbourhood. You passed through my parish, and 
visited a gravel-pit on my glebe. I had not then got into 
residence, and so an opportunity of showing hospitality to 
the members present on that day’s excursion was lost to 
me. I feel sore at the very remembrance of it. But the 
day was very full of interest. And if we failed in- deciding 
whether the world-famed Fairford windows were painted 
or not by one Apes, as Mr Branch so ably contends 
against those stalwarts, Mr St Clair Baddeley and the 
vicar, Mr Carbonell, I feel sure it is only because we 
lacked time for close inspection. 
Our day closed with an acceptance of the kind hos- 
pitality of Mr Bowly, at Siddington House, when all too 
short a time was ours for an appreciation of the many 
