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purpose dealing with scenery alone, but wished to give them a general 
idea of Algeria and the northern borders of the great Sahara. 
Numerous lantern-views were shown illustrative of certain Algerian 
and Tunisian towns, the peculiar narrowness of the streets (often 
mere tunnels), the structure of the houses, and the costumes of the 
people. The defiles of the approximately east and west aligned hill- 
masses that traverse Algeria were pictured, and the hot springs, 
discovered and utilised by the Romans, on the borders of the desert, 
came in for special attention. They contain in solution very con- 
siderable quantities of carbonate of lime, which are deposited in 
peculiar conical masses, sometimes more than 15 ft. in height. 
Views of all that remains of ancient Carthage were exhibited, and 
some ancient reservoirs that were so well constructed that it has only 
been necessary for the French Government to clear them out and 
patch them up to render them fit for present use. 
The Hon. Secretary gave a brief account of the geology of 
Northern Africa. 
TUESDAY, March 16th, 1909 
REV. WALTER BUTT, M.A., President, in the Chair. 
The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 
The following were elected Members of the Club :—Lieut.-Col. 
Edward C. Dowse and James A. Smithin. 
The President announced that in accordance with his promise 
he proposed exhibiting a number of rare plants from the Chesil Beach 
at the Annual Meetng on April 6th. 
The Hon. Secretary read out the list of places suggested by the 
Council for the Excursions during the Summer of 1909. } 
The following Lecture was given :— 
‘© THE LOWER SEVERN: VALLEY, RIVER, AND ESTUARY FROM 
THE WARWICKSHIRE TO THE BRISTOL AVON.” By 
Y htest oy, ALLS 
In the discussion which followed, the Hon. Secretary, the Rev. 
H. H. Winwood, and Messrs F. J. Cullis, J. N. Hobbs, and 
G. Embrey took part. 
