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Whale, a Vice-President, and the contributor of an interesting 
account of the Somerset Domesday to our Proceedings, was 
taken from us in August. Mr. Whale had a very thorough 
acquaintance with Domesday, and in addition to the publi- 
cations on the Somerset and Devon portions, had written 
many valuable notes, explanatory and critical, on some of the 
intricate questions connected with that book ; he was quite an 
authority on the subject, and gave much time and patient 
research to its elucidation. His genial presence will be 
much missed at the meetings. Copies of his publications 
were sent to the Secretary by Mrs. Whale, and are obtain- 
able on application. Another death, occurring in 1907, was 
that of Mr. Kemble who had been a member for 12 years, up 
to the end of 1906; he had rendered useful service on the 
Committee. 
Nothing has been done in the way of excavation during the 
year ; over £8 out of the £10 allotted to that work has now been 
spent. The chief find of previous explorations, the Lansdown 
disc, is now in the British Museum. As regards the future 
there is no doubt more to be done in work of this kind, but 
there are other departments of the contemplated purposes 
of the Club which deserve attention. Our Natural History 
results are at present meagre, but there must be much of 
interest in Bath and neighbourhood which deserves recording. 
In the early years of the Club this was the main object of its 
energies, but of late it seems to have dropped out of notice, 
most of the old enthusiasts having now passed away ; it is very 
desirable that this branch of our work should be revived, or 
we shall not be able to claim to continue the first part of our 
title—Natural History. One suggestion is that we classify 
the trees about Bath, but there are so many departments of 
natural history that it is hardly necessary to specify one. 
There must be many of the residents here who take an interest 
in some portion of this study, and the real purpose of such a 
club as ours is to bring these together, and enable them to com- 
bine their knowledge, and by publishing their results dedicate 
them to the service of others who follow. 
EXCURSIONS. 
The Club went for their first outing on July 11th. Leaving 
Bath at 10.30, the party were met at Yatton Station by a 
wagonette from Mr. Young, of Langford, and Yatton Church 
