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SATURDAY, MAY 20tli. 



A party of Ladies and Gentlemen, conducted by F. C 

 J. Spurrell, Esq., F.G.S., visited the Deneholes in Jordan's 

 Wood, Dartford. One of these Chambers was entered and 

 examined. It was nearly 50ft. across, and was reached by a shaft 

 2ft. Gin. in diameter, and rather more than 60ft. in depth. The 

 shaft had been cut through the " Thanet Sand," but the Chamber 

 itself was in the chalk. Foot holes, reaching from the top to the 

 bottom of the shaft, showed how the former inhabitants of the cave 

 ascended and decended. Part of the roof had in one place fallen 

 in, and the d''hris formed a conical mound which covered about 

 one-half of the floor. The proceedings of the day terminated with 

 an excellent dinner at the Bull Hotel, Dartford. 



THURSDAY, JUNE 27th. 



A party, consisting of rather more than a hundred Ladies and 

 Gentlemen, visited, by permission of the War Office, the Royal 

 Arsenal at Woolwich. Several grand "operations," specially 

 arranged for the Association, were exhibited. The processes of 

 casting, rolling, and coiling large masses of iron, and the welding 

 of a white hot coil for a gun of great size by means of the ISTasmytli 

 hammer, were shown. Guns in various stages of manufacture, 

 and the numerous inventions and appliances for warfare, were 

 exhibited. For the opportunity of seeing many of the great 

 operations which took place that day, the Members feel much 

 indebted to the kindness of Major C. D. Davies, of the Royal Gun 

 Factory. 



TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3rd. 



A Lecture on "Early Man, or our Rude Forefathers," was 

 delivered by the Rev. Brooke Lambert, MA., B.C.L., President 

 of the Association. 



The lecturer began by asking what remains would presum- 

 ably be found of early man, supposing him to have . existed in 

 remote times. Man as he is now to be found, leaves behind him 



