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quaint place with its sqnat central pillar and one little narrow slit of a window 

 at the east. But to return to St. Catherine's Chapel. It is to be regretted 

 that more care is not being taken of a building that ecclesiologists and 

 architects have long catalogued as one of the architectural gems of the country. 

 Landmark, beacon tower, and sailors' chauntry, it excites our admiration 

 and interest. No doubt the three wishing holes in the doorway were noticed. 

 The village girls still place a knee and both hands in these, and pray thus : 

 ' A husband, St. Catherine 

 A good one, St. Catherine 

 A rich one, St. Catherine 

 And soon, St. Catherine.' 

 Let us hope that they are not disappointed ! " [W.B.] 

 After dinner in the evening some of the rarer plants were shown to the 

 Members and discussed. 



BURTON BRADSTOCK 



Thursday, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. was spent in the neighbourhood ol 

 Burton Bradstock. First the quarry in the allotment ground was visited. 

 It shows the basal portion of the Fullers' Earth, " The Scroiif " (as a thin bed 

 is called), the Zigzag-Hed, and the strat.a of schlcenbachi and trucllei date, rich 

 in fossils. Next the road-cutting between the village and the sea was entered 

 (Plate VI.) and the beds exposed in it made out. At the top of the section 

 are beds similar to those seen in the lower portion of the quarry, and at the 

 bottom, the Bridport Sands — a very fine section. 



Arrived near the beach Mr Richardson pointed out the pieces of white 

 limestone, concerning the date of which _there had been some doubt.' 

 Similar rock was seen in silti in the Bridport Sands round the corner to the 

 right (Plate IV., fig. 2.). 



After lunch at the Anchor Inn, the Members went to Burton Freshwater 

 to see the cliffs there, and do some botanising. Here there are quantities 

 of sea pink or thrift, and some small amount of the narrow-leaved Flax, 

 and the little Centaury {Erylhrcra fiulchclla). Finally a large amount of the 

 Yellow Horned Poppy was seen, and a very small allowance of the Sea Kale 

 — a plant which has become rare on our coasts, largely owing to its being dug 

 up for gardens. One plant was a disappointment : the Seaside Convolvulus 

 occurred in plenty, but none of it showed any sign of flower. 



Returning to Bridport the majority of the Members left by the 4-30 p.m. 

 train, after an excursion that was generally admitted to have been one of the 

 best, if not the best, that the Club has held. 



EXCURSION TO BATH AND BOX. 

 Tuesday, September 17th, 1912. 

 Director : The Rev. H. H. Winwood, M.A., F.G.S. 

 {Report by W. Thompson). 



Twice before in comparatively recent times the Cotteswold Club has 

 visited Bath, including an inspection of the Midford Sands, but on September 

 17th, in addition to renewing acquaintance with Aquae Solis — that important 

 Roman settlement, which from time to time has yielded up such interesting 

 material for the antiquary — the following Members also travelled to Box 

 and inspected some of the renowned building-stone workings which have 

 I. S. S. Buckraan, Quart. Joum. Geol. Soc, vol. Ixvi. (1910) pp. 69-71. 



