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CAEADOC FIELD CLUB.— The second Field Meeting was held at 

 Brampton Brian, July 18th. A paper was read at Cox wall Knoll, by the 

 Eev. C. Bui-rough, supplementary to one read last year at the Gaer 

 Ditches, maintaining the claim of that locality to be considered the scene of 

 Caractacus's last battle. The President read a paper at Brampton Brian 

 Castle, containing extracts from the letters of Lady Brilliana Harley, who was 

 besieged there. Subsequently Dr. Callaway gave an address at Pedwardine on 

 the place of the beds exposed there in the system which liis recent investiga- 

 tions have been elucidating. The members dined together at the Craven 

 Arms Hotel. 



DUDLEY AND JITDLAND GEOLOGICAL AND SCEENTIFIC 

 SOCIETY A.^D FIELD CLUB.— The fourth field meeting for the year was 

 held at PiUgby, on Thursday, July ISth. Excellent arrangements were made by 

 Mr. HutLhinson, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Oldham, and others, of the Eugby School. 

 With the helji of various vehicles a long round was accomplished on the borders 

 of the Lias district. After visiting two clay-pits showing good typical sections of 

 the Lower Lias clay overlaid by quartzose and flinty drift, the surface of the 

 clay being in wave-like undulations, sometimes folded over like a crested breaker, 

 the magnificent sections were examined in the Victoria Hydraulic Lime and 

 Cement Works, where great interest was excited by finding some Saurian bones 

 near a fine head which had been removed a few days previously. After gathering 

 numerous fossils and getting a hasty view of the cement-making process, the 

 way was taken through Holbrook Park to Holbrook Grange, the residence of 

 C. M. Caldecott, Esq., who had kindly arranged on the lawn many fine specimens 

 of bones found in the neighbourhood, some of which are figured in Dr. Buck- 

 lands "Eeliquife Diluviame." Many other interesting cmdosities were also seen, 

 including fli-xible sandstone and rare agates, some of which were prespnted for 

 the society's museum at Dudley. After passing the remains of old Boughton 

 Hall, King's Xewnham Lime Works and a weak chalybeate bath were visited, and 

 good specimens of the upper part of the White Lias were secured, with marks of 

 boring insects as evidence that they once formed the surface. This sm-face is now 

 covered with Lower Lias Flanorbis shale, and this again by red glacial clay, the 

 reasons for the irregular junction of these causing some discussion. After a peep 

 at Newhold-ou-Avon Church, a walk through the churchyard led to the Newbold 

 Lime Works, where a very fine section of contorted Lower Lias limestone and 

 shales was seen. Eetuming to Eugby a welcome luncheon was found set out 

 in the Town Hall for greater commodiousness. Dr. Fraser, the President, 

 thanked those to whom the Society were so much indebted for the day's 

 progi'amme, and then, by permission of Dr. Jex-Blake, the School was visited, 

 where, besides the class rooms, chapel, and houses, and the magnificent close 

 which always has an interest all its own on a half-holiday afternoon, special 

 interest was taken in the Museum and the model of the neighbotu-hood in course 

 of construction, and a good collection of fossils and other objects, and also in the 

 baths and gymnasium, but particularly in the observatory, where members 

 lingered over the valuable instrumfnts i;sed for some of the more abstruse 

 investigations in Astronomy. Equally good arrangements had heen made for an 

 afternoon ramble in the ojiposite direction of Hilimorton, where some more clay- 

 pits, and especially a clay-pit and sand-pit near together with a probable fault 

 running between them in a singular manner were to be seen, also a cutting for 

 widening the rail way, by the " Steam Navvy," in a glacial re-formation of Lias; and 

 the Church standing on a sort of island in the midst of deep peat. All these 

 were most attractive objects, but want of time prevented the ramble, although it 

 has since been done by some of the members. The Chester field day and visit to 

 Salt Mines at ^"ortbwich promises much interest, and the help of many local 

 residents has been promised. It has, however, been found necessary to 

 postpone it from September luth and 11th to September 17th and 18th. 



EVESHAM FIELD NATUEALISTS' CLUB.— An excursion of the Club 

 took place on Wednesday, August 14th, to Bucklaud, near Broadway. The 

 following botanical specimens were taken during the afternoon : — Ej/ipnctis 

 palustris, Vitia sylvatica. Campanula trachelium , Pohjstichum aciileatum, 

 Aspidium Filix-fcemina, and Scolopendriuni vulgare. 



