SECOND DAY. 7 
collection of the mineral productions of the county. To 
these were added some of the results of his electrical ex- 
periments, illustrating the origin and formation of metallic 
lodes; several powerful galvanıc batteries were in active 
operation, and, under Mr. Crosse’s direction, served to ex- 
plain and illustrate the modus operandi of many of the 
oceult phenomena of nature. 
From thence the company proceeded to Üothelstone 
Beacon, where the following Exposition of the View 
therefrom was made by the Rev. F. Warre :— 
“] need not tell you that the view before you is one 
of great extent, of varied character, and extreme 
beauty; it is bounded on the east by the long ridge of 
Mendip; on the west by the heights of Brendon; on the 
south by Blagdon, and on the north by the Severn sea, 
beyond which appears the coast of Wales; while to the 
south-west, at times, may be seen Haldon, and even the 
Peaks of Tors on Dartmoor. It embraces a variety of ex- 
tent hardly to be equalled in the south of England; but to 
us, a Society of Archzologists, its beauty is not its only 
charm. Its boundaries include many spots of historical 
interest, which it will be my endeavour on the present 
occasion to point out,—a task for which my only qualifi- 
eation is, that, being a native of this neishbourhood, I am 
familiar with the scene before us. 
“At a period before the times of written history, this ex- 
tensive tract of country was inhabited by several tribes of 
Celtic origin— members of the great Loegrian family—one 
of the three original tribes mentioned in the Welsh triads 
as the earliest occupiers of the British Isles; on the ex- 
treme east lie the territories of the Hedui; farther to the 
south were the Durotriges and Morini; to the south and 
west were seated the Danmonii; and that northern coast 
