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WEST PURBECK MEETING. 



THE THIRD OUTDOOR MEETING of the Club was held in 

 West Purbeck on Wednesday, August 2ist. The meeting 

 consisted of 85 members and their friends, nearly 80 of whom 

 assembled at Wareham Station, and were conveyed from thence 

 in seven brakes. On account of the lateness of the trains, it 

 was nearly 1 2 o'clock before the brakes left the station yard for 

 Creech Barrow . On arriving at the foot of the barrow, the party 

 alighted from the carriages, and, ascending the steep sides of 

 the hill on foot, viewed from the top the magnificent panorama 

 stretched out on all sides of them. Here Mr. Richardson, 

 addressing them, expressed regret at the absence of the Presi- 

 dent, who was unable to be with them, and, on behalf of the 

 Club, invited Lord Eustace Cecil to act as President. Two new 

 members were proposed, Mr. Ralph Edward Hill, of Shilling- 

 stone, and Miss Emily Yeatman, of King's Stag. Mrs. Fisher, of 

 Weymouth, who was proposed as a member at the last meeting, 

 was elected. 



CREECH BARROW. 



Lord Eustace Cecil then introduced Mr. Hudleston, ex- 

 President of the Geological Society, who had promised to speak 

 upon the physical peculiarities and geological features of the hill 

 and neighbourhood. 



Mr. Hudleston premised that, as he intended to write upon the 

 subject, he did not mean to develop all the geological particulars 

 now, but to content himself with giving a brief sketch only. 

 I will say a few words, he said, upon the scene before us. It 

 is one of those panoramic scenes where it is difficult to know 

 where to begin, for, turn in whatever direction you will, there is 

 something of interest to note. With regard to the scenery I do 

 not know that there is any place which gives a better idea of the 

 scenic character of East Dorset than the peak that we are now 

 upon. We have the great estuary of Poole, the vast extent of 

 heath land, and then the rolling hills of Purbeck itself. That is 

 eminently characteristic of East Dorset scenery. I have heard 



