CHESIL BEACH AND FLEET MEETING. Ixix. 



so that often it would be high tide in the Fleet and low tide in the outer sea. 

 The level of the beach was about 40 feet above mean water at Liverpool. A 

 most interesting experiment would be to pierce the top of the beach through the 

 pebbles to see what was the thickness of the layers of pebbles before coming to 

 the solid clay. 



The party then divided, one section taking the road by the 

 shore below Fleet House; the other, led by Mr. Hudleston, 

 went another way to see the fossil beds, their chief object being 

 to locate the precise position of the Rhynchonella-\)e&. This, 

 however, could not be done in the limited time at the disposal 

 of the party. 



On the drive to Montevideo a halt was made to enable the 

 Club to see old Fleet Church. The Rev. W. MILES BARNES 

 repealed the story of the wave which ruined the church, and 

 gave some account of the Mohun brasses still in the ruined 

 church. 



THE MONTEVIDEO COLLECTIONS. 



The large party were most kindly received and hospitably 

 entertained by the Presidenc and Mrs. Richardson. 



After the long drive and walk the excellent tea provided was 

 most acceptable. 



After tea the PRESIDENT addressed the members. 



A business meeting was then held, at which three candidates 

 were elected members and 13 proposed for membership. 



Then the party dispersed over the house to inspect the various 

 valuable collections moths and minerals, fossils and shells, 

 china and pictures, books and miscellaneous curiosities. The 

 visitors were deeply interested in the type specimen of Cimolio- 

 saurus Richatdsoni, the Jurassic saurian found in 1887 in a 

 neighbouring brickfield in the Oxford Clay, put together at the 

 cost of infinite pains by Mr. and Mrs. Richardson, and described 

 by Mr. Lydekker as a new species. The reptile was inspected 

 in the library, and in the same room was Steneosaurus, also from 

 the Oxford Clay of Chickerell. At the end of the dining-room 



