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amused : he begged of Professor Prestwich to continue 

 his researches, and hurried away. 



It was not the geology only of such places as 

 Dorchester, Shillingford, and Wallingford, which were 

 explored on the way to Ewelme, that made the visit to 

 it memorable. The history of several of the localities 

 appealed powerfully to the imagination, most of all that 

 of the old-world village of Ewelme itself. A pathetic 

 human interest pervades its very atmosphere, and its 

 group of ancient buildings. The church, grammar- 

 school, and especially its picturesque old alms-house, 

 could not be dissociated in one's mind from the tragic 

 end of the ill-fated Duke of Suffolk, their unhappy 

 founder. 



The excursion, however, which stands out amongst all 

 other excursions, was that made in the autumn of 1878 

 to Glen Roy and the Parallel Roads of Lochaber. 

 Prestwich had long been desirous of seeing these famous 

 16 terraces" for himself, and he now planned a journey 

 to the north, which should include also a search along 

 the western and south-western shores of Scotland for 

 raised beaches, boulders, and Drift. 



After a couple of days with relatives at Stirling, 

 when every hour was utilised in reading off the feat- 

 ures of the district, the two tourists proceeded to Tyn- 

 drum and on by coach through Glencoe to Ballachulish 

 on Loch Leven. Heavy rain compelled them to take in- 

 side seats in the Glencoe coach : fortunately, however, 

 they had the coupe, so that views were had of the wild 

 Highland country. At Inveroran, where horses were 

 changed, they had a pleasant meeting with Mr Herbert 

 Spencer, who had been waiting there several days for 

 rain which was needed for fishing. The downpour 

 had resolved itself into fitful showers, and the storm 



