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a few weeks spent in Scotland, he remained in Wales, 

 working out the geological structure of Caernarvon- 

 shire. 



Beginning his campaign with a tour of inspection 

 along the south coast, he made his first visit to the 

 Isle of Wight, and spent some pleasant days with 

 Forbes and Bristow rambling along the base of the 

 Dorsetshire cliffs. They had among the incidents 

 of this excursion an experience of one of the difficulties 

 in the life of a geological surveyor in the more bucolic 

 parts of England. They were crossing a farm when 

 the farmer rushed on them with angry execrations and 

 violent flourishings of a large spade, with which he 

 threatened to make an end of them if they did not 

 instantly move off his land. In vain they endeavoured 

 to expostulate and to explain their object. The infuri- 

 ated tenant only became the more defiant. Next day 

 he had not cooled down, but now swung round a still 

 more lethal weapon, would listen to no remonstrance, 

 and had at last to be brought to his senses by a sum- 

 mons before a magistrate. 1 



After brief visits to Aveline and Jukes in the 

 Breidden district, and tracing some new lines there 

 himself, he passed on to Selwyn at Port Madoc and 

 Dolgelli. Room may be found here for his memor- 

 andum of one day in this visit of inspection. 



* %th June. Up again to the hills south-west of 

 Craig y Cae. Got in some faults and a lot of strange 

 dykes and spots of squirted traps. Selwyn and I separ- 

 ated and took different ground, and often met again to 

 compare and compile. A lovely day, and the effects 



1 By the Act 8 and 9 Victoria cap. Ixiii. power was given to enter lands for 

 the purposes of the Geological Survey, and to prosecute any one interfering with 

 the work. 



