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quarry at Bradford Abbas ; at the same time it must be noted 

 that some two or three forms occur at Sherborne which we have 

 failed to find in our own quarry. 



I may say with regard to the paper that the descriptions are 

 very short, but still they are as detailed as one might expect 

 from a first attempt. AVhen, as I hope, a monograph maj^ appear 

 at no distant date describing the species of the whole of the 

 oolitic rocks, more ample descriptions may be desirable. 



Our Club, it may here be stated, is so satisfied with the results 

 of this their first prize that they offer another on the like terms 

 for descriptions of the genus Trigonia from the same area. 



In doing this the members anxiously hope that they are 

 oncoui-aging the study of Natural History in a very important 

 School, and they note with the most sincere ple«sure that collec- 

 tions to forward these studies are gradually being got together at 

 the King's School, and they ardently hope that the time is not far 

 distant when the school will possess a highly valuable and teach- 

 ing collection of natural objects lodged in a suitable museum. 



THE EDITOE. 



