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of their education, instead of going to work, as was too often the 

 ease now-a-days, in utter ignorance of the elements of those economic 

 sciences which were so really useful and necessary to their pro- 

 fession. 



Both Dr. Wright and Mr. Witchell agreed that the true Bath Stone 

 of the Box Tunnel, from the beds of the Great Oolite, was excellent 

 building stone for exterior as well as interior purposes. 



The Severn Valley Field-club. — The first meeting for the 

 year was held at Dudley, on May 31st. The members on arriving 

 at Dudley proceeded to the Museum of the Dudley and Midland 

 Geological Society, where they were met by several members of 

 that society, and spent some time in examining the very fine loan 

 collection of the fossils of the district. The trilobites exhibited by 

 Mr. Hollier, including the well-known Homalonotus belonging to 

 Mr. Blackwell, attracted gTcat attention, as did the fossils from the 

 band of shale passed through in the new sinkings at the Old Park. 

 It has been disputed whether this shale, overlying the Wenlock 

 Limestone of the Wren's Nest, should be classed as Wenlock or 

 Lower Ladlow ; but the general verdict of the geologists present 

 appeared to be in favour of the latter. The whole party then pro- 

 ceeded to the Wren's Nest, where the outer workings in the upper 

 band of limestone on the western face of the hill, were first in- 

 spected. These Were followed to the northern end of the hill, 

 where the anticlinal fault, which throws ofl" the limestone to the east 

 and west, was noticed ; and the upper line of caverns was traA^ersed 

 on returning. Here a very able and lucid address on the geology of 

 the district was delivered by Mr. J. Jones, secretary of the Dudley 

 Club, in the absence of the Vice-President, F. Smith, Esq.. who was 

 unable to attend. After admiring the long perspective of the caverns 

 with its varied effects of light and shade, and collecting some of 

 the characteristic fossils in the outer workings on the eastern 

 flank of the hill, the fault at the southern end, which throws down 

 the Upper Limestone on the west to a level with the lower band 

 on the east, was examined. The sinkings at the Old Park were 

 next inspected, and, on the way back to the town, the Euins of the 

 Priory were passed and visited. 



The members of both clubs sat down together to a cold luncheon 

 at the Dudley Arms Hotel, after which some exceedingly beautiful 

 and perfect specimens from the collection of Mr. E. Hollier were 

 handed round by him for inspection. Amongst them were the 

 original of the Ceratiocaris tail-spines (figured in the Geological 

 Magazine for May last), and a new and undescribed star-fish. A 

 visit to the Castle, under the guidance of Mr. Hollier, and some 

 others of the Dudley Club, concluded the day's proceedings. — C J. C. 



Malvern Field-club. — The members of this club held a field 

 day in the neighbourhood of Tewkesbury, on Wednesday, the 9th 

 May. They were met at the Abbey Church by the Eev. Canon 

 Davies, who courteously conducted them over that fine old building. 



