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and explained the leading points of its noble architecture. From 

 thence the club proceeded to the " Bloody Meadow," where the 

 President, the Eev. W. S. Symonds, M.A., F.G-.S., of Pendock, read 

 a paper on the events that led to the Field of Tewkesbury, and the 

 chief details of the battle. The club then proceeded to the woods, 

 where a rare plant, the " Smooth-leaved Hound's Tongue," [Cyno- 

 glossum sylvaticum) was gathered by Major Barnard and Mr. Lees. 

 Passing on through greensward, and surrounded by the beautiful 

 blossoms of the orchards of Deerhurst, Mr. Symonds led the party to 

 Apperley Court, the residence of Miss Strickland, who had hos- 

 pitably provided refreshments for the members and their friends. 

 The collection of mammalian remains which were obtained by the 

 late Hugh Strickland, Esq., the well remembered geologist and 

 naturalist, from the low level drifts of the Avon valley near Per- 

 shore, were examined, and the naturalists looked upon the fossil 

 relics of elephants, hippopotami, rhinoceri, deer, and gigantic wild 

 cattle that lived and died on the shores of au ancient Avon and 

 Severn many a long year ago. W. S. S. 



Warwickshike Naturalists' and Arch^ologists' Field-club. 

 — The first summer meeting of this club took place at Nvmeaton, on 

 Wednesday, May 16th, 1866. The members assembled at the Coton 

 Eailway Station, and first examined the interesting sections of the 

 Lower Coal-measures with intrusive trap, exposed along the line. 

 The succession of the beds raised a good deal of discussion, for it 

 presents some dijfficult questions as to the circumstances which 

 caused the influx of the igneous rock in connection with the coal- 

 shales, which, in some cases, though in close proximity, remain little 

 changed, and in others have undergone much alteration. After 

 a pleasant walk the party reached Haunch-Wood Colliery, where, 

 although it was stated that no fossils were to be found, the Eev. Mr. 

 Brodie and other geologists soon discovered abimdant evidence of 

 the life of the period, namely, ferns, reeds, Lepidodendron, and 

 Sigillaria, the estuarine shells Anthracoptera and Anthracomya, and the 

 teeth and .jaws of Sauroid fish. In fact, the whole of the Warwick- 

 shire Coal-field abounds ia fossils. Proceeding thence to Hart's 

 HUl, a careful examination was made of the altered Millstone-grit of 

 which this anticlinal axis is mainly composed, the trap rocks, which 

 vary much in character, appearing at each end of the ridge. The 

 summit affords a fine view over the country — Charnwood Forest is 

 seen in the extreme distance. The party consisting entirely of 

 geologists, the day was exclusively devoted to the sections which are 

 of special interest in this district, few places indeed present within a 

 small area such an instructive lesson in physical geologj^ — P. B. B. 



Bath Naturalists' Field-club. — The second excursion of the 

 season took place on 15th May. — As this meeting was especially 

 devoted to Geology, Mr. Charles Moore, F.G.S., undertook the 

 guidance of the members, who mustered in good numbers at the 

 Bath station. The route taken, was from Bath to Shepton Mallet 

 by train and thence across the Mendips to Wells and Frome. 



