PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 



A meeting of geutlemen interested in the study of Natural 

 History was held in the Town Hall, by kind permission of the 

 Mayor, April 4th, C. E. Fitz Gerald, M.D., in the chair. 



After a few remarks on the desirability of forming a society 

 for the above study, and on the natural facilities for it which 

 abounded in our neighbourhood, the Chairman called upon 

 Mr. UUyett, formerly secretary to the High Wycombe Society, 

 to explain the mode of formation and working. After this 

 had been done, it was resolved that a society should be formed 

 in Folkestone, all those present, about five-and-twenty, giving 

 in their names. C. E. Fitz Gerald, M.D., was elected presi- 

 dent, and a committee was appointed with power to add to 

 its number. The subscription to be half-a-crown per annum, 

 for ladies or gentlemen. Mr. UUyett was elected secretary. 

 It was resolved that a field day should be held on the first 

 Saturday in each month during the summer; but the first 

 ramble should be on the Wednesday in Easter week, as a day 

 when the majority of the members would be at liberty. 



FIELD DAY, APRIL 15th. 



The members met at Tower No. 2, for a geological ramble 

 over East Wear Bay; about five-and-twenty were present. 

 On arriving on the sands, the secretary read the following 

 paper on the 



GEOLOGY OF THE WAEREN. 



We are standing on ground fall of historical interest. Before us 

 stretch the white chalk cliiFs of Albion that tempted the Roman con- 

 queror across from Gaul. Far away inland runs the lino of hills of 

 which they are the termination, until the Plain of Salisbury is reached, 

 fraught with no Icsa interest as the spot where the ancient inhabitants 

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