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l^p0^f Of 



etwral Summer Excursions, 1910* 



On May 25th, by kind invitation cf the President, 

 Visit to the yj r a. Smith Woodward, a party went for the day 

 British £ 0 South Kensington, where they were received at 



Museum. t he Natural History Museum by Dr. Woodward, 



who conducted them round the Palseontological Galleries, of which 

 he is the keeper. A most interesting time was spent, all the most 

 important and recent additions to the Museum being exhibited and 

 explained to the visitors. — See Geological Section. 



This excursion was arranged by the Bournemouth 

 Lulworth Students' Association, in connection with the 



C° ve - course of University Extension lectures on Nature 



Study, the members of this society being invited to join. The 

 excursion took place on the 4th of June, under the leadership of the 

 Rev. E. C. Spicer, m.a., f.g.s., and was well attended. On reaching 

 the cove the peculiar alternations of strata on the eastern side were 

 examined as well as the extraordinary contortions in places — 

 evidence of the work of subterraneous and lateral pressure. After 

 an interval for lunch the ascent was made to the Coastguard station 

 from which a line view, both of land and sea, is obtainable. Then 

 the eastern side of the Cove was visited and the Fossil Forest 

 examined, regarding which Dr. Ord gave a description of its origin 

 and condition. Mr. Spicer afterwards dilated upon the unusual 

 geological interest of the place, and later the company gathered for 

 tea at the Cove Hotel, returning to Bournemouth by steamer in the 

 evening. 



This excursion was arranged for the nth of May, 

 Shepton Ma! let Dut wag postponed owing to the lamented death of 

 and District. His Majesty King Edward VII, and ultimately 

 took place on the 15th of June. On arrival at Shepton Mallet the 

 party took carriages and drove eastward to a quarry at Holwell 

 where Dr. Ord gave an account of the carboniferous limestone there 

 revealed in section. In it occur dykes of different structure from 

 the surrounding rocks, and these were left by the quarrymen as 

 useless. They had been examined fifty years ago by the late Charles 

 Moore, of Bath, who found they were of very much more recent 

 formation than the surrounding rocks, being of Rhaetic and Liassic 

 age, as proved by the fossil fish and other remains found therein. It 

 was supposed that the carboniferous strata had been hollowed out 

 by underground streams and that when later it formed the bed of 



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