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. , During the winter months the work of mounting 

 e ocie y s arranging the geological specimens belonging 



eo ogica tQ ^ e g oc i et y was continued under the able 



directorship of Mr. Parkinson Curtis, assisted by 

 Mr. H. Le Jeune, Mr. Wells and Mr. Stubbs. The cabinet pre- 

 sented by Dr. Crallan is now practically full and a second cabinet is 

 urgently needed, as more than sufficient specimens to fill another 

 cabinet are awaiting arrangement. The Committee tender their 

 hearty thanks to Mr. Parkinson Curtis and his helpers for the work 

 they have so successfully accomplished, and much regret to learn 

 that Mr. Curtis finds he is unable to continue his labours during the 

 coming session. 



Owing to the lamented death of King Edward an 

 ummer excursion inaugurating the summer session was 



Excursions. postponed from May to June. During May, the 

 Geologists' Association of London held a four days excursion at 

 Swanage, to which members of this Society were kindly admitted. 

 On May 17th the Association visited Bournemouth, and under the 

 conductorship of Dr. Ord, examined portions of the Bournemouth 

 Cliffs, Honeycomb Chine and Hengistbury Head. An excursion 

 was also made by the Students' Association, and members of this 

 Society, to Lulworth Cove on June 4th, under the leadership of the 

 Rev. E. C. Spicer, f.g.s., Oxford Extension Lecturer on Nature 

 Study. This was largely attended and proved of great interest. 



_ . The Geological Section took part in the General 



the M di excursion to the Mendips on June 15th (see page 



e en ips. when some very interesting spots were visited. 



Dr. Ord conducted the party, assisted by Mr. W. F. Barnes, of the 

 Shepton Mallet Natural History Society. The Holwell quarries 

 were explored, and the celebrated dykes formed by Liassic and 

 Rhaetic fillings-in of ancient fissures in the Carboniferous Limestone 

 examined. It was from there that the late Charles Moore, of Bath, 

 obtained such a harvest of Rhaetic fossils, including remains of the 

 earliest known mammal — if it be a mamma), which is not quite 

 certain — a small animal about the size of a rat, probably a marsupial 

 resembling the modern kangaroo on a minute scale. These valuable 

 specimens together with enormous numbers of teeth of fish and 

 reptiles, are now to be seen at the Bath Museum. An address on 

 the Geology of the Mendips, with special reference to these matters, 

 was given by Dr. Ord, after which the rest of the party proceeded 

 to Nunney Castle. Among those present was Mr. V. Sherring, who 

 many years before had known Mr. Moore and worked in these same 

 quarries. Mr. Sherring and Dr. Ord remained behind in the hope 

 of some " finds," and although nearly all the material has been 

 extracted by geologists during the past 40 years, were fortunate 

 enough to strike the exact spot where some Rhaetic deposit still 

 remains, and obtained teeth of Acrodus and Hybodus, as well as scales 

 of Gyrolepis and other fish remains. These have been added to 

 the Society's collection. 



