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renidence where they were most hospitably received and entertained to tea, 
which after the hot walk was especially grateful. Mr. Parker shewed his 
collection of fossils and Roman and ancient British remains which were very 
good and of great interest. After thanking and parting from their kind host 
the members proceeded through Bitton, and stopped at the lower lias quarry 
at Keynsham, where the usual fossils as Ammonites semicostata, sangeanus 
and bucklandi with many gasteropods and bivalves were collected. The return 
to Bristol was then made after a very enjoyable and profitable excursion. As 
a hint to the Botanical Section, their Geological confreres would observe that 
the ground walked over was exceedingly rich in plants, many of them being 
rare, and the number of species very great. 
