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and they would take this opportunity of reminding 
gentlemen of the very wide range of subjects embraced 
by the Society, and that communications on any 
scientific subject, whether consisting of original 
observations or of remarks upon the researches of 
others, are always acceptable. 
Since the last annual meeting, three excursion 
meetings have been held. In June, the excursion of 
September 1863, was repeated, to the mouth of the 
Avon along the Port and Pier Kailway, for the sake 
of the members of the Bath and West of England 
Agricultural Society, then meeting in Bristol. In 
July, a very successful day was occupied by a visit to 
the Lias quarries at Street, followed by an exploration 
of the marsh lands, in the neighbourhood of 
Glastonbury and Wells, while in August, the Aust 
Cliff afforded several hours employment to the 
geologists. 
The evening meetings were not resumed till 
October, on account of the British Association meetings 
in Bath during September ; but on the occasion of 
the visit of several members of that Association to 
Bristol, your Society was enabled to assist in rendering 
the day agreeable to them, by acting as guides to the 
chief points of geological interest along the banks of 
the Avon, which were visited by many distinguished 
men. 
At the October meeting, the results of analyses of 
several samples of well-water in the city, were 
communicated by Mr. Coomber, and an explanation 
