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THE GEOLOGIST. 
from a lower position. By tliis means a determination may be arrived at whether 
there be one, two, or more distinctly marked stages in the history of the life and 
death of these great creatures. — J. Morris. 
Malveun Natural History Field Club. — The last field day for the season of the 
Natural History Field Club was held in the Eldersfield district, the club meeting at 
Pendock, where they commenced their investigations with the examination of the 
church, the site of the Abbey that once stood near, and the old road which trends 
from Gloucester by Eldersfield, Pendock, the Longdon marshes, and VVelland, to 
Worcester. The next point was the " blasted elm," a liohtning-struck tree which 
rears its shivered limbs high over the faroi-house occupied by Mr. Shipton, of the 
Hill, in the parish of Eldersfield ; and thence the ramblers walked leisurely to the 
admirably restored church, a few years since a monument of God-forgetfulness, 
but now an evidence of the better spirit that has arisen in our land. After 
partaking of the hospitality of the vicar (the Rev. R. Holmes), the club visited 
the ancient camp of (iadbury, and discoursed on the British and Roman warriors 
who successively occupied that area, as well as on the denuded vales of the Lower 
marls and the steep antiolinals and synclinals of the Keuper Sandstone. The 
summit of Gadbury is a perfect plain, capped by Northern Drift — an evidence of 
the rapid currents which set in during the glacial epoch in this part of Worcester- 
shire, and scouped out the deep valleys of the Lower Keuper Mar's. From 
Gadbury camp the party crossed the Pendock Portway, one of the lines of ancient 
Eoman roads which ran from the camp of Wall-hills, near Ledbury, to the farm of 
Mr. W. Fisher, in the parish of Pendock. Here they examined the Spanish and 
Portuguese gold coins found two years ago in a field hard by, and with them a 
number of silver pieces of the reigns of bluff King Hal and of good Queen Bess. 
Berrow-hill was then crossed, and the Lower Lias outlier examined. The restora- 
tion of Borrow church called forth universal acknowledgment of the good work 
done by Mr. Law and his parishioners. In the churchyard the party lingered 
over the tomb of the victims at " The Murder House," and afterwards passed the 
cottage where the fearful massacre was perpetrated. A substantial repast 
awaited them at the Duke of York, where the room was adorned with evergreens, 
in frames of which were hung twelve splendid pictorial illustrations of Irish 
geology, the property of Dr. Melville, Swiney Lecturer on Geology, and Professor 
of Natural History at Queen's College, Galway. After dinnei-. Dr. Melville 
delivered an eloquent address on the subject of the diagrams, which was followed 
by the President on the geology of the day's ramble. The day had been one of 
unchequered sunshine, and the party separated right sorry that their peregrina- 
tions had come to a clo3c, and mutually wishing that next season they might 
meet again under auspices as bright and fair. Reynolds Peyton, Esq., of Bart in 
Court, and the Rev. R. Pilson, of Birts-morton, were elected members, and the 
Rev. C. Clarke was proposed for the next ballot. Among the gentlemen who 
assembled were the President (Rev. W. S. Symonds), T. M. Lingwood, Esq., 
Lyston, Herefordshire, E. G. Stone, Esq., Dr. Melville, C. Gully, Esq., T. Sewell, 
Esq., and the Revds. Canon Davies, R. Holmes, R. Hill, R. Pilson, H. Stone, and 
C. Clarke. 
