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found seven only, not one of which is made of flint, and these were in the 
Cheltenham Museum. In Gloucester Museum there were some flint celts 
which were found at Nailsworth. 
At the close of Mr Bushnell’s extremely interesting address, the President, 
in proposing a very warm vote of thanks, congratulated him on his grasp 
of the subject, and the clearness with which lie had presented the history of 
the various periods of Ancient Man. 
Proceeding by tram to the “ Rising Sun,” on Clceve Hill, the Members 
walked to the summit of the hill, and, while partaking of lunch, listened to 
an address from Dr Garrett on the topography of the District. The atmos- 
phei’e was rather against any good view of distant country, but Dr Garrett 
endeavoured to overcome this by a very clear description of the positions of 
the various points which should have been seen. 
He also described the common, its boundaries, and its ancient roads, 
the useful purpose served by its pasturage and its quarries, not omitting its 
value to Cheltenham for recreative uses. It was observed that portions of 
the camp are being let down by quarrying, and the suggestion was thrown 
out that the Club should make some attempt to prevent further destruction. 
The Club recognised with gratitude the efforts made by the Conservators in 
the preservation of this magnificent open space, and the care bestowed 
upon its ancient monuments. Dr. Garrett mentioned that a gallop or walk 
could be taken in one direction for two and a half miles, although at the 
extreme westerly end the ground narrowed to a breadth of a few yards. 
The President gave a description of the camp on the western promontory, 
expressing the view that it was not originally a Roman camp, but that both 
this and the camp on Nottingham Hill are Neolithic in origin. Compared 
with Nottingham Hill camp, Clceve camp is small, that on Nottingham Hill 
being one of the largest enclosures on the Cotteswolds. Mr Baddeley went 
on to state that there was every indication that the builders of these camps 
and the makers of the long barrows were the same people. He also called 
attention to the fact that the Britons, as in the case of many other ancient 
and partly civilised peoples, were great adepts at basket-making, mention 
having been made by Martialis of the arrival at Rome of a consignment of 
bascaudcB (Welsh : basgawd) from Britain, and Juvenal also having a refer- 
ence to the sale of British Imskets in Rome. 
The ^lembcrs next proceeded, under the direction of Mr Chaides Upton, 
to inspect a section (near the nth hole) in the Lower Tvigonia-Gxii, Snowshill 
Clay, and Harford Sands. The Sands arc of considerable interest, and have 
been examined, with other Inferior Oolite and Upper-Lias Sands, by Prof. 
Boswell, wlio has very kindly placed the information given in tlie table at the 
disposal of the Club. 
At the section Mr Upton gave an outline of the ancient geography of 
this district, in the course of which he pointed out that at tlie commenccmcirt 
