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PROCEEDINGS COTTESWOLD CLUB 
1920 
A communication was read from Mr. J. W. Gray on “ An English Flint 
in the Antarctic ; taken by Wilson on Scott’s Expedition.” 
Colonel E. B. Jeune read a paper on “ An Odd Corner of France,” 
with numerous illustrations, which was followed by a discussion in which 
Mr. Cullis, Mr. Graves Smith, Mr. Upton, Canon Bazf.ley, and others took 
part. 
Colonel Jeune’s paper showed what interesting places there were close 
to the conventional lines of communication between England and the Riviera, 
and how well they rewarded the trouble of going a little out of the way. Aigues 
Mortes with its medieval walls and its medieval people marks not so much 
the “ flight of time ” but the “ crawl ” of it. Left behind by the retiring sea, 
it has also been left behind by the general march of affairs, possibly not to its 
disadvantage. There it stands in its four-turreted walls as perfect as 500 
years ago when the crusaders took ship there for the Holy Land. Its great 
Tower of Constance, a marvel of medieval military engineering, with its awful 
history of tortures and killings of the Huguenots, still stands perfect. Mention 
was also made of the great Pont du Gard, which carried water to 
Nimes, a marvel of man’s work, nearly an everlasting monument of 
the great men who built the Arena and the “ Maison Carree ” at Nimes, 
nearly a thousand years old, and may still live another thousand and show 
no signs of decay. 
December 2ist, 1920. 
The second Winter Meeting, Session 1920-21, was held on December 21st, 
1920, at 3.30 p.m. The President, Mr. C. I. Gardiner, in the Chair, and 
twenty-nine members present. 
Minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 
The President referred to the loss the Club had sustained through the 
death of Mr. H. W. Bruton, and a resolution was passed asking the Secretary 
to write a letter of condolence to the late Mr. Bruton’s relatives. 
Cuthbert Rayner Booth, of Tudor House, Mickleton, proposed by 
J. M. Dixon, seconded by R. G. Wootton, was elected a member. 
Miss Irene J. Biss, B.Sc., 23 Lansdown Road, Gloucester, proposed by 
R. Austin, seconded by Lilian E. Auld, was nominated for membership. 
Mr. W. St. Clair Baddeley read a paper on ‘‘A Gloucestershire Glass 
House of the XVIth Century,” illustrated by lantern slides, which was 
discussed by Mr. Basil Marmont, the President, Mr. Upton, and Colonel 
Jeune. 
Mr. St. Clair Baddeley read a paper on “ Barnwood Gravel Pit, a 
Roman-British Cemetery,” and showed some Roman pottery lent by 
Mrs. Clifford. 
The papers by Mr. G. Embrey were, with his consent, postponed for a 
later meeting. 
