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elephant, besides flint implements and other ancient remains of human work¬ 
manship, as spindles, whorls, cut hones, etc., have been dug out in abundance, 
all testifjung to the very great age of the cavern. The return from this 
chamber through “ the oven,” and back along the corridor into daylight, was 
soon accomplished. 
The next point visited was Daddy Hole Plain, overlooking the British 
Channel and Torbay. The chasms in the rocks here afforded much interest. 
The eye taking in at a glance the whole of Torbay, from Berry Head on the 
south to Daddy Hole on the north, nothing could exceed the picturesque 
loveliness of the landscape from this spot: on one side could be seen Dart¬ 
moor in the distance, Hay Tor, and other eminences ; on the other, the se¬ 
veral ranges of hills, amidst which the Dart winds its way past quaint old 
Dartmouth to the sea, Torbay lying beneath in all its loveliness, dotted here 
and there with graceful yachts skimming the surface of the buoyant w r aves, 
and reflecting their snow-white sails in the transparent water. 
By the kind permission of It. Harvey, Esq., the party strolled through the 
beautiful grounds of Rockend, arriving at the Boyal Hotel shortly before five 
o’clock. 
After a very short interval, the whole party, numbering about seventy, 
with the ladies, sat down to dinner. The proceedings, which were now of a 
very practical character, were enlivened by the strains of a military band ; 
and, after sundry loyal and other toasts, the Exeter visitors proceeded to the 
station in carriages provided for the purpose, amid the cheers and congratu¬ 
lations of all around, the band meantime eloquently appealing to one’s best 
feelings by striking up the fine old air, “ Auld lang Syne.” The excursion 
thus passed off without the slightest hitch to mar the pleasurable enjoyment 
of the scenery visited. Hot the least enjoyable feature was the presence of 
the ladies, who were especially invited to join the party in the breaks, and at 
dinner, and who thus gave a charm and gracefulness and completeness to the 
whole day’s proceedings. 
ORIGINAL AND EXTRACTED ARTICLES. 
ON OPPORTUNITIES FOR PHARMACEUTICAL EDUCATION 
IN THE PROVINCES; 
TO THE EDITOR OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL. 
Sir,—I observed with regret in the discussion which took place on Mr. 
Schacht’s paper at the Exeter meeting of the Pharmaceutical Confersnce, a 
strong tendency on the part of some eminent pharmacists to deprecate the 
association of “ students in pharmacy ” with Schools of Medicine in the pro¬ 
vinces. 
In stating that at such schools chemistry and botany were but little encou¬ 
raged, Mr. Schacht expressed a simple truth, but he drew, I think, rather 
too wide an inference when he concluded that they would therefore be every¬ 
where badly taught. Air. Reynolds, I dare say, found a class of students in 
medicine far from an appreciative audience, but no one who knows him will 
believe that he did his work less conscientiously on that ground ; and I hope 
that his palpable expectation of “ evil communications,” etc., is unfounded. 
It is quite possible that it might be the case with a stray pharmacist attend¬ 
ing classes as an outsider, so to speak ; but the effect of a recognized and 
tolerably numerous section of students in pharmacy will be, almost certainly, 
to elevate the standard of class-work and class-teaching in the branches 
