200 MIDLAND UNION OF NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETIES. Sep., 1891. 
Foxyards, where the Ten-yard Coal Seam exposes its point of 
outcrop on the east side of the obtruding ridges of Dudley 
Castle Hill and the Wren’s Nest. Mr. Thomas Latham (the 
then mine agent of the Earl of Dudley) gave the visitors 
interesting information as to the mode of getting the coal, 
and, under his direction, a large fall of coal was displayed. 
The visitors then proceeded to the Wren’s Nest Hill, and 
inspected the “ Daylight Caverns.” The Priory Buins were 
next inspected ; and then a visit was made to the celebrated 
Silurian caverns (which were illuminated for the occasion), 
and afterwards to Dudley Castle. Luncheon followed next, 
and then came the crowning event of the day—the descent 
by more than four hundred persons, including many ladies, of 
the famous Lye Cross Coal Pit at Bowley. No one present on 
that memorable occasion will ever forget it, or the courteous 
attentions they received from the Earl of Dudley’s represen¬ 
tatives. 
The forthcoming visit to Dudley will be on somewhat 
different lines. The Dudley and Midland Geological and 
Scientific Society will on this occasion make all the 
arrangements for the entertainment of members of the 
Midland Union, whereas in 1878 they co-operated with the 
Birmingham Natural History and Microscopical Society. 
The programme is not yet fully arranged, nor is the exact 
date fixed ; all we know at present is that the meeting 
will occur some time in October, and that the Dudley Castle 
Caverns will (through the kindness of the Bight Hon. the 
Earl of Dudley) be illuminated in a most efficient manner. 
As soon as the final arrangements are made, copies of the 
official programme will be sent to the various secretaries of 
the Societies in the Union for distribution among the 
members. Mr. W. Madeley, Martin’s Hill House, Dudley; and 
Dr. Lawson Tait, The Crescent, Birmingham, will, either of 
them, answer enquiries as to the forthcoming annual 
meeting. 
