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Priory and Cathedral, remains of city walls and gates, St. John’s 
Hospital, now the Free Grammar School, where the boys (who were 
enjoying their luncheon) were evidently as much amused at the 
curiosity of the party as the party was in viewing v their ancient 
buildings. They next passed Batlake Hospital, and having inspected 
St. John’s Church, they reached the Craven Arms Hotel, where a 
good luncheon was provided. At one o’clock the party left this 
historic city with feelings of increased veneration after the interesting 
survey they had made of its many remains of ancient times. They 
proceeded by coach and wagonettes along the Warwick Road, with its 
graceful avenues of oak, to Stoneleigh, where they alighted to view 
the ancient church. Driving past the Abbey, the magnificent seat 
of Lord Leigh, they proceeded through the Deer Park and Thick- 
tliorne Woods to Kenilworth. Here the services of Mr. Fretton were 
again most welcome, as he pointed out the various spots of special 
interest in those picturesque old ruins, recalling the eventful incidents 
connected with them. After viewing the remains of the Priory and 
the Parish Church, they reached the station, having spent a very 
interesting and enjoyable day. 
EXCURSION TO CANNOCK CHASE. 
This was attended by about sixteen persons, under the guidance of 
Messrs. J. Brown and W. B. Grove. On descending from the train, 
which, by the kindness of thb L. and N.-W. Ry., was stopped at 
Anglesea siding for the purpose, the party was conveyed by the 
Cannock Chase Company’s engine to No. 4 Colliery, which most of 
them descended. On reascending, Mr. W. H. Duignan led them 
through Court Bank Cover, where they saw the slag of the old iron 
workings and the oaks which were lopped for fuel. They then walked 
through Beaudesert Park to Castle Rings, a British fort on Cannock 
Chase, and saw the foundations of (probably) a Norman castle, which 
was, at any rate, partly built within the enclosure. After lunch at 
Hednesford, they returned to Birmingham by 6 15. 
SCENES ON THE NOETH COAST OF AFEICA. 
BY CLEMENT L. WRAGGE, F.R.G.S., F.R. MET. SOC. 
I am now collating the notes and observations of my last 
voyage to Australia ; and some account of the North African 
coast line may interest my friends in the Midlands. 
As the “ Maranoa” headed in for the Strait of Gibraltar, 
I obtained several sketches of Cape Spartel, and of the 
imposing mountainous ridge at the north-west extremity of 
the great African continent. Deeply did I admire the 
grandeur of these noble bluffs. Alternately, however, the 
coast is bold, low, and undulating ; and here the wind action 
of sub-aerial denudation appears to have been in play. The 
sun’s fierce heat also takes a part and is a substitute for 
frost in higher latitudes in weathering the rocks—wasted 
through long ages ; and the undulations seem to be debris of 
a once higher range. After leaving Gibraltar a course was 
