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had been seen. The direction and dip of this fault are indicated 
by ISTo. 2 on the accompanying plan and section. 
After inspecting pits D, which contain a very bright red loamy 
clay worked to a depth of about 30 feet and disclosing two pinnacles 
of chalk, the summits of which were touched about 15 feet below 
the surface, and noticing a very fine and perfect specimen of a 
Paramoudra, and a block of sarsen-stone showing rootlets through¬ 
out it, the members separated, some walking with their President 
to St. Albans, and others returning through Handley’s Dell, with a 
sight of “ Paradise,” to Boxmoor Station, and thence by train to 
Watford. 
Field Meeting, 13th May, 1891. 
DUNSTABLE AND TOTTERNHOE. 
This meeting was held in conjunction with the Bedfordshire 
Natural History Society, and was under the direction of Mr. 
Worthington Gr. Smith, of Dunstable, and Mr. James Saunders, of 
Luton. 
The members of the two Societies drove in brakes from Luton to 
Dunstable, and on arrival there Mr. Smith conducted them over the 
Church, explaining the various features of its architecture. Some 
portions are built of Totternhoe Stone and show much decay from 
weathering. The fine west front was much admired. 
The residence of Mr. Worthington Smith was next visited, and 
his collection of antiquities was inspected. Much interest was 
taken in the pre-historic relics which had been obtained from the 
ruined tumulus on Dunstable Downs. 
After partaking of refreshments, kindly provided by Mrs. Smith, 
the party walked along the old drover’s way to the ancient encamp¬ 
ment called Maiden’s Bower, and, passing over the road which 
leads near to Totternhoe Knoll, on the summit being reached, Mr. 
Smith pointed out the rectangular Homan Camp on the south-east 
side, and the indications of a British village and camp on the north¬ 
west side, also the hollow on the top of the knoll where the beacon 
fires were made. 
The party then went to the Cross Keys Inn at Totternhoe, where 
tea was partaken of in the orchard, after which Mr. Saunders gave 
an address on the geological features of the district, discoursing upon 
the position of the Totternhoe Stone in the Cretaceous series, the 
Melbourn Hock as exposed between Luton and Leagrave, the Chalk 
Hock as seen south-east of Luton, and the Upper Chalk which caps 
the hills near Luton. Heference was also made to the effect of the 
Enclosure Act for Totternhoe parish upon the flora of the district, 
and Mr. Saunders stated that one boggy field, south-west of the 
village, which had recently been cultivated, until 1889 was one of 
the richest spots for native plants, including Parnassia palustris, 
Menyanthes trifoliate r, Pinguicula vulgaris , Anagallis tenella , Orchis 
latifolia , Ophioglossum vulgatum, etc., and a very rare moss, Ilypnum 
'Sendtneri, but that all these plants had now been exterminated. 
