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not the original Oxhey Place; the old house, he says, “ stood 
between the farm and the chapel.” 
Permission to ramble in Oxhey Woods had been kindly granted 
by Mr. T. F. Blackwell, but so much time had been devoted to 
geology and archaeology that both cyclists and pedestrians hurried 
through the woods, keeping to the main road, into Little Oxhey 
Lane; and, after a brief inspection of Grime’s Dyke, had tea in 
the garden of “The Case is Altered,” at “The City,” Harrow 
Weald, whence a fine view in the direction of London was obtained, 
Harrow-on-the-Hill, which is situated on an outlier of the Bagshot 
Sand, being its chief feature. 
Field Meeting, 24th May, 1902. 
HAKEFIELD. 
This meeting was arranged to take place under the direction of 
the Secretary, Dr. Lones, but as the only other member of the 
Society present was the Editor, it was abandoned after the Beading 
Beds and gravel on Woodcock Hill had been examined. 
Field Meeting, 5th July, 1902. 
AYOT AND WELWYN. 
This meeting was held in conjunction with the Geologists’ 
Association, and was under the direction of Mr. Hopkinson and 
Mr. A. E. Salter. The following is Mr. Salter’s report of it, with 
the omission of a few words here and there :—■* 
Having arrived at Ayot Station, the sections in the brickyard 
close by were examined. Mr. Hopkinson described the Beading 
Beds, which are here false-bedded, and also show contortions due 
to the dissolution of the Chalk which lies immediately below. The 
Loudon Clay was not well shown, but good sections of drift-gravel 
and clay above the Tertiaries gave scope for an animated discussion. 
Blocks of Hertfordshire conglomerate, quartz, etc., were seen on 
the floor of the pit. The drift clay seemed to be made up of 
disturbed London Clay, in which local material from the subjacent 
gravels and Chalk were mixed. Gryphcea dilatata was obtained 
from the upper portion. 
A walk then followed to Welwyn, where tea was procured at 
the White Hart Hotel, after which two sections of gravel in 
the Mimram valley were examined, and the great difference in the 
character of its constituents from that of the gravel previously 
seen at Ayot was pointed out. 
Pebbles of various igneous rocks were readily found, having 
probably been washed out of boulder-clay farther up the valley. 
Mr. Salter had previously found a Palaeolithic implement in 
one of the pits, but not one was obtained on this occasion. 
* From ‘Proc. Geol. Assoc.,’ vol. xvii, p. 396. 
