he Abbey Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, built upon the site of a
Saxon one of wood, with the abbey ruins and the famous old stone pulpit
of the refectory, should also be visited.

In the centre of the Market Square still stands the old Market House,
erected in 1595 by the corporation. It has a statue of Richard, Duke of
York, father of Edward IV., in an embattled niche in front, and a
surcoat, with armorial bearings, moved from the tower of the old Welsh
Bridge; also the arms of the town, sculptured in relief.

In the immediate neighbourhood of these relics of antiquity is the
recently-erected statue to the great Lord Clive, the Townhall, the
Working Man's Hall, the Music Hall, the public news-room, and a group of
other handsome buildings. A passage near the Music Hall leads to the
Museum of the Shropshire and North Wales Natural History and Antiquarian
Society, which no visitor with time on his hands should neglect to visit.
In addition to objects of natural history, it contains others of interest
obtained from Wroxeter, and is open daily from ten to four to visitors
upon payment of twopence. Portions of the town walls, erected in the
reign of Henry III., with one of the ancient towers, are still standing,
and form a pleasant walk. But the grand promenade is the Quarry Avenue,
which, with Kingsland on the opposite side, is the common property of the
inhabitants. The former is a sloping piece of meadow land, intersected
by limes, whose intertwining branches make a fretted archway of living
green, whilst the latter is the spot where the trade pageant, called
Shrewsbury Show, is held. In addition to objects of interest which we
have enumerated, our readers will find materials for observation and
study for themselves; as a further aid to which, we would commend them to
"Sandford's Guide to Shrewsbury."

APPENDIX.

GEOLOGY OF THE DISTRICT.

We glanced in passing at some few features which could scarcely fail to
attract the attention of the tourist, and a brief notice only of others
will be needed for the geologist. In ascending the river we descend,
geologically speaking, from an upper to a lower series of rocks, which
rocks, in many instances, are covered over by fluviatile and marine
deposits of sand and gravel, containing shells of fish inhabiting our
modern seas. These show how recently the sea must have retired from a
surface so covered with its remains; whilst their position low down in
the v