We note with no small satisfaction the announcement that Mr.
G. A. Wills, of Bristol, has purchased the Leigh Woods, including the famous Nightingale Valley, and that it is his Intention to present them to the city of Bristol. The woods, 'which, it may be remembered, form the farther side of the Magnificent gorge through which the river Avon breaks down to the Severn Sea, are to be placed in the hands of trustees eppointed by the Merchant Venturers, the famous Bristol Guild, and the Somersetshire and Gloucestershire Archaeo- logical Societies. All who know Clifton and Bristol will realise that we are not exaggerating when we say that no more splendid or desirable gift could have been made to the city, for Avon Gorge is now, we trust, secured for all time. Is it too much to hope that the equally magnificent limestone gorge, Cheddar Cliffs, may also before long be secured for ever for the enjoyment of the public, and an end put to the depreda- tions of the quarrymen, which are endangering its safety as well as its beauty P
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