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gig through Axbridge and Winscombe to Banwell. Saw the bone 

 cave, containing by far the largest collection of fossil bones that has 

 been found in any part of the kingdom (it belongs to Dr. Law, 

 Bishop of Bath and Wells). Also saw the Bishop's cottage, from 



which there is an extremely fine view Returned to Bath by 



Churchill, Burrington, Blagdon, and so on by the route of yesterday. 



July 3. Found in the field behind the farm-house on Claverton 

 Down Hahenaria viridis and Orchis ustulata. 



July 4. Went this day to Box and saw a Roman pavement in 

 the garden of a house below the church. It is not a very fine one, 

 nor very perfect. Westwood bought for me this day in London one 

 of the late Mr. Haworth's cabinets at an auction for £31. 



July 8. Left Bath at eight a.m. and, passing through Cheltenham, 

 Worcester, Kidderminster, and Bridgnorth, arrived at Shrewsbury 

 at half -past ten p.m. At the farther end of the valley of Stroud on 

 the side of the hill I noticed plenty of Brachypodium pinnatum. Slept 

 at the " Raven and Bell." 



July 9. Went to breakfast at W. A. Leighton's. We went to Bo- 

 mere and found Scheuchzeria, Carex limosa, C. teretiuscula, C. carta, etc. 



July 12. Went by the Pool coach to the Breidden, left 

 Shrewsbury at half-past five a.m., following the lower edge of 

 the craggy part of the mountain, gradually ascending until we 

 came to a cleft in the rocks, which we ascended to the highest 

 part of the rocks. Returned by Criggeon. Found Hieracium 

 alpinum, Sedum Forsterianum, and Potentilla rupestris in seed on a 

 crag at the top of the nearer end of the precipice. 



July 13. Sunday. Went to church at Meole. 



July 14. Started by coach at half-past five a.m. to NesclifFe Hill, 

 where we met Mr. J. F. M. Dovaston, of West Felton. Botanized 

 there for some time, and noticed particularly an oak tree growing 

 plentifully wild there. It is probably the Durmast Oak of Martyn's 

 " Flora Rustica." It has a much darker appearance than the Querciis 

 robur which grows with it. Walked on to Mr. Dovaston's house, 

 and after dinner went to see the church, etc. He has a very curious 

 Yew tree in his garden, with drooping branches, which give it a most 

 beautiful appearance, and having both male and female flowers on 

 the same plant but on different branches. 



July 23. Left Shrewsbury at a quarter before four a.m. Arrived 

 at Liverpool at half-past eleven a.m. Passed through Ellesmere ; 

 the church very fine, and some most beautiful and most botanical 

 looking lakes. Also Wrexham and Chester, the latter a fine old 

 place with a new bx'idge over the Dee, having the largest stone arch 

 in Europe. Crossed the Mersey by Birkenhead ferry, saw the docks, 

 completely full of ships, and the new but unfinished custom-house — 

 it will be a most beautiful building. Also went to the Zoological 



