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Sept. 7. Garnons and I went to St. George's Church in the 

 morning, and to the " High " Church in the afternoon. 



Sept. 8. Breakfasted with Mr. Leonard Horner, 52, Melville 

 Street. Met Mr. C. Lyell, etc. Dined at the Hopeton Rooms 

 with the members of the Association. Sedgwick made a short 

 speech. Meeting at the Assembly Rooms in the evening, very 

 crowded and hot. Sedgwick made an excellent speech. 



Sept. 9. Very wet. Dr. Maclagan had invited a party to 

 breakfast, but not half of them ventured out. First meeting of 

 the sections. Ours was very full. General meeting in the evening 

 as before. 



Sept. 11. Breakfast with the College of Physicians. Sections 

 and general meeting as before. Dined at Dr. Graham's. 



Sept. 13. Breakfast at home, Henslow with us. Heard Lord 

 Brougham speak. 



Sept. 14. After breakfast walked with Garnons to Blackford 

 Hill. The view of Edinburgh is most excellent from this point. 



Sept. 15. Breakfast with Mr. Walker Arnott. D. Don, A. 

 Cunningham, Mackay, Otto of Berlin, and I walked to Craigleith 

 quarry to see the large fossil tree. It is of immense size and in 

 excellent preservation. At 3 left Edinburgh, and reached Berwick 

 at 10 o'clock. 



Sept. 16. Walked about Berwick. Dr. Johnston found Core. 

 ohlonga-guttata. 



Sept. 17. Went by coach at 6 a.m. to Twizel House, 

 Northumberland, the seat of Mr. Selby, to attend a meeting of 

 Berwickshire Naturalists' Club. After breakfast we walked out 

 and descended a dene towards the sea. We there found Rosa 

 scabriuscula and Mentha gentilis, also Sanguisorba officinalis. From 

 thence we passed some most beautiful rocks, but had no time to 

 examine them although they appeared most promising. Continued 

 our route to Bamborough. The castle is a most interesting object. 

 Returned to Twizel House to dinner. Mr. Jenyns and Mr. Yarrell 

 were of the party. Reached Berwick again at half-past nine p.m. 



Sept. 18. Dissected a shark and was much struck by the large 

 extent of its liver. The colon was most curious, having a spiral 

 running down the inside. 



Sept. 20. Took a large number of Ealticas, etc., on a wall by 

 the side of the river. Much pleased with Mr. Baird, a gentleman 

 who has been here for a few days. He is a good naturalist and the 

 author of some papers in the Mag. Nat. Hist. 



Sept. 22. Left Berwick at eight a.m., reached Newcastle at 

 about 4 p.m. Nothing additional to say about the road except 

 that Bamborough Castle is a fine object for some miles, being 



