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Aug. 23. We went across the island to Long Port, then followed 

 the coast by Grand Cobo to Vazon Bay ; in the sandy fields, near to 

 the centre of which we found Centaurea Isnardi, and in some marshes, 

 covered with tall reeds, we gathered Pyrola rotundifolia and Carex 

 punctata. Returned home by St. Andrews. 



Aug. 24, Went to the salt marshes by St. Sampsons, and 

 gathered a Zannichellia, probably pedunculata. 



Aug. 25. Walked through the cultivated part of the interior 

 of the island, and gathered but few plants. We saw Gnaphalium 

 hdeo-album in several spots on the Braye du Valle. 



Aug. 26. We went with Christy and a friend to St. Sampsons 

 and Vale, and gathered the ArthroloUum ebradeatum in its station. 

 We also found Euphorbia pepUs in great plenty on the sands of 

 Grand Havre, at some distance beyond Vale Church. 



Aug. 30. Christy and I walked to Vazon Bay to gather Cen- 

 taurea Isnardi. I dined with him. 



Aug. 31. Sailed for England at 5 p.m., and reached Southampton 

 at 5 a.m. 



Sept, 1. I gathered Spartina alterniflora, and then proceeded to 

 London. 



Sept. 2. Called upon James Sowerby, and gathered for " English 

 Botany " Polygonum laxum near to his house. Reached Cambridge in 

 the evening. 



Sept. 4. The specimens of Artemisia campestris brought by us 

 from Mildenhall in June last are in flower in the Clare Hall garden. 



Sept. 7. Left Cambridge at 7.30 a.m., reached Birmingham at 

 6.30 p.m. 



Sept. 8. Proceeded to Liverpool Took lodgings for the 



week of the meeting of the British Association. 



Sept. 9. I have been appointed one of the secretaries of the 

 Natural History Section, in conjunction with L. Jenyns and Mr. 

 Swainson. I ought to have gone to a party at the Mayor's this 

 evening, but was too much tired. 



Sept. 14. The Committee of the Natural History Section went 

 to Knowsley to see the Earl of Derby's collection of living animals ; 

 it is a most splendid collection. 



Sept. 15. Last meeting of the Natural History Section. 



Sept. 17. Sunday. Went with Bullock to hear Mr. MacNeile at 

 St. Jude's Church. 



Sept. 18. Professor Graham, Ball, and I went to the Cheshire 

 side of the Mersey, and followed the river bank as far as New 

 Brighton. We gathered the Polygala, described by Forbes in the 

 Report of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh; also Brassica monensis 



