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May 6. Henslow commenced his lectures. Postage stamps 

 came into use. Great feast at St. John's. 



May 7. First meeting of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society at 

 the Master of St. John's. Dined with Professor Willis. 



May 15. Dined with Henslow at Downing, and met Professor 

 Starkie, the candidate for the Town. We went with Starkie to a 

 meeting in King Street, and I made a speech in his favour. 



May 22. The botanical party into the Fens took place. We 

 had a fine day ; the whole passed off very pleasantly. 



May 28. The botanical party to Gamlingay. A fine day. Very 

 few insects to be found. 



May 30, The " Hendeka " Society held its last meeting, having 

 dissolved itself at its rising. The following is a list of the members 

 at this time : 



*Joseph Clark, Christ's College ; *John Ball, Christ's College ; *Edmund 

 Thompson, Christ's College; *Jaines Francis, Christ's College; *Thomas. 

 J. Lingwood, Christ's College; * James Back, Christ's College; *Stephen 

 Catley Baker, St. John's College ; fFrederick Wistinghausen, Christ's 

 College; JJohn W. Reeves, Christ's College; JJohn Dunnington 

 Fletcher, Christ's College ; James Edward Fitzgerald, Christ's College ;. 

 JCharles C. Babington, St. John's College; JHenry Drury, Caius 

 College; H. J. Marshall, St. John's College; R. N. Wood, Jesus 

 College ; JFrancis Baines, Christ's College ; John Pemberton Bartlett> 

 Christ's College ; R. J. Snape, Christ's College ; John Cartmell, Pem- 

 broke College ; Edwin H. Vaughan, Christ's College. 



June 2. Went by coach to Linton, with H. C. Rothery, B.A.^ 

 of St. John's, and then walked to the usual hills and open places to 

 which Henslow's class have been accustomed to go, but found that 

 the two open places on which the most interesting plants were 

 found, had been ploughed up. It came on to rain hard, and we 

 walked by in it, going along the Roman Road, and then turning 

 down to the station for Ophrys aranifera, but found that some one 

 had been before us and dug up all the plants. 



June 3. Dined in Hall at Caius, to meet Mr. Brooke, who has 

 recently presented a fine collection of shells to the Woodwardian 

 Museum. 



June 5. Walked with Rothery and Churchill Babington to- 

 Fulbourn and the Little Devil's Ditch, finding the chalk plants in 

 perfection, such as Hippocrepis comosa, Hedysarum onoirychis, Astragalus 

 hypoglottis, Orchis ustulata, etc. Anemone Pulsatilla was almost over» 



June 8. Left Cambridge for a short time, and reached St. 

 Margarets, Southelmham ; at Holmes', in the evening. 



* Original Members and full Honorary Members, f Full Honorary Member. 

 X Honorary Members. 



James Francis undertakes to keep the Minute-Book. 



