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us, from the horse having taken fright. Neither of us was seriously 

 hurt, but my right arm and elbow were bruised and cut considerably. 



June 15. Walked to Orford Ness, and found Lathi/rus pisiformis, 

 Bderochloa Borreri, S. distans, S. maritima, Spartina strida, etc. After 

 dinner went the other way from the town. 



June 16. Took a boat upon the river to Orford, and hunted 

 well in Ray's locality for Medicago murimta, but came away quite 

 satisfied that it does not now exist there. Found M. minima, Vicia 

 lathyraides, and several other plants in a sand pit on the Castle 

 Hill. The church has been a very fine one, but is partially ruined. 

 Returned to St. Margarets. 



J^me 17. Walked to Redenhall. 



June 18. Returned to Cambridge. 



June 22. Left for the summer, going by way of London, and 

 then by the night-mail train to Manchester, where I arrived the next 

 morning, and immediately went into lodgings with Dr. Lankester, 

 at No. 17, Faulkner Street, for the British Association Meeting. 



June 26. Sunday. Went twice to hear Dr. Halley, a celebrated 

 Nonconformist minister, and was greatly pleased. 



June 29. The meeting concluded this day. It was thinly 

 attended. Our "Red Lion" party dined several times at the 

 "White Bear." 



June 30. This day I went with about 400 others, by boat, to 

 see the tunnel and mines at Worsley, but we saw only the 

 tunnel, and after going about four miles underground, were told 

 that we might go three miles further, but that there was nothing 

 more to see, so I and many others went up a shaft of sixty yards, 

 and walked by the new Hall back to the entrance of the tunnel, 

 and so back by the boats to Manchester, having had considerable 

 fun, but seen nothing worth the trouble. 



Jidy 1. Went to see some of the works at Manchester, and the 

 exhibition of machines collected for the meeting. 



Jidy 2. Left in company with Mr. Winterbottom for York. 



July 3. At York. Mr. Baines of the Yorkshire Museum walked 

 with us up the river, and we gathered Barbarea strida, and also (for 

 the first time so far south) Rumex aquations. Also walked to Hes- 

 lington Field, and saw many interesting plants. 



July 4. Started at 7.30 a.m. by rail in the hope of getting 

 breakfast at Darlington, but could not get time, and so went on to 

 Barnard Castle for it. We went on to Middleton and High Force 

 in Teesdale. We found the fall very full of water, and it continued 

 to rain hard all the evening. Mr. James Backhouse, of York, is 

 here botanizing. 



