118 CHARLES CARDALE BABINGTON. [1843 



June 26. Walked to the station of Saliz Meyeriana, and again 

 found the trees from which Leighton gathered it before, at about 

 five-and-a-quarter miles from Shrewsbury, on the road to Pontesford. 



June 27. Dined with the Rev. James Colley. 



June 28. To Almond Park, and saw Ruhusfissus. 



July 6. Left Shrewsbury, by way of Wolverhampton, to 

 Manchester. 



July 7. Took up my quarters at my cousin Gisborne Babington's. 



July 8. Met Dr. Vaughan and Dr. Wardlaw. 



July 9. Went to Stand in the evening to hear Dr. Vaughan. 



July 11. Went to Dickson's Fold,* on the Bolton railway, and 

 saw the fossil trees. 



July 12. To Glossop, by Sheffield rail, to see viaduct and 

 timber bridge. 



July 13. To Duckinfield Station of the above, then by boat to 

 Marple. Walked by Werneth, Gee Cross, and Hyde to Duckinfield 

 and Ashton, and back by railway. A most beautiful hilly country. 



July 14. To Warrington to call upon Mr. W. Wilson, but did 

 not meet with him. Walked along the river bank downwards from 

 the railway, and gathered Allium Scorodoprasum in a grass field liable 

 to be flooded. 



July 16. Sunday. At church at Chapel-en-le-Frith, and heard 

 John Gisborne. G. Babington and I then walked to the summit of 

 a lofty hill near Chapel. 



July 17. Returned to Manchester by walking along the canal 

 to Marple, and then by boat and railway. 



July 18. Left Manchester by railway to Hebden Bridge. 

 Walked over the hills and valleys to the west, and was very 

 greatly gratified by the beauty of the country, but found no 

 plants of interest. 



July 19. Spent the morning with S. Gibson, looking over his 

 specimens. He then took me to the station for Carex Gibsoni, but 

 we could not find any flowering stems ; we saw several other Carices, 

 and some Eubi. 



July 20. Went over the moor to Keighley, and then by coach 

 to Skipton and Settle. 



July 21. Breakfasted with J. Tatham. In the evening he took 

 me to the station for Lastrea rigida, of which we found plenty. Also 

 went to Scalebar Force, a pretty fall. 



July 23. After church walked up the Clapham Road to the top 

 of the hill, then over the Fell, and down to Stainforth. In a wood 



• Query Diggle'a Fold. 



