164 CHARLES CARD ALE BABINGTON. [1852 



Aug. 5. Went to Thetford, as a meeting of the Cambridgeshire 

 Naturalists' Club ; only Newbould and I went in the morning, but 

 we were joined at dinner by Thurnall and Clarke. We two went 

 by the turnpike road, through Elvedon, as far as a point opposite to 

 Howlit's Hurst, then turned to the right, and crossed the heath on 

 a course a little to the north of east, until reaching the line of the 

 Icknield Way. Between this point and the Elvedon and Barnham 

 road it is very manifest, in the usual depressed form of British 

 roads. To the south of Albemarle Plantation we found plenty of 

 the true Thijmus Serpyllum, for the first time I believe that it has 

 been found in Britain. 



Aug. 9. Stratton and I went to Little Trees Hill, round the 

 Park, and by Cherry Hinton. 



Aug. 18. Mr. Borrer, his son Linfield, and daughter Isabella, 

 having come yesterday, we went to Bottisham Fen, where he wanted 

 to see Viola stagnina, now in seed. 



Aug. 24. Stratton, Newbould, and I went to Dullingham 

 Station. To the Devil's Ditch, and went along it towards the 

 south-east as far as the end. Returned by Stetchworth to the 

 same station. On the lower inner slope of the ditch between the 

 railroad and Stetchworth, we found the true Thymus Charimedrys, 

 while on the main bank there seemed to be only Thymus Serpyllum. 

 In the corn-fields on the footway, from the ditch-end to Stetchworth, 

 we found A triplex ereda. 



Aug. 31. Left Cambridge, and reached Liverpool in the evening. 

 Sailed by "Vanguard" steamer at 11.30 p.m. 



Sept. 1. Reached Belfast, after a tolerably pleasant passage, at 

 1.30 p.m. Was invited to the house of W. J. C. Allen, Esq., 

 8 Wellington Place, and very hospitably received by him. First 

 day of British Association Meeting. 



Sept. 2. Dr. Dickie took Dr. Arnott, Balfour, and myself to a 

 hedge by the road-side, one-and-a-half miles before reaching Holy- 

 wood, and shewed us Eosa hibernica in plenty. 



Sept. 3. Breakfasted with Professor W. P. Wilson. 



Sept. 4. Mr. Whitla took Dr. Walker-Arnott and me to Colin 

 Glen, and shewed us Equisetum MacTcaii in the open ravine above 

 the waterfall and plantations. It is plentiful on both sides of the 

 stream. The Aspidium lobatum and aculeatum are peculiarly fine. 

 Saw many Rubi on the way to and from the glen, but had not time 

 to examine them. 



Sept. 5. Went by railway with Wilson, Stokes, etc., to Armagh ; 

 dined with Cuillemard of the college there. Returned at night. 



Sept. 8. Went by car with Adams, Stokes, Wilson, and four 

 ladies to the Giant's Ring (a cromlech, surrounded by a large space, 



