200 CHARLES CARDALE BABINGTON. [1862—63 



Aug. 16. Newbould and I went to Llyndwythwch, (?) and got 

 Isoetes lacustris with curiously hooked fronds. 



Aug. 18. "Went with Mr. Gay and Newbould to the top of 

 Snowdon. On the descent I left thenx and examined a part of 

 Clogwyn-ddur-arddu. 



Aug. 20. Went with Newbould to Cwm-y-Glo, and found Isoetes 

 echinospora in the river, soon after it issues from the lakes. 



Aug. 21. To Ruthin, to Barnwell's. 



Aug. 23. To Chester, Birmingham, and Exeter. 



Aug. 24. To Truro, for Cambrian Archaeological Association 

 Meeting. 



Au^. 28. Penzance and Land's End. 



Aug. 30. Meeting ended. 



Se2}t. 1. Carn Brae, to try and make out more about it, but now 

 not very successful. 



Sept. 2. James Graves and I left Truro, and joined Warre and 

 Freeman at Weston-super-mare, to examine Worle Hill. In the 

 evening we went to Freeman's house at Somerleaze, Wells. 



Sept. 4. Freeman being unwell. Graves and I went to Glaston- 

 bury to see the remains. Ascended the Tor ; also spent some time 

 at Wells. 



Sept. 13. Returned to Cambridge, and immediately became 

 fully engaged in the arrangements for the British Association 

 Meeting, being one of the local secretaries. 



Oct. 1. British Association Meeting commenced at Cambridge. 



Oct. 4. Went with a large party by rail to Hunstanton. Found 

 in Holme Marsh Statice caspia, Chenopodium botryodes, Blysmus com- 

 pressus. 



Oct. 6. Dinner at St. John's to a large number of members of 

 the British Association. (N.B. — A great many were placed in rooms 

 during the meeting, and given breakfast in the Combination room 

 and dinner in Hall every day from Wednesday 1st to Wednesday 

 8th inclusive.) 



Oct. 7. A new club, to be called the "Thorough," was in- 

 augurated ; the " Red Lions " having fallen into a diflferent set 

 from those who started it under poor Edward Forbes, and supported 

 it for some time after his death. 



Oct. 8. The meeting of the Association concluded. Between 

 1100 and 1200 tickets issued. Very good in all other respects. 



1863. Feb. 4. Joseph Power gave a dinner to the members 

 and associates of the Ray Club. 



