222 CHARLES CARDALE BABINGTON. [1875-76 



Sept. 20. Walked by the cliff to Beeston Church and the bog 

 (Beeston Common), and catalogued a number of plants there. 



Sept. 30. Home. 



Dec. 14. Mr. Gustave Masson came to us to Dec. 22nd. 



1876. March 13. The Eev. D. B. K. Banham and I appointed 

 joint secretaries for the Cambridge Local Association of Irish Church 

 Missions. 



May 31. Went to the Gogs with Mr. T. B. Blow, and found 

 Carex ericetorum in tolerable abundance in the old place, also many 

 of Anemone Pulsatilla and Senecio campestris in the pit under Little 

 Trees Hill. 



July 13. To Cromer. 



July 15. Went to East Runton to take rooms for the children 

 of the Cottage Home at the farm of Mr. F. Abbs. 



July 27. We took the Cottage Home children to have tea on 

 the Black Beacon Hill, and invited Mrs. Mortimer's eight orphans 

 to join them. They were all very happy, and the evening went off 

 very well in all respects. 



July 29. Found very many plants, and added a few (such as 

 Silene noctiflora) to my list. 



Aug. 14. To Abergavenny, Cambrian Archaeological Meeting. 



Aug. 15. Excursion to Llanthony Priory. 



Aug. 16. A very long excursion from 9 a.m. to 8.20 p.m. 

 Visited White Castle and Church, Skenfrith Castle and Church, 

 and Grosmont Castle, and the beautiful Church there. 



Aug. 18. Saw two beautiful rood-lofts and screens at Bettws 

 Newydd and Llangwn. Visited the Priory Church at Usk, and 

 Raglan Castle. Concluded the meeting in the evening. It has 

 been a most successful one, although without the support of any 

 local magnates. 



Aug. 19. Left for Somerleaze, near Wells, to visit E. A. Freeman. 



Aug. 20. Sunday. Went to church twice at Wookey. James 

 Allen and his daughter, from St. Davids, came here on Saturday. 



Aug. 22. Dined at the palace with the Bishop of Bath and 

 Wells, and there met Sir C. and Lady Bunbury. Professor and 

 Mrs. Gurney, of Harvard College, Cambridge, U.S., came. 



Aug. 26. To Cromer. 



Sept. 30. Dr. Cookson, the Master of Peterhouse, died, after a 

 very short illness. 



Oct. 4. Cambridge. 



