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Oct. 1. We went to Fife Ness, returning by the shore. In the 

 cave at the Ness we saw some crosses like those seen on the 26th, 

 and an apparent vertical ancient inscription of a Christian character. 

 I do not find these crosses mentioned in any book which I have seen. 

 Erodium moschatum grows by the life-boat at the Ness. 



Oct. 2. We drove to Dr. Cleghorn's for lunch. 



Oct. 3. We went by train to Dunfermline. We visited the 

 abbey and the adjoining ruins, the park, city hall, and Queen 

 Margaret's Cave, returning to Crail in the evening. 



Oct. 15. Home. 



Oct. 28. We went with the Cambridge Antiquarian Society 

 party to visit Audley End. 



Nov. 30 — Dec. 2. The Rev. A. M. W. Christopher came for some 

 meetings. . . . 



Dec. 23. After having been occupied for about a month in a 

 movement to relieve the postmen from work on the Sunday, I this 

 day sent a memorial to the Mayor for presentation to the Town 

 Council, in favour of stopping the delivery of letters in Cambridge 

 on Sunday, from sixteen of the clergy and ministers. 



1886. Feb. 15. Miss EUice Hopkins came to address a meeting, 

 and left the following day. 



April 13. We went to Eoyston and found the Anemone Pulsatilla 

 just coming into flower. 



April 16. My dear friend, W. W. Newbould, died at Kew. 

 I had known him for at least forty years, since he was introduced 

 to me by Henslow in the Grantchester fields. 



May 15. Mr. Stevenson Blackwood came, and took meetings at 

 Trinity College, our house, and Guildhall. 



June 2. We went with the Cambridge Antiquarian Society to 

 St. Albans. 



June 5. Miss Marsh came for two nights. 



June 22 — 26. Mildmay Conference. To Southborough. 



June 28. Drove with Mrs. Eavenscroft (Eliza Babington) to 

 Penshurst. 



July 6. I went to Bulkington to vote for the M. P. (north-east 

 division of Warwickshire). Owing to an accident on the rail I had 

 not time to do more than vote and return. I had voted in the 

 morning at Cambridge (West Cambs. Election). At this election I 

 discovered that my admission to the M.A. degree at Dublin in 1836 

 gave me a vote for that University, which was accepted when 

 tendered. 



Aug. 4. Excursion of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society 

 (Castle Hedingham and Maplestead). 



