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The Committee have much pleasure in presenting their Third 
Annual Report, and have again to congratulate themselves upon 
the success which has attended their efforts. 
During the summer and autumn of 1879, the Society had 
five field meetings, which were everywhere successful. The Com- 
mittee hope that the diffusion of knowledge on these occasions, 
will lead many of the members to take a greater interest in the 
subjects brought before them, than what has hitherto been the 
case. 
At the first, on Whit-Monday, to Bowness-on-Solway, three 
Papers were read, viz :—‘‘ How to Enjoy a Field Excursion,” by 
the Rev. T. Cooper; “The Archeology of the District,” by J. 
Jackson ; ‘The Natterjack Toad,” by T. Duckworth. The next 
excursion was a visit to the Old Volcanoes of Cumberland, under 
the guidance of the late Rev. J. Clifton Ward. And here the 
Committee may well pay a passing tribute to the memory of him 
who has so suddenly been called away; who was a guide and 
helper in all their difficulties, and who was ever ready to assist 
them by his genial counsel and advice and his rare talents ; to whom 
this Society, along with others, owes much of its present prosperity. 
The third excursion was to Rose Castle. On this occasion, the 
Society received a good deal of information on the Botany of the 
District, from the Rev. Canon Carr. Mr. Jackson read a paper on 
“Inglewood Forest ;” Mr. George Dawson contributed one on the 
Natural History of the Neighbourhood ; and Mr. C. J. Ferguson 
gave a concise and effective description of Rose Castle. 
The fourth excursion was to Shawk Beck and Quarries, where 
the Rev. R. Wood, Rosley, entertained the members present with 
an account of the Botany of the District ; and Mr. W. B. Dodd, 
with its Geology ; and Mr. T. Duckworth read a short paper on 
“The Glowworm.” 
The fifth field meeting was held, through the kindness of 
E. Behrens, Esq., in Corby Woods, and was principally devoted to 
“Fungi.” Dr. Carlyle kindly acted as cécerone on the occasion. 
At a meeting held in the Museum on the following evening, Dr. 
Carlyle pointed out the differences between the Edible and the 
