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whether the very wet season in any way contributed to this. 

 On reaching the foot of Pebble Hill four of the party decided, 

 in spite of the heavy rain, to prolong their walk to Box Hill, 

 following the path through the chalk-pits and along the foot 

 of the hill, and ascending the slope to the summit of Box 

 Hill, where they found themselves quite enveloped in the 

 clouds. Cijno<jhssum ojficinale was found growing among the 

 herbage and bushes on the border of a field, but the flowers 

 were all over. On some plants of the Great Mullein cater- 

 pillars of the Mullein Shark Moth were found, 



Aug. 11th. — A whole-day excursion to Haslemere and 

 Hind Head. Three of the party went by the early train, 

 arriving at their destination about eight o'clock. They spent 

 the early part of the day on Black Down. They were joined 

 later m the day by eleven others, and the party was then 

 conducted by Mr. T. P. Newman to Hind Head. The way 

 lay through beautiful country, with ever-varying views. 

 Passing along hill-sides covered with purple Heather and 

 Bracken, a tolerably easy ascent brought us to the top, when 

 a glorious view on all sides was opened out before us. To the 

 north was the line of the Hog's Back between Farnham and 

 Guildford, and further east the continuation of the range on 

 the other side of the Wey Valley to Dorking, whilst in ^the 

 haze of the extreme distance it was thought Reigate Hill 

 could just be distinguished, seen beyond the long and gradual 

 incline of Leith Hill. To the east the distant view was 

 interrupted by a hill in the immediate neighbourhood, while 

 on the south side the South Downs filled the landscape 

 almost as conspicuously as the North Downs in the opposite 

 quarter. The day was cloudy and pleasantly cool after three 

 days of intense heat, and the distant prospect was not very 

 clear. The party next descended into the Devil's Punch 

 Bowl, a wide and beautiful valley, the head of which is in 

 shape somewhat like an enormous amphitheatre. The sides 

 w^ere everywhere densely covered with heather and bilberries. 

 The fruit of the latter was fully ripe and in extreme profusion, 

 and of large size. In tlie boggy ground bordering a little 

 stream which runs down the valley the Bog Asphodel grew 

 abundantly. The Bog Pimpernel {Anagallis tenella), Marsh 



