society and conversation of those who do, — or may like to join 

 the Club for the sake of its excursions, the health and exercise 

 they afford ; the pleasure of rambling over new ground, especially 

 in a neighbourhood like that of Bath, where there is so much 

 diversity of landscape and beautiful scenery to engage the atten- 

 tion, irrespectively of its natural productions and other matters 

 of interest. With regard to the first of these objects, I think 

 there should be an earnest endeavour made on the part of the 

 members of our Club — whether they work together on field days, 

 or prefer working quietly by themselves at other times — to ascer- 

 tain as far as possible what the neighbourhood of Bath really 

 produces. One advantage to be derived from having a large 

 body of members, is the better chance thereby afforded of the 

 several departments of Natural History being all equally well 

 looked after. We are more likely to find men ready to take 

 xip its different branches respectively, and to give them their 

 exclusive attention. And there is a call for work everywhere. 

 Though the Flora of Bath, at least as regards the phanerogamous 

 plants, has been carefully £ot together by Professor Babington, 

 ■who was formerly connected with the place, — of its Fauna wo 

 know very little indeed. There are records of certain species of 

 shells and insects being inhabitants of the district, but, so far as 

 I am aware, that is all. I think we ought to try to enrol among 

 our members, if such are not already to be found in the list, 

 working naturalists who .are disposed to fill up this blank, and to 

 supply us in time with complete catalogues of the mammals, birds, 

 insects, shells, &c., occurring within a radius of eight or nine 

 miles round Bath, — availing themselves of every opportunity of 

 having the species properly determined by those most com- 

 petent to give an opinion. Even the list of plants contained in 

 "Babington's Flora Bathoniensis !' might probably be much 

 increased, while in the Cryptogamic department, Avith the excep- 

 tion of the Fungi which have received, and are still receiving, so 

 much attention from Mr. Broome, one of our original members, 



