EAST KENT NATURAL HISTORY 

 SOCIETY. 



The third general meeting of this society for the present 

 year took place on Tuesday at Heme Bay. f The weather 

 was the reverse of favourable, and yet, whether we regard 

 the interest evinced in the proceedings or the numbers 

 present, this must be pronounced tbe most successful meet- 

 ing which the society has hitherto experienced. At each 

 succeeding gathering the proceedings attract larger assem- 

 blages — a very healthy symptom, showing that the society 

 not onlj fosters a taste for natural science, but is also extend- 

 ing that taste in quarters where previously it did not exist./ 



According to the programme on Tuesday, a dredging 

 boat was to proceed from Whitstable to Eeculver, calling 

 at Ilerne Bay. The morning was, however, so rough, and 

 the wind so unfavourable, that this part of the arrangement 

 was abandoned. Fortunately a land excursion had been ' 

 also organised, and about thirty ladies and gentlemen ac- 

 cordingly met at Reculver at 11 o'clock, and walked along 

 the beach to Heme Bay, 



Mr. Mackeson, who accompanied the party, kindly 

 undertook some explanation of the geological sections ex- 



