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numerous, evinced the most euthusiastic aiJour in their 

 investigations into tlie wonders of nature, both on the shore 

 and in the briny deep. Tho parties, however, returned 

 from their expeditions without discovering any great wonder 

 or rarity. 



At three o'clock a cold collation was served up at the 

 White Hart Hotel, both the style and quality of which re- 

 dounded greatly to the credit of the obliging host and 

 hostess Mr. and Mrs. Fagg. The only drawback here again 

 was in the meagre attendance. When landlords evince 

 such promptitude to accommodate societies on pursuits of 

 science bent in so hospitable a manner, and at so reasonable 

 a rate as Mr. Fagg's, it is much to be regretted on public 

 grounds that the extent of patronage should fall so short as 

 to give no encouragement for a continuance of such a meri- 

 torious policy. 



At four o'clock a public meeting was held in the Town- 

 hall, the use of which had been kindly granted for that 

 purpose by the Mayor and Corporation. Among the com- 

 pany -we observed James Standring, Esq., Mayor of Mar- 

 gate, Dr. Rowe, Dr. Pittock, F. H. Sankey, Esq., — Elgar, 

 jun., Esq., Capt. and Mrs. Co.v, Mr. and Mrs. Dowker, C. 

 F. Gibson, Esq., J. Thornton, Esq., — Hatfield, Esq., and 

 the Misses Hatfield, E. F. S. Reader, Esq., Lady Burton, 

 Miss Bushel], Mr. E. Tucker, Mr. G. Barton, &c., &c. 



Among the specimens exhibited on the occasion we ob- 

 served a splendid collection of fossils from the chalk by G. 

 Barton, Esq. ; marine aquariums by Dr. Rowe, Dr. Pittock, 

 and J. Standring, Esq. ; a fossil tooth and bone from tho 

 South Eastern Railway cutting at Chartham ; silicate of 

 Potash from burnt straw ; specimens of silk and silkworms, 

 belonging to Mrs. Friend, exhibited by Captain Cox; her- 

 barium of the Isle of Thanct by Mr. E. Tucker; the 

 Anguis fragilis or blind worm, and varieties of flox by Mr. 

 Dowker ; a beautiful specimen of sponge as it grew, by 

 Dr. Rowe ; and a hornet's nest, from the end of a beam in 

 an old cottage in Leicestershire, by Lady Burton. There 



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