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Lieut, and Miss Hatfield, Miss Munn, Miss Beer, W. H. 

 Payn, Esq., Mrs. and Miss Astley, Miss Walker, Mr. War- 

 man, Miss Haddon and party. Miss Eastwood, Mr. Bate- 

 man, Miss Simmons, Mr. G. Rigden (treasurer of the So- 

 ciety), Mr. S. Harvey (secretary), Mr. Alexander Bottle 

 (local secretai-y), Mr. Lambert Weston and Miss Weston, 

 Mr. E. N. Clement, Mr. C. Gordon, &c. 



The steam tug " Palmerston" was most kindly placed at 

 the disposal of the members of the Society by the au- 

 thorities, and the obliging and highly respected harbour 

 master commanded in person. One portion of the excur- 

 sionists took the boat, and those who did not relish the 

 ■water took carriages which were also in waiting ; and both 

 conveyances started shortly after eleven o'clock for St. 

 Margaret's Bay. On the steamer reaching the bay, a num- 

 ber of ladies und gentlemen were put otf in small boats and 

 joined the party who had come by land. An examination 

 of the flora of the bay was made by the members, and 

 several beautiful specimens were obtained in the course of 

 the day. A great deal of interest was excited by the 

 descent from the cliff by ropes by men engaged to collect 

 eggs of wild fowl, on account of the perilousness of the ad- 

 venture. The men were lowered full 180 feet from the top 

 of the cliff, and amongst the eggs they succeeded in collect- 

 ing was one of the guillemot, commonly known as the wil- 

 lock. It is a very singular-looking egg, of a pear shape, 

 quite as large and as heavy as the egg of a goose, of a 

 greenish colour with black spots. The guillemot is now 

 comparatively a rare bird along the coast, St. Margaret's 

 being one of the few places in which it now locates ; and 

 the egg wa.s, therefore, regarded with considerable curiosity. 

 A great number of other eggs were also obtained, and were 

 distributed among the members by the President, Lieutenant 

 Colonel Cox— who took charge of the whole arrange- 

 ments at St. Margaret's Bay. 



A number of ladies and gentlemen remained on board 



