to with much interest, and a very interesting conversation 

 among the members was the result. A small party vfho 

 were afraid to venture by sea took the morning train for 

 Ashford, and posted from thence to the lighthouse. Both 

 routes were very interesting, and were much enjoyed by 

 both the good sailors and the more timid landsmen. 



Dungeness was reached by the steamer " Palmerston " 

 about two o'clock, and the process of disembarkation com- 

 menced. This was done by small boats, and from the peculiar 

 formation of the beach, was a work of considerable difficulty. 

 All, however, got on terra firma with no other mis- 

 hap, even in the worst cases, than wet feet, and the party 

 then wended their way to the lighthouse. The land party 

 had reached previously, and had been taken over the light- 

 house by the officers. The same duty was undertaken a 

 second time with much cheerfulness, and the whole of the 

 intricate and beautiful machinery pointed out by which the 

 electric light is produced. The fog signal was then visited, 

 and its construction explained — the officer in charge stating 

 that it can be heard miles out at sea when tlie light cannot 

 be seen in foggy weather. 1 he machinery was most 

 obligingly put in motion, and the dull unearthly sound was 

 heard to the best advantage. The remainder of the day 

 was spent by the party in exploring the shore and district, 

 and in the course of their peregrinations many interesting 

 shells and other objects of natural history were picked up 

 by the members. A list of flora of the district was sub- 

 mitted at a previous meeting, but in consequence of the 

 bad weather very few of the best specimens were obtained. 



