130 MIDLAND UNION : NOTTINGHAM MEETING. 



THE EXCUESIONS. 



On Friday, June 10th, there will be two Excursions, viz : one to 

 Castleton, and the other to Belvoir Castle and district. 



The Castleton Party will leave Nottingham by the 9.50 a.m. (M.R.) 

 train for Chapel-en-le-Frith. From Chapel the party will drive to 

 Castleton. The Blue John Cavern, the Windy KuoU Limestone 

 Quarry, and Mam Tor ("The Shivering Mountain") will be called at 

 on the way. At Castleton dinner will be taken at 2.30. The Geo- 

 logical and Archaeological Museum, the Peak Cavern, Peveril Castle, 

 and Cave Dale will be here inspected. The party will drive back to 

 Chapel-en-le-Frith, passing through the Gorge of the Winnatts i-n 

 route. Tea will here be taken at Seven o'clock. The return train 

 leaves Chapel at 7.43 (via Derby) for Nottingham, arriving there at 

 10..52. Tickets, Ten Shillings each, including dinner and tea. 



The Belvoir Party will leave Nottingham by the 9.45 a.m. train 

 (G.N.R.) to Elton. Here the Gypsum Pits (with Rhaetic above) will 

 be visited. From Elton the party will drive by Redmile to Belvoir, 

 arriving about 11.30. By kind permission of His Grace the Duke of 

 Rutland, the Castle and Grounds will be thrown open to Members of 

 the Midland Union and their friends. The woods, country lanes, and 

 stone quarries in the vicinity will afford matter of interest to the 

 Botanist, Ornithologist, and Geologist, Luncheon will be taken at 

 Two o'clock. At Three o'clock carriages will be ready for Croxton, 

 Waltham, Stonesby, where Lincolnshire Limestone and Upper Lias 

 may be seen. Thence the party will drive to East well Ironstone Pits, 

 and walk to Clawsou Cutting to view the Drift. The return train 

 leaves Clawson Station at 7.5 p.m., arriving at Nottingham at 7.50.; or 

 an earlier return may be made by the 4.42 train, arriving at Nottingham 

 at 5.27, Tickets Seven Shillings and Sixpence each, including luncheon. 



Tickets must be applied for not later than Saturday, June 10th, and 

 may be procured from Mr. E. Wilson, 18, Low Pavement, Nottingham, 



The Nottingham Meeting promises to be a most successful one ; the 

 local Societies, including the Nottingham Literary and Philosophical 

 Society, the Nottingham Naturalist's Society, and the Nottingham 

 Working Men's Naturalist's Society, have worked together energetically 

 to arrange the thorough and attractive programme laid down above ; 

 several of the other Societies in the Union have made the days of the 

 meeting a leading feature in their fixtures for the year, and we hope to 

 see a meeting of Midland Naturalists worthy of the importance of a 

 Union whose ranks comprise more than 3,000 members. 



The new University College will form an admirable centre for 

 the business of the General Meeting, while the spacious rooms of the 

 Mechanics' Institute will give ample space for an interesting and 

 instructive evening and exhibition of scientific objects of every class. 



The Excursions will only require fine weather to make them in the 

 highest degree enjoyable. We can promise botanists a rare treat in the 

 Alpine garden and shrubberies at Belvoir Castle ; whose galleries 

 contain, too, many magnificent paintings. The excursion to this 

 district will be under the care of Professor Blake, whose new book on 

 " Silurian Cephalopoda " has just appeared. 



The Castleton excursion will be led by Messrs. J. J. Harris Teall 

 and E. Wilson, and promises a long and very pleasant day. We trust 

 that many old friends, among the scientific workers of the Midlands 

 will meet at Nottingham, and that many new friendships will be 

 made there. 



