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same train in order to visit the Brimham Rocks. These 

 two excursions will occupy the whole of Saturday. The 

 excursions, then, arranged for Saturday, September 8, are 

 as follows : — 



Bolton Priory.— The party will leave the Bradford 

 (Midland) Station at 1.32. Drive from Bolton to the 

 Priory, where they will be received by the vicar, the Rev. 

 A. P. Howes, who will give a brief description of its his- 

 tory and architecture. They will then drive forward 

 along the banks of the Wharfe to the Wooden Bridge, 

 where tea will be provided : an opportunity will be given 

 for a visit to be made to the Strid (celebrated by Words- 

 worth), and then the party will be driven back to the 

 station in order to reach Bradford in time for dinner. 

 Mr. Geoffry Fison will be the leader of the excursion. 



Farnlev Hall.— The residence of the Fawkes family, 

 which contains a wonderful collection of Turner's pic- 

 tures. The Hall- is of great historical interest, as it was 

 the residence of Lord Fairfax in the time of the Civil 

 War, and many relics of the period are shown. The 

 party will leave the Midland Station at 1.15 for Otley, 

 where they will be met by Major Mitchell, of Cayley 

 Hall, the leader ; they will then be driven to Farnley, 

 and as much time as possible will be spent in inspecting 

 the Turner pictures and the beautiful old Hall. Major 

 Mitchell will afterwards entertain the party to tea in his 

 grounds, and they will then be driven back to the 

 station. 



Ilkley. — The excursion will start from the Midland 

 Station at 1.32, under the leadership of Mr. Mortimer 

 Wheeler ; at Ilkley the party will be divided into several 

 smaller bodies, who will in turn visit the Roman camp 

 and fortifications, some curious Saxon crosses that are 

 to be seen in the churchyard, and some remarkable 

 instances of cup and ring marks, which are to be seen 

 on Rombald's Moor above the village. At 4.30 the 

 different parties will reassemble in the beautiful grounds 

 of the Wells House Hydro, where they will be enter- 

 tained to tea by the invitation of the directors. They 

 will arrive back in Bradford about 7 o'clock. 



Haworth.— The train will leave the Midland Station 

 at 1.20, and the party will be met at Haworth by Mr. 

 F. Greenwood, the president of the Bronte Society, 

 who will escort them to the church and the Bronte 

 Museum, and show them many places which will be 

 familiar, from description, to the readers of "Shirley." 

 The leader of the party will be Mr. J. A. Clapham. 



Knaresborough.— Major H. D. Sichel will conduct 

 a party to Knaresborough, the train leaving at 1.15. On 

 arrival, the visitors will be divided into two parties, and, 

 under the leadership of Major Sichel and Mr. Arthur 

 Harris respectively, they will be taken by opposite routes 

 to visit the Castle, the petrifying Dropping Well, and 

 Eugene Aram's Cave. Afterwards they will be driven 

 to Plumpton Rocks, where tea will be provided, and they 

 will return by a train reaching Bradford about 7.30. 



Kirkstall •A.bbey and Adel.— The train will leave 

 the Midland Station at 1.25, and Kirkstall Abbey will 

 be described by Mr. E. Kitson Clarke, the leader. The 

 visitors will then be driven to Adel Church, which is 

 almost a unique instance of Saxon architecture, and which 

 will be described by the vicar. They will then drive 

 back to the Yorkshire College, Leeds, where they will 

 be entertained to tea by the principal. Dr. Bodington, 

 one of the vice-presidents of the Association. 



Pateley Bridge. — As indicated above, this is the only 

 excursion extending over the whole day. Two parties 

 will leave by a special train at 1.15, the one conducted by 

 the Mayor (Mr. Wm. C. Lupton, J. P.), for a small party 

 of engineers, who will be driven from Pateley to the Nidd 

 Valley Waterworks ; the other, exclusively for geologists, 

 who, under the leadership of Mr. J. Lower Carter, will 

 walk to the Brimham Rocks, and visit other places of 

 geological interest. 



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For the week-end (September 8-10), the Yorkshire 

 Naturalists' Union are organising a specially interesting 

 excursion. The district which has been selected is the 

 neighbourhood of Grassington, in Upper Wharfedale, 

 which is not merely a romantically picturesque region, 

 but a remarkably good district for nearly all branches of 

 natural history and geology. The excursion is intended, 

 as far as possible, to be one strictly for practical working 

 naturalists, and as accommodation is very limited, it will 

 be needful to give preference to such members of the 

 British Association as are likely to investigate in their 

 own particular department. The arrangements will be 

 under the direction of leading Yorkshire naturalists, who 

 hope to introduce their comrades from other parts of the 

 country to a remarkably interesting district. There will 

 be the usual fully descriptive circular prepared, which 

 will be sent to any one who may apply for it to the hon. 

 sees, of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union, Leeds. 



Thursday, September 15. — The whole-day excur- 

 sions arranged for the concluding day of the meeting are 

 as follows : — 



The Ackton Colliery. — This excursion, which will 

 be under the leadership of Mr. C. J. Cutcliffe-Hyne, is 

 intended for a limited number of botanists, geologists 

 and engineers, in order that some opportunity may be 

 given them of examining ^he Yorkshire coal-measures. 

 The party will be divided into two on arriving at Feather- 

 stone : the one will be taken down the pit, while the other 

 will examine the machinery and various interesting 

 material on the bank. They will then meet at one o'clock 

 and will be entertained to lunch by Lord Masham, the 

 owner of the mine, after which the proceedings will be 

 reversed, and the respective parties will be taken round 

 the bank and down the pit ; they will then reunite, and 

 after partaking of afternoon tea will return to Bradford. 



Bolton Priory. — This is an amplification of the 

 previous half-day visit, again under the leadership of 

 Mr. Geoffry Fison. Fuller opportunities will be fur- 

 nished of seeing the Priory and the Strid, and lunch 

 will be provided at the Wooden Bridge. In the after- 

 noon a visit will be made to Barden Tower, the ancient 

 keep of the Lord Clifford, of the Wars of the Roses 

 fame, and of his son, the Shepherd Lord. 



RiPON AND Fountains Abbey.— Mr. Mortimer 

 Wheeler will conduct a party to Ripon ; after a special 

 musical service at the Cathedral, they will be driven to 

 Fountains Abbey, and lunch will be provided in the 

 Refectory. They will then be taken over the ruins by 

 the Dean of Ripon, after which the Marquis of Ripon 

 will entertain the party to tea. On returning to Ripon, 

 if time permits, they will be conducted to the crypt and 

 the more interesting parts of the Cathedral by the Dean 

 before leaving for Bradford. 



Swinton Park. — By the invitation of Lord Masham 

 and under the leadership of the Mayor, Mr. William 

 Lupton, a party will visit Masham. On arrival, they 

 will be driven to Jervaulx Abbey, the ruins of which, of 

 course, possess great historical interest, and will then 

 return to Lord Masham's residence, Swinton Hall, the 

 drive each way being of extraordinary beauty. At the 

 Hall they will be entertained to lunch by Lord Masham, 

 after which the afternoon will be spent in inspecting the 

 very fine collection of Old Masters and modern pictures, 

 and the party will drive to the station to join the special 

 train, which will convey also the party from Ripon. 



Malham. — A party, under the leadership of Mr. Cecil 

 Slingsby, will leave at an early hour for Bell Busk ; 

 thence they will drive across country to Malham, and 

 after lunch they will visit Gordale Scar, and, if time per- 

 mits, at the invitation of Mr. Walter Morrison, M.P., 

 they will go on to Malham Tarn and Malham Cove. 

 They will leave Malham about 5 p. m. and drive to Skipton, 

 visiting Skipton Castle on the way, and thence by train 

 back to Bradford. 



