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opposite. Tramped through Chiselhurst on to the Common : 

 found nothing particular. Inquired for the bogs : rather diffi- 

 cult to find : at last found them^ enclosed in Squire Baring's 

 grounds. Found the Scutellaria minor, Achillea Ptarmica, etc. 

 After leaving the Bogs, made the best of our way to Mary Cray, 

 Paul's Cray, and Foot's Cray, where we slept after a good twenty- 

 five miles' walk. 



Saturday, Aug. 8. — Left Foot's Cray at half-past six a.m. Went 

 through North Cray. Had a good draught of milk. Passed 

 through Bexley, and inquired the short cut through the fields to 

 Dartford. Went a good* three miles out of the road; arrived 

 in Dartford about nine. Breakfasted. Put some plants out to 

 dry. Capital fun to hear the by-standers' remarks, on the uses 

 to which the shells were applied : no idea of a collection : they 

 understood a little more about the insects (bugs, as they called 

 them). Left Dartford at half-past eleven for the Heath. Carter 

 found some good insects there. Walked on towards Green St. 

 Green. Yound Saponaria officinalis and other uncommon plants. 

 Stopped in Darne Wood until four o'clock. From thence to the 

 chalk-pit out of the wood. Found a number of rather uncom- 

 mon plants. Crossed the fields to Stone and Greenhithe Pits. 

 Stopped there an hour. Dined. Rambled about. Could not 

 find any fossils : the men had left off" work. Went through North- 

 fleet. Began to think of getting housed for the night. Trudged 

 on from thence to Chalk, a mile from Gravesend, a long dreary 

 road. Did not admire the exterior or interior of the inn : walked 

 on to the next : all full. The next, ditto. Very much annoyed. 

 At last brought up at the Family Hotel at Shorne, on the Ro- 

 chester road, at ten o'clock p.m. Very tired, having walked six 

 miles before we could find a bed, and twenty-nine miles in all. 



Monday, Aug. 10. — From Shorne, through Rochester, Chat- 

 ham, and Rainham Creek, to King's Ferry. Had an excellent 

 breakfast. Found an uncommon shell in the ditch by the house. 

 Crossed the ferry at ten. Walked across the marshes to Queen- 

 borough; from thence along the wall to Sheerness. Found 

 several fossils and plants. Got to Clarkson's about one. Sat in 

 the coflee-room a good hour before we saw him. Had an excel- 

 lent dinner with him. Went after Mr. Keddle. Took us round 

 the coast. Found several fossils, plants, and a large species of 

 Helix. Came home through Minster. 



