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14th or 15th, and a visit then made to the Highlands, including 
the ascent of Ben Lawers. Journeying to Glasgow, the Univer- 
sity and other places of interest will be visited, before crossing 
over to Dublin, which will be reached on August 20th. While 
in Ireland, visits will be made to Craigga More, Urrisbeg and 
Dog’s Bay ; to the West of Ireland, including Galway, Bally- 
vaghan and Ardrahan, and then to Killarney, after which the 
party will proceed to Cork, and thence by steamer to Plymouth. 
Two days will be spent in Cornwall before going on to Po: ts- 
mouth, which will be reached on the afternoon of August 30th. 
Here the party will settle down for a week with the British 
Association. During this extended tour, opportunity will be 
given to visit the principal plant associations of the British 
Isles, which have so far been studied, and the experience 
gained during the month so spent and the exchange of ideas 
on the many problems which will present themselves, should 
prove both valuable and stimulating to all who are fortunate 
enough to take part. 
THE ISLE OF WIGHT. 
Of interest to the naturalists attending the meetings of the 
British Association at Portsmouth is the volume recently 
issued under the editorship of Mr. F. Morley, F.L.S.* It has 
nearly six hundred pages, and is illustrated by a map and 
numerous photographs. In some respects, it runs on un- 
conventional lines, especially the somewhat jocular intro- 
duction. Each section is by a specialist, and chapters deal 
with geology, meteorology, and the remains of early man ; while 
in others lists are given of all groups of plants, from Fungi and 
Alge to Flowering Plants, and of animals from Protozoa to 
Mammals. There are in all, records of 6982 species. Several 
northern naturalists, well known to our readers, have rendered 
assistance, e.g., Messrs. G. S. West, in Algz; C. Crossland, in 
Fungi; W. Ingham, in Mosses; J. A. Wheldon in Lichens ; 
and W. J. Wingate, in Diptera. The introductory chapters 
to the groups, however, run chiefly on text-book lines and 
savour too much of the laboratory, and too little of the open 
air. One misses a first hand account of the physical features 
and vegetation. In the latter respect, however, the gap will 
be filled by Mr. W. M. Rankin, who has completed a survey 
of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, and we understand has 
written a chapter on the vegetation and plant associations 
of the district for the Portsmouth ‘ Handbook.’ 
* A Guide to the Natural History of the Isle of Wight. London: Ww 
Wesley & Son. 
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