Sheppard: Yorkshire’s Contribution to Science. 137 
As a frontispiece to the volume is a map of ‘ The West Riding 
of the County of York, shewing the River Drainage, C. P. Hob- 
kag) 1872." 
THE NATURALIST, (FIFTH SERIES). 
In August 1875, The Naturalist as now constituted appeared, 
our present journal being a direct and uninterrupted continuation 
thereof, notwithstanding changes in editorship and place of 
publication. It was at first a 16-page monthly, and after the 
first part each was dated on the first page. From the © Address ’ 
on page I, it was apparent that the “ Societies in the Union of the 
West Riding Consolidated Naturalists’ Society’ arranged to call 
it The Yorkshire Naturalist, but previous to the part appearing 
before the public, it was decided to omit the word * Yorkshire,’ 
though it is admitted it had then, and has had ever since, a 
distinctly Yorkshire bias ! 
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Block used on the cover of the fifth series of 
The Naturalist. 
Volume I. of the present series, was also ‘the Journal 
of the West Riding consolidated Naturalists’ Society and General 
Field Club Recorder.’ It was printed, published and edited in 
Huddersfield, the editors being C. P. Hobkirk and G. T. Porritt. 
It contained 12 monthly parts (to July 1876). By the time the 
title page of Volume II. was printed it became the ‘ Journal of 
the Yorkshire Naturalists’ Union,’ the Yorkshire Naturalists’ 
Union, as such, being constituted at Pontefract on April 2nd, 1877. 
With the same editors and printers, The Naturalist completed 
its 9th volume of the New Series, for 1883-4. The pages were: 
Vols ran Vouto2 each Vi. Too >” Vil. 208 - Ville 102'; and 
IX., (1883-4), 220. Illustrations were very rare, most of the 
volumes having none. Reports of the societies were a strong 
feature. At the close of this ninth volume we find a very inter- 
esting paragraph. The craft had steered clear of rocks! The 
journal appeared punctually every month, and what is more, 
there had been a small balance in hand at the close of each year. 
Other urgent duties induced the editors to resign, but they found 
competent successors before they did so. 
The publishing and editing of the journal was then transferred 
1915 April 1. 
