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Egypt, and for the good work done during the years he was 

 Director of the British School of Archaeology in Athens. 

 Other officers were re-elected, and a small committee was 

 appointed to organise the exchange of wild-flower seeds. 

 This arose from the plant-pressing demonstration of Messrs. 

 Griffin and Lowne, who had shown the necessity for 

 including seedlings on the herbarium sheets. 



Then followed a long series of votes of thanks to the 

 numerous local friends who had been kind to us, and we 

 thanked them fervently. This concluded the labours of the 

 delegates, and the general meeting of Congress was resumed. 



Mr. W. F. Gwinnell read a paper on " The Evolution of 

 our Southern Rivers," in which he traced the history of 

 most of our rivers and streams, from the Thames to the 

 south coast, showing how they had fought among themselves 

 for territory and tributaries, had shifted their courses and 

 their water-sheds, and altered their volumes. The final 

 paper was by Dr. Cavers, Professor of Biology at the Hartley 

 University College, Southampton, on "Nature Study." It 

 was a description of the methods adopted in that institution 

 for the training of Nature-studv teachers, and it struck the 

 present writer that it would have been more fitly read before 

 a congress of teachers. 



So much for the Guildhall meetings. In addition we had 

 a series of delightful visits, which— as might be expected 

 from the locality — were almost exclusively of an archaeo- 

 logical character. The " preliminary canter " on Wednesday 

 afternoon, before the business meetings had commenced, 

 was a visit to Winchester Castle, under the guidance of Sir 

 William Portal. Winchester Castle has pla3^ed a most 

 important part in the making of English history, and Sir 

 William claimed that its interest was only second — if it was 

 second — to that of Westminster Hall. Not content with 

 giving the delegates this treat, Mr. N. C. H. Nisbet, the 

 architect to the Cathedral, then marched them off to the 

 famous Hyde Abbey, and after describing it, led them to his 

 own garden and regaled them with tea, afterwards taking 

 them to the beautiful old Saxon church of Headbourne 

 Worthy. 



On Thursday afternoon forces were divided, and whilst 

 one party went to inspect the wonderful work of under- 

 pinning the Cathedral and putting in new foundations, an 

 outdoor party drove out to the chalk downs, where the 

 veteran geologist, Mr. W. Whitaker, explained the forma- 

 tion of the local Devil's Punch-bowl, and a section showing 



