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conducted me to a little creek at that time covered with fish, a fleet of cobbles having 

 just put in. Went in one of these little boats to view the Head, coasting it for 

 upwards of two miles. The cliffs are of a tremendous height, and amazing grandeur j 

 beneath are several vast caverns, some closed at one end, others are pervious, formed 

 with a natural arch, giving a romantic passage to the boat, different from that we 

 entered. In some places the rocks are insulated, are of a pyramidical figure, and soar 

 up to a vast height ; the bases of most are solid, but in some pierced thro' and arched : 

 the colour of all these rocks is white, from the dung of the innumerable flocks of 

 migratory birds, which quite cover the face of them, filling every little projection, 

 every little hole that will give them leave to rest ; multitudes were swimming about, 

 others swarmed in the air, and almost stunned us with the variety of their croaks and 

 screams ; I observed amongst them Cormorants, Shags in small flocks, Guillemots, a 

 few black Guillemots very shy and wild, Auks, Puffins, Kittiwakes, and Herring Gulls. 

 Landed at the same place, but before our return to Flamborough, visited Robin 

 Leith's hole, a vast cavern to which there is a narrow passage from the land side ; it 

 suddenly rises to a great height, the roof is finely arched, and the bottom is for a long 

 way formed in broad steps, resembling a great, but easy, staircase ; the mouth opens 

 to the sea, and gives light to the whole.' 



The discussion was continued by Prof. F. W. Oliver. F.K.S., who dealt 

 particularly with nature reserves in East Anglia, and by other speakers. 



Votes of thanks to Mr. Sheppard and Prof. Oliver concluded an 

 interesting session. 



