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extends from Bolton Castle to Leyburn Shawl, and the meeting — 

 over which Prof. A. H. Green, now of Oxford, presided — being held 

 at Leyburn town. 



The second meeting was held in June, in the Saddleworth dis- 

 trict — one which lies on the western or Lancashire slope of the 

 Pennine range of hills. There was a good attendance, and although 

 the district is not a very productive one in zoology or botany, the 

 geologists were able to profit largely by their investigations. At this 

 meeting the chair was occupied by an old and valued friend and 

 ex-president, Prof. W. C. Williamson, and the Union had an oppor- 

 tunity of mingling with a number of well-known and able naturalists 

 from the neighbouring towns of Lancashire. 



The third excursion was planned for visiting the Peak and the 

 southern part of Robin Hood's Bay, on Monday, the i6th July, and 

 our President journeyed from London to undertake the leadership 

 of the geological party over ground which he has made peculiarly 

 his own, and whose geology is so largely elucidated by his own 

 researches and papers. Unfortunately, the weather was so thoroughly 

 adverse, rain falling incessantly throughout the day and dense sea-fogs 

 obscuring the view of the coast sections, that nothing whatever 

 could be done, and a speedy retreat was made to the meeting-place 

 at Scarborough by the adventurous score of members who had made 

 the journey. Under these circumstances your Executive feel that 

 the excursion should be again placed on the programme, and they 

 are pleased to know that Mr. Hudleston has most kindly consented 

 again to act as leader. 



The fourth meeting was held on the Bank Holiday Monday in 

 August, under better climatic auspices, and with a consequently 

 better scientific result. The meeting was held at Market Weighton, 

 and the day's explorations were directed to the neighbouring portion 

 of the Wold country, lying about Goodmanham and Londesborough. 



The concluding meeting of the season was devoted to the Fungus 

 Foray, which our mycological botanists have looked forward to for 

 some years. The date was fixed for the last week in September, 

 and an old and valued member of the Union, Mr. George Massee, 

 F.R.M.S., of Kew, attended as guide and botanical referee. Thanks 

 to his assistance and to that of Mr. Soi)pitt and other of our 

 botanists, to the suitability of the weather, and to the excellence 

 and varied nature of tlie collecting-ground in the fine parks and 

 woods at Bramham and Harewood, the Foray was a most decided 

 success, resulting in substantial additions to our knowledge of the 

 I''ungus Flora of the county, and it was also the means of adding a 

 couple of species to the British fungus-flora. 



J-in. 1889. 



