6 PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS. 
The beautiful fall of Cauldron Snout was the next object of at- 
traction, and in its vicinity Aspleniwm viride and other ferns were 
seen in great beauty. Passing onwards, to the basaltic cliffs of 
Falcon Clints, many plants were gathered, including Arbutus wa- 
urst, Vaccinum vitis-idea, LMieractcum pallidum, and vulgatum 
Epilobium angustifolium, but the little Woodsia was sought for 
in vain, which, as well as Aspidium lonchitis, seems nearly eradi- | 
cated. Following the course of the river, the well-known Widdy 
Bank was soon gained, and here Orchis albida, Bartsia alpina, 
Gentiana verna, and other rare plants, were gathered, and the 
party proceeded to the High Force Inn, where they remained for 
the night. Next morning most of them, accompanied and 
guided by Mr. James Backhouse, jun., of York, started on an 
expedition to High Cup Nick, at the head of Maize Beck, follow- 
ing the same course as on the previous day, until they reached the 
spot where that rivulet joins the Tees. On the route to this 
interesting spot were gathered, though of course out of our 
boundaries, Zofieldia palustris, Polygala depressa, Potentilla al- 
pestris, and Myosotis repens; and after reaching their destina- 
tion, and enjoying the magnificent panorama around them, 
embracing as it does the vale of the Eden and the mountain 
ranges of Westmoreland, Cumberland, and Dumfries-shire, they 
returned by the same route to the inn they had left in the 
morning. The remainder explored the neighbourhood of the 
High Force, and walked down to Winch Bridge, gathering speci- 
mens of Melampyrum sylvaticum, Potentilla fruticosa, gc. The 
following morning the White Force and Cronkley Fell on the 
Yorkshire side of the Tees, and the locality of Dryas octopetala, 
Polygala austriaca, Helianthenum canum, and other rare plants, 
were visited, and, recrossing the Tees at Widdy Bank, they re- 
turned by the course of Langdon Beck to Harwood, where con- 
veyances awaited to carry them to Alston. On the journey 
they obtained excellent views of the great solar eclipse, the watery 
clouds forming an admirable substitute for smoked glasses or other 
similar contrivances. At Alston they dined, elected two gentle- 
men members of the Club, and returned to Newcastle in the 
evening by rail. A few insects besides those mentioned above, 
