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THE YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS’ UNION 
AT GRASSINGTON. 
In ‘The Buxton of Yorkshire’ the Rev. Bailey J. Harker, F.R.Hist.S., 
writes :—‘ Supposing that your purpose, even if you can afford it, is 
not in your spring or summer holidays, to go to the Highlands, the 
Lakes of Killarney, the ‘ English Switzerland” in the North-west, 
“Donnie Wales,” the Continent, “the Land of the Midnight Sun,” 
America, or Palestine, but to find your way to some English spot .. . 
I recommend you to go to Grassington-in-Upper Wharfedale.’ 
If, then, Grassington is such an attractive spot—and so it certainly 
is—we cannot understand why Mr. Harker is not content to allow it 
to be known as Grassington, a far prettier name, to our mind, than 
‘The Buxton of Yorkshire. But a rose would smell as sweet by 
any other name, and we trust that Grassington and its surroundings 
will long retain their wild and primitive beauty. 
Grassington, then, was the place selected for the ninety-first 
meeting of the Yorkshire Naturalists’ Union, which took place on 
Saturday, the zoth of June. The neighbourhood, with its fine 
woods, wild surroundings, and beautiful river, is always attractive to 
naturalists, and it is not surprising that the excursion was largely 
attended by members and their friends, many ladies also being 
present. No doubt the magnificently fine and sunny weather, not 
only of the day itself, but also of the preceding week, had no little 
to do with this. A small number of members, wishing to spend as 
much time in the district as possible, arrived on the ground the 
previous day, and had been some time at work when the main body 
appeared upon the scene. The members who availed themselves 
of the arrangements prepared for their conveyance, arrived at Skipton 
about half-past nine on Saturday morning, and were driven to 
Cracoe, and thence to Grassington. t the former place the 
geologists left the conveyances, and, under the guidance of Mr. R. H. 
Tiddeman, M.A., F.G.S., than whom, attached as he is to the 
Geological Survey of the district, no more efficient leader could be 
desired, investigated the country, and especially the reef-knolls 
about Cracoe and Thorpe. ‘The interest of the members accom- 
panying this party was amply evidenced by their attention to the 
explanations given, and by keeping well together and not being 
troubled by stragglers. Far different was the case with the members 
who devoted themselves to other branches of research. A party of 
naturalists bent upon active investigation cannot disperse too much 
Over the district, and the members attending this excursion did their 
Sept. 891. 
