46 DAVY : LINCOLNSHIRE NATURALISTS AT GIBRALTAR POINT. 
they were all without their original owners, and have not been 
identified. At three p.m. the members turned northwards, exploring 
the sand-hills, roadsides, and ‘dikes’ on the way, until Skegness 
was aigaie when there was just time for tea before the departure 
of the tra 
Comins ‘Point is on the seaward boundary of that district lying 
north of the East Fen, which is locally known as the ‘Salt Marsh.’ 
It is a low-lying, level tract of Silt and Boulder Clay, intersected by 
The map is divided into square ayaeet ts The adh ah et mark the line and direction of the 
en, 
wide drains, which forms a rich grazing district. In this marsh, 
‘quick’ — only occasionally break the view over the level— 
so monotonous and yet so interesting from its very levelness—the 
fields usually Sais separated from each other and from the roads by 
‘dikes’ of nearly stagnant water. Where these dikes escape the 
oS pee cleaning-out, they prove well suited for the growth 
f Hottonia, Utricularia, Hydrocharis and other aquatic plants; 
pees banks, too, when not too closely mown or grazed, yield | a rich 
” Netureiiat, 
