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Guilsfield and the ‘Trilobite Dingle,’ on the 18th August, 1863. 
The attraction of the ‘ wilding flowers’ was powerful upon each, and 
availed to draw us together. I pleasurably remember his cordiality 
various subsequent excursions I was privileged to have a good share 
of his companionship, in the search for special rarities and com- 
parison of ‘ finds.’ One day was given to the ascent and exploration 
of the grand Breidden hill, near Welshpool. Mr. How took a more 
round-about route, but his young son and two other boy companions 
climbed with me up the precipitous face of the hill, past the noted 
habitat of the Potentilla rupestris. We met on the top, by Rodney’s 
- Pillar, and there Mr. How unexpectedly encountered his old school- 
’ master, Dr. Kennedy. The respectful yet affectionate warmth of his 
greeting of the Doctor made a strong impression upon my memory. 
It was to Dr. Kennedy that his first book of poems was dedicated. 
Mr. How’s hearty enthusiasm and kindly humour combined with 
the intelligence and precise geological knowledge of a common 
friend, Mr. David Christopher Davies, afterwards F.G.S., to render 
the Club meetings very successful and delightful. A favourite pun 
of our Vice-President’s, twitting the geologists, was—that they were 
sure, whatever they did zof find, to produce fine specimens of apatite 
at dinner-time. 
A small volume of ‘Proceedings’ of the Club (the only one 
issued) was published in 1865. This contains some papers by 
Mr, How—a humorous semi-philosophical one on ‘ How I learned 
to see’; another, very amusing, on * Certain Antiquarian Records 
of Oswestry and Whittington’; and an account of ‘The Botany of 
the Great Orme’s Head.’ All were read at the Club meetings. 
It may be mentioned, too, that Mr. How also contributed the 
botanical list to the ‘ Gossiping Guide to Wales,’ the author of which, 
the late Mr. Askew Roberts, was a member of our Field Club. 
In 1866 I had the pleasure of receiving from Mr. How a 
fasciculus of Shropshire Rubi, as prepared and issued by the 
Rev. W. A. Leighton, a personal friend of his, author of the 
admirable ‘ Flora of Shropshire,’ and an authority on Brambles in 
those days. It was accompanied by the following letter :— 
Whittington Rectory, 
March 3rd, 1866. 
My dear Sir,—I have by me a fasciculus of Shropshire Rubi, collected and 
named by Mr. Leighton. May I beg you to accept them, as I fear I shall never 
ive time or attention to this difficult genus, and I am sure you will some day 
attack them—and conquer them too ?—Yours very truly, 
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Oct. 1897. 
