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canoe from Giggleswick Tarn, the explanation of the mechanism of 
the Ebbing and Flowing Well, the various Caves which abound in 
this permeable limestone tract, the scientific worthies of the district, 
which include names so distinguished as Faraday and Sedgwick 
(it is by the way, news to us to learn that Faraday is dubbed ‘ Sir’), 
the Craven faults, a note by Mr. J. W. Carter on the Coleoptera of 
Ingleborough Hill, Mr. Baker’s notes on the plants of the same 
mountain and of Penyghent, the birds of Malham Moor, and not 
a few notes on the florulas of particular spots, all receive passing 
attention. The only piece of adverse criticism that occurs to us is 
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Se oink -hand, swimming, etc., it scarcely appears to us to be so 
much a title of honour that it need be applied to any one other 
than the holder of an endowed chair in one of our universities. But 
this is a very small point, and does not detract from the merit 
of a work which we regard as a model well worthy of imitation in 
other districts.—W.D.R 
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erland. — Under this title Mr. W- 
ransactions f mberland and West nd cea os on 4 ora of 
tie ballast-heaps, and other suchlike places in Cumber 
limited space at disposal, is dangerous ae es from ee Montevideo arlo, 
Corsica, etc., being represented. Two cali shall be avi Wicotia ‘ana tabacum 
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present—Mr. Phillips ether the ome aes e been wind- 
blown from plants in the i im mediate neihbicach ood of the Tin Plate Works: _The 
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The question thus raised remains for solution.’ Possibly Mr. Hodgson may extend 
his ose porte and publish them in a more accessible place than the transactions of 
society. —LisTER PETTY, —— ‘ebruary 17th, 1 mle 
Naturalist, 
