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exactly comprehend and designate the olive, red, and grass-green 

 sea weeds. 



The Lecture was brought to a close by some useful remarks 

 on the pronunciation of classical terms, and some rules for guid- 

 ance therein, which the limits of this abstract prevent us from 

 specifying. The fact of a difference in pronunciation existing in 

 the English, Scottish, and Irish portions of our fellow countrymen 

 was pointed out, and some valuable suggestions offered for the 

 attainment of uniformity, much to be desired in the case. 



On the 30th January, 1868, Mr. W. H. Patterson read a 

 Paper, entitled — 



NOTES OF A VISIT TO THE PEAK OF 

 DERBYSHIRE. 



Mb. Patteeson, in giving some account of a visit to the peak 

 district of Derbyshire, in the Spring of 1867, drew attention first 

 to the physical characters of the country. The constant succes- 

 sion of picturesque hills and romantically situated dales, the 

 emerald green verdure, and grey cliffs of the mountain limestone, 

 present to the tourist an ever-changing variety of beautiful 

 scenery. The geological peculiarities of the country render it 

 one of the richest collecting grounds in the kingdom to the 

 mineralogist and geologist, while, from the extent and variety of 

 the flora of Derbyshire, the botanist would be amply repaid for 

 the trouble of a visit. The county was early known to the 

 Romans, who resorted to Matlock and Buxton for the use of the 

 tepid mineral waters ; and Roman remains, such as roads, camps, 

 &c, are to be seen in different places. The student of pre-historic 

 man will find interesting matter for his investigations in the 

 stone circles and Celtic barrows on the moors and hill sides. 



Mr. Patterson described his visit to the town of Buxton, 

 with its crescent, baths, and fashionable promenades ; the town 

 of Bakewell, famous for its old Parish Church, founded before 

 the Norman conquest, and interesting from the number of quaint 

 and curious monuments, one of which is a recumbent figure in 



