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Our Field Section was courteously invited by the Vale of 

 Dervvent Field Club to join them in their Meeting at 

 Blanchland on Saturday, July nth, and a few of our 

 members availed themselves of the opportunity to visit this 

 interesting neighbourhood. 



The drive was of course one of the chief features of the day, 

 but although enjoyable in the extreme it did not afford much 

 opportunity for close field work, except at those points where 

 the party were compelled to alight to relieve the horses at the 

 heavy hills. Perhaps the most successful collector during the 

 day was one of our entomologists, who simply revelled in the 

 wide stretches of moor, beating here and there with his net, 

 and capturing all sorts of unexpected specimens. So 

 interested did our friend become on these little by-excursions, 

 that eventually the party lost him altogether and he had to 

 complete the distance to Blanchland on foot, while the 

 remainder of us proceeded by brake in the orthodox manner. 



On our return journey from Blanchland, a pleasant incident 

 at Edmond Byers might be noted. Here we met quite 

 unexpectedly little Miss Mamie Richardson, aged 12 years, 

 who a short time previously had submitted to our Society a 

 notable nature essay, accompanied by wonderful drawings, for 

 which she was awarded the Hancock Junior Prize. To-day 

 at Edmond Byers her father showed us a further collection of 

 recent drawings executed by her, from subjects taken locally 

 in the moors and by-ways ; and these works certainly reflected 

 the greatest credit upon the young artist, both in the matter 

 of line and sense of colour. 



Our Fourth Meeting was held on the 15th July at Howens' 

 Gill, county Durham, when we were fortunate in having 

 as our guide the Rev. Arthur Watts, F.G.S., who has 

 made a special study of the district. The beginning of our 

 walk led through the works-grounds of the Consett Iron 

 Company, which, though unattractive from a natiiralist's 

 point of view, were interesting in other ways. Just before 

 leaving the grimy precincts of the works, we had a pleasant 



