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REPORT ON THE FIELD MEETINGS OF THE xNvVTURAL 

 HISTORY SOCIETY FOR 1915. 



Read 23RD March, 1916, by Mb. Hugh P. Angus, 

 Chairman of thr Field Meetings Committee in 1915. 



War conditions are unfavourable to natural history pursuits 

 and especially to organized field work, and there was con- 

 sequently some hesitation in regard to arranging a programme 

 of field meetings for the summer season of 191 5. A pro- 

 gramme did take shape, however, and it has happily proved 

 possible to carry out practically the whole of it with a fair 

 measure of success. The experiment was tried of holding a 

 special meeting for young people, apart from the ordinary 

 series, and the result was certainly encouraging enough to 

 make further experiments in the same direction worth while. 



The First Field Meeting of the season was held on 

 May 13th, at Dipton, when a party of about twenty members 

 assembled. 



Leaving Corbridge station, we made our way by the foot- 

 path up to High Town, where we were joined by Mr. Randle 

 Cooke, who acted as guide. Owing to the lateness of the 

 spring, botanists missed many flowers that would otherwise 

 have been seen on our leisurely walk through the woods. A 

 halt was made halfway through the wood for lunch, at a spot 

 where we had a magnificent view of the surrounding country 



After a short rest we continued our way and came out on 

 the Slaley road ; following this for a short distance we again 

 turned into the woods. Here the fine larch trees were a 

 striking feature. The course of the Dipton Burn was then 

 followed to the Falcon Crag. After a stiff climb away from 

 the burn we made our way back through the wood, coming 

 out close to where we entered in the morning. Subsequently 

 we were most kindly entertained to tea at Kilbryde by Mrs. 

 Cooke. After tea we inspected the garden, where the surprise 

 of the day awaited us in the wonderful collection of rock 

 plants. After spending some time in admiring these we had 

 to make our way to the station and so home. 



