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represented by Mrs Holme, who allowed them to wander 

 through the rooms at will, and to whom the President 

 offered their cordial acknowledgment of her kind favour, 

 expressing the while the pleasure which their examination 

 of this remarkable collection had given them, in spite of the 

 enforced absence of the hero of the hour. 



It had been intended, if the weather was propitious, to cross 

 the Dye below the house for the purpose of inspecting the 

 site of Runklaw Camp on the farther side, and thereafter to 

 walk back through the Manse garden in which still stand the 

 remains of what appears to have been a jprtified dwelling of 

 earlier times ; but owing to the flooded state of the river, a 

 passage by means of planks was deemed hazardous, and by 

 general consent the project was abandoned. The members 



accordingly retraced their steps along the way 

 Long- they had come, and after reaching the village of 



formacus Longformacus they sauntered through the flower- 

 House, garden and grounds of the mansion-house, taking 



note of the dimensions of the following forest 

 trees: — Abies cephalonica (at 4 ft. from the ground), 6 ft. 4 in. ; 

 and two Sequoia gigantea, 9 ft. 8 in., and 8 ft. 6 in. Silver 

 Fii-s, though making a promising start, do not maintain their 

 vigour here. A typically shapely specimen of Abies magnijica, 

 however, flourishes in the lawn to the South of the mansion, 

 and an American Elm about eighteen years old overhangs the 

 carriage-drive within a few yards of the Lodge. Fine clumps 

 of Incarvillea Delevayi brighten the sward, while Geranium 

 phcettm, Symphytum tuberosum, and Polygonum angusti/olium 

 grow abundantly on the banks of the stream. Vicia orobus was 

 not met with, but Colonel Brown reported it from Dye Cottage, 

 a mile or two further up the river. He likewise mentioned 

 that two nests of Redshanks (Totanus calidris) had been seen 

 in the meadow to the East of the house, as well as a pair of 

 Pied Flycatchers ( Muscicapa atri-capilla) apparently nesting ; 

 and that on 30th November 1892 a female specimen of the 

 Fork-tailed Petrel (Procellaria leuchorroa) had been found dead 

 on Dimples Moor. On r2th January 1895 a Little Auk (female) 

 had been picked up in the garden nursery, and had survived 

 two days. Through the kind courtesy of their host and hostess 

 the members were invited indoois to partake of Lammerrauir 

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