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fteport of §>z\mnl §*uvmzt (Excursions, 1918. 



Bournemouth As a war-time substitute for the usual long- 

 Pleasure Gardens, distance General Excursion, a walk through 

 June 1st. the Bournemouth Pleasure Gardens was organ- 

 ised by Mr. Claude Lyon. At 3 p.m. about 60 

 members started from the Square, the weather being ideal. Mr. 

 Henry Backhouse, F.R.HS., pointed out and described many 

 of the more interesting trees and shrubs. On reaching the upper 

 part of the chine Mr. G. de Castro, M.R.C.S., read a short 

 account of the formation of the gardens, and distributed copies of 

 a sketch map representing the described area previous to the year 

 1800. He also gave an interesting account of ihe changes in the 

 ownership of the land since the Christchurch Enclosures Acts of 

 1802-5. After an interval for tea Dr. Penrose, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U., 

 gave a short account of the various species of birds frequenting 

 the Gardens, and read a list furnished by Mr. William Reeves, 

 Miss Durrant's head man, who has worked on the Durrani; Estate 

 for 35 years. The list included — owls, jackdaws, jays, green 

 woodpecker, cuckoo, wry-neck, moor-hen, thrushes (two kinds), 

 blackbirds, starlings, robins, various tits, grey, pied and yellow 

 wagtails, ringdoves and herons. 



Honey combe By kind permission of Mrs. Hamilton, of Bos- 

 Chine, combe Place, a visit was paid on Saturday, 

 June 29th. June 29th, to Honeycombe Chine. A party of 

 84 members assembled at Boscombe Pier, and was conducted by 

 Mr. W. Munn Rankin, M.Sc. , B.Sc, to the chine, where he gave 

 a description of the Bournemouth cliffs, the rocks of the chine, and 

 the various beds. At the top of the chine Sir Daniel Morris, 

 K.C.M.G., showed several remains of fossils of Nipadites Par- 

 kinsonii, and one very perfect one which he had himself found, 

 also a specimen of the fruit itself of a species of palm which 

 grows at the mouth of great rivers in the East. The members 

 walked round Mrs. Hamilton's beautiful garden and then dis- 

 persed. As Mrs. Hamilton was unavoidably absent the expres- 

 sion of thanks of the party for her kindness was conveyed to her 

 by the Hon. Secretary. 



Corfe Castle. 



August 8th. A party of 74, conducted by Mr. Harry Pouncy, 



visited Corfe Castle on Thursday, August 8th. The weather was 

 fine. The conductor gave an address on the history of Corfe and 

 its castle, his hearers having seated themselves in the Castle 

 moat. Mr. Pouncy then led the party on a tour of the ruins, and 

 then showed them the chief features of interest in the town. The 

 Rector (the Rev. W. J. de Kilpeck, M.A.) then took them through 

 the Church of St. Edward, King and Martyr, and showed the 

 magnificent Fourteenth Century stone chimney-piece in the house 

 of Mrs. Hibbs, West Street. 



