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ON THE FRINGE OF THE CLEVELAND HILLS. 



During August Bank Holiday week-end a very representative 

 party of Yorkshire naturalists investigated the western fringe 

 of the Cleveland Hills, in the vicinity of Osmotherley. On 

 account of the number present, the headquarters were fixed 

 at Northallerton, where at the ' Golden Lion ' the landlady did 

 her best to cater for the varied interests of a somewhat unusual 

 party. Waggonettes were requisitioned to convey the members 

 to and from the field of operations ; the weather was perfect, 

 and cider was plentiful, and fairly good. The rambles 



Fhoto] IR. Foiiune, F.Z.S. 



The Chequers Inn. 



through the woods with Messrs. Ingham, Hartshorn, Fortune 

 and Booth, across the moors with Dr. Smith and Messrs. 

 Gibbs and Snelgrove, along the escarpment with Mr. Elgee, 

 and round Mount Grace Priory under the guidance of Messrs. 

 H. E. Wroot and W. N. Cheesman, were experiences which 

 will long be remembered by those who were fortunate enough 

 to be present. The excursion was a revelation to those un- 

 accustomed to naturalists and their ways. The geologists, 

 perhaps, fared the worst, if such a word can be used when all 

 went so well ; but they were handicapped by the absence of 

 their appointed leader, Mr.' J.J. Burton ; by the few exposures 



1908 November i. 



