180 Suggestions 
not only the investigation but also the 
protection of indigenous nature. 
In the future, it will be necessary 
to bring together and to organise all 
single efforts in the British Isles, and 
to establish a focus of activity. If 
I am right, the British Association for 
the Advancement of Science would be 
the proper place for this. The ''B. A.'' 
comprehends all branches of natural 
science, and is an authority to the 
whole nation. At every meeting, a 
great many members and delegates 
of natural history societies and field 
clubs of the country are present. It 
would not be necessary to establish 
a new section for this matter ; rather 
the subject would be gone into, now 
and then, in existing sections. Further, 
as there are already committees of geo- 
logical and of botanical photographs, 
so might a committee for the protection 
of natural monuments be instituted, 
