liumiou of the Marquis Cliolmondelcy, whoso l,all ranks amou" 
the hncst m tl.o county. On the return home from Houghton 
the party were hospitohly entertained at a suhslantial repast by 
t>ir Willoughby Jones ; and, althougii the d.ay was wet, yet the trii, 
was a iJeasant and successful one. Tlie concluding e.ucursion 
was to 'urlnigham; the ilay, as many during the past summer, was 
not conducive to pleimure. It has struck me that, ,« Naturalists 
we have never shown siillicieiit interest in our liroads ; tlioiH, till 
recently, but little known out of our own county, yet, to niy°m’in,l, 
wo have nothing so worthy of e.xplomlioii, whether we regard them 
as remains ol hy.gone estuaries, which are gradually being silted 
up by deposits, they arc all worthy of minute notice, llovcton, as one 
of the few breeding-places of the Black-headed (lull; Ib.uworth, for 
Its Great Crested Grebe and Swallow-tail llutlerilies ; Surliiigham 
01 Ui>U-m cnM„, happily Ji/Hcult of aecess to wholesale 
'p T r''° “"J hreedilig-places 
0 leal, Wild Duck, Snipe, and other water-fowl. In concluding 
this part ol the subject, I fear that but little active scientilic 
work has been accomplished by these excursions; .. a pleasant 
day s outiiig they are most enjoyable, and in that respect, perhaps 
fullil theu- intention. ^ ^ ’ 
to 'ref? “ “'Mition 
kind thought of one of our iiieinbcrs (Miss liarniml) who, on 
may occasions, has e.xhibited rare and intoi-esting plants 
Ihc number of papers contributed this year is not so laree as on 
which will appear in our yearly volume. Our late President and 
for many years our most indefatigable Secretary, to whom the 
ysdioii and welfare of the Norfolk .and Norwich Natuiali W 
Society IS nminly due, has given iis a on u The Extinction 
Species by the indirect .agency of Man.” This will form a Httiire 
companioiyaper to the main subject of his .address delivered 
o you last year. We cannot but feel that man is a destroyr' 
yimal; happily, however, “the evil is wrought by want o°f 
thought, as well as by want of heart.” 
