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youngest and the oldest of those present, as well as several ladies, climbed to 
the extreme top of the tower and enjoyed the fine view for their pains. On the 
return journey, when the other side of the water was followed, an opportunity 
occurred of examining a fine swift, one of many which were flying about. It 
had apparently struck against a telegraph wire immediately before it was caught. 
It is said that these birds find it extremely difficult to rise from the ground, and 
an attempt made by the bird in question to fly from Mr. Webb’s hand was a 
failure. It was only when he threw it high up into the air that it was able once 
more to pursue its accustomed flight. 
FORTHCOMING FIELD RAMBLES. 
Augusts . — Chalfont Road through woods to Chenies ; returning either from 
Chorley Wood or Rickmansworth. Tea at Chenies. Take return tickets to 
Chalfont Road. Baker Street, 2.20; Swiss Cottage, 2.8 ; Finchley Road, 2. 16 
(Metropolitan Railway). Guide, Mr. C. M. Hailes. 
August 13. — Ramble round Oxshott and to Black Pond. Waterloo, 2. 15 
train. Meet at Oxshott at 3 p.m. Take cheap return tickets, is. yd. Tickets 
can be obtained in advance at any of Cook’s or Gaze’s offices. Guide, Mr. 
Matthew Hunt. 
August 20. — Clandon, Newland’s Corner. Take cheap return tickets to 
Clandon, 2s. 3d. Train leaves Waterloo at 2.15; Clapham Junction, 2.27. 
Meet at Clandon Booking Office at 3.30. Tea at Newland’s Corner. Return 
trains leave Clandon 8.26, 9.22. Guide, Mr. A. B. Wilkinson. 
August 27. — Bricket Wood, Aldenham, and Munden. Tea at the Chequers, 
Aldenham. By kind permission of the Hon. A. Holland Hibbert, Selbornians 
will be allowed to visit the gardens and grounds of Munden Park, and also to 
inspect a collection of rare birds, fish, &c., &c. Train leaves Euston 1.45 ; 
Broad Street 1.15; Willesden Junction 1.57. It may be necessary to change at 
Watford for the Bricket Wood line ; enquiries to be made at Euston and 
Willesden. Distance covered, about six miles; return trains 7.8 and 9.14. 
Guide, Mr. Percival Westell, F.R.H.S., M.B.O.U. 
September 3. — Marden Park. Trains from London Bridge (L.B.S.C.R.) 
2.55 ; Victoria 2.30. Take cheap return tickets to Woldingham. Guide Mr. 
Mattliew Hunt. 
Members are requested to verify the times of the trains by comparison with 
the August time-tables. 
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENCE, 
Miss E. C. Swinden. — It is difficult to prove that bees hear, or to fix 
with certainty the position of their hearing organs. It is improbable that such 
intelligent and otherwise highly organised animals, which have the power of 
emitting sound, should be without hearing organs. Mr. Cheshire and many 
other authorities believe such organs to exist in the antenna*. 
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