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NATURE NOTES. 
SELBORNE SOCIETY NOTICES. 
New Branch.— The Council hears with pleasure that a new Branch is in 
process of formation for the district of Abinger and Shere, of which Miss L. M. 
Forster is the Hon. Secretary and Treasurer /ro (address West Hackhurst, 
Abinger, Dorking). Miss Forster would be glad to receive any back numbers 
of Nature Notes which members may have to spare, in order to distribute them 
among the school children of the district. 
Field Club Saturday Rambles.— 
August 3. — To meet at Sanderstead Station 3.9 p.m. (Victoria, 2.35 p.m., East 
Croydon, 3 p.m., London Bridge, 2.25 p.m.) Guide, Mr. E. A. Martin. 
August 10. — Rye House to Ware by river bank. Meet at Rye House Station 
3 p.m. (Liverpool Street, 2.15 p.m., Clapton, i p.m.) Return fare to Rye House, 
IS. 6d. Guide, Mr. R. M. Wattson. 
August 17. — To meet at Esher Station at 3 p.m. (Waterloo, 2.27 p.m., 
Surbiton, 2.50 p.m.) Returning from Oxshott Station, 7.31 p.m. 
August 24. — Broxbourne to Wormley Woods. Meet at Broxbourne Station 
2.45 p.m. (Liverpool Street, 2.15 p.m., Clapton, i p.m.) Return fare, is. 6d. 
August 31. — To meet at Effingham Junction (S.W.R.) at 3.6 p.m., thence via 
Ockham Common toWisley Hut Ponds. (Waterloo 2.17 p.m., Clapham Junction, 
2.27 p.m., Richmond, 1.58 p.m.) Fare is. pd. Guide, Mr. Ashdown. 
A suggestion has been made by a correspondent that some idea should be given 
in the Magazine beforehand of the distances of the various rambles. This it would 
not always be an easy matter to do, but as ladies invariably form a fair proportion 
of the ramblers, the average distance may safely be placed at about three and a half 
miles before tea, and about the same distance afterwards. When the arrangements 
are made for 1896, an effort will be made to carry more completely into effect the 
suggestion made. 
Council and Committee Meetings. — The Council will meet on August 
6 and September 3, at 5.30 p.m. ; the Magazine and Leaflet Committee on August 
21 and September 18, at 5.30 p.m. ; the Finance Committee on August 21 and 
.September 18, at 6.30 p.m. 
NEWS FROM THE BRANCHES. 
Barmouth. — Some capital meetings have been held in connection with this 
Branch, at which various papers have been read, amongst them being a most 
interesting one by Mi.ss Hearn (Marianne Farningham) on “The Helpfulness of 
Nature.” The Hon. Sec., Mr. D. Arthur Hughes, M.R.C.S., is preparing an 
account of the doings of this active Branch since its inauguration. 
Pinner. — A meeting was held in Mrs. Kemp’s drawing room on July ll, to 
hear an interesting address on “ A F'irst Year’s Collection of Insects ” from Miss 
Margaret Skilbeck, one of the earliest members of the Pinner Branch. .Mrs. 
Brightwen was good enough to attend and to add a few remarks, in which she 
complimented the young lecturer, and congratulated the Pinner .Society on the 
advance evidently being made in the love and study of nature amongst its youthful 
members. 
