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SELBORNE SOCIETY NOTICES. 
Council Meeting:. — The usual monthly meeling of the Council will be held 
at 20, Hanover Square, W., on Wednesday, August 13, at 5.30 p.m. 
New Members. — K. G. Huntley, Ks<)., Upper Tooting: Donald Mathews, 
Esq., Redilitch ; Miss Elizabeth S. Kite, Nantucket, U.S..A, ; Miss Marie V. 
kussell, Hiiulhead ; .Miss .Alice R. Erancis, Orpington. 
Donations and Subscriptions. — The Council beg to acknowledge the 
following subscriptions over 5s. : — E. G. Huntley, Esq., los. 6d. ; T. J. Barrett, 
Esq., 2IS. 
In the absence of the Librarian the Secretary begs to acknowledge with thank 
a copy of “ With Nature and a Camera,” from J- L. Otter, Esq. 
FIELD CLUB RAMBLES. 
June 21. — Clandon and Newlands Corner. On this occasion Mr. A. B. 
Wilkinson discharged the duties of guide, in itself a guarantee of a ramble fruitful 
in pleasure to those taking part in it, on what proved to be almost the finest day 
of tliis hitherto capricious summer. There was time enough for a peep at New- 
lands’ Church, ensconced in greenery delightful in freshness from recent rains. 
Close by was a dense, towering mass of foliage of trees at one corner of Clandon 
Park. Many halts were called for the discussion of botanical .'pecimens, and so 
agreeably and profitably the afternoon wore on. As the hill was negotiated the 
retrospect was much admired, and on the common was a huge pile of faggots 
meant to be fired on Coronation Day. After tea in the open, on almost the 
highest point of the down, to the accompaniment of bird music, a move was made 
to a view-point by the side of a clump of beeches near the old Pilgrims’ Way. 
Peeping over a range in the foreground was the tower on Leilh Hill : away on the 
right was St. Martha’s Chapel, overlooking Guildford ; while in the valley below 
was disclosed a panorama of beauty such as it would be hard to equal, and iit 
the south perhaps impossible to surpass. Entire freedom from mist or haze also 
helped this visual treat. Larks and other songsters had been heard in plenty, 
and here, though so late in June, two or three nightingales gave fully of their 
vocal riches. The conchologist of the party reported the finding of Helix 
canliana in abundance, one specimen being void of colour and almost white ; also 
Helix pisana. Helix rotundala, and higher up on the chalk Helix virgata and 
Cyctosloma elegans. 
filly 5. — Leith Hill. Did any one feel disposed to call this a walk and not a 
ramble, it would be difficult to disagree with such characterisation, though we 
are sure that there would be on that account no wish to minimise the pleasure 
which the visit to Leith Hill, under the direction of Mr. A. B. Wilkinson, 
afforded. Leaving the train at Ilolmwood, twelve Selbornians breasted the 
rising ground till they reached the picturesque hamlet of Coldharbour, nestling 
under the hill itself. So far the route was in part through a wood, and thus a 
degree of relief was obtained from the direct rays of the sun, but of breeze there 
was little or none. Some mounted to the tower to enjoy the views thence un- 
folded, while some contented themselves with a less ambitious climb. As a 
summer haze lay upon the horizon, definition on the whole was not good ; and 
yet the sombreness that brooded over the moorlands to the west, ridge after 
ridge, was in its way most effective, and reminded one of north country scenes. 
Birds were not much in evidence, and generally speaking the hush of the moult- 
ing season prevailed. In a bush in the valley a thrush’s nest had been found 
with eggs that had been sucked ; also that of a hedge accentor containing five 
eggs, carefully replaced after examination. A blackcap uttered a few' sweet notes, 
and other warblers were faintly heard ; while up on the hill the yellow hammers 
seemed tame and tolerably vocal, and noticeable too were the linnets which 
flitted chatteringly over the furze. Quite a feast of colour was Erica cinerea, as 
it illuminated the slopes, but the ling showed few signs of flowering. Eriea 
tetralix disclosed itself to the careful searcher, and along the road one of the 
hawkweeds, Hypochoeris radicata, seemed plentiful. 
July 12. — The ramble conducted last year to West Drayton and Uxbridge, 
by 5 lr. Wilfred Mark Webb, was so much appreciated that he was asked to 
