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“ The grass has much increased this year, and seems to 
have settled the mud banks, as I have been able to take a 
launch up the creek by Churchills, where I could not go 
before.” 
Fitsworth Point was another place visited in the neighbour¬ 
hood of Corfe Castle. Standing as this does at an elevation of 
50 feet or more above high water, it commands the finest near 
view of the grass in the Harbour. From here the south side of 
Round and Long Island, and the head of the South Deep Channel 
are visible, and on each side bands of Spartina are forming into 
an immense mass, which will shortly become a ” meadow.” 
These bands seem to run in an east and west direction on account 
of some special set of the tides laying down suitable mud banks. 
Geographical Section. 
Chairman and Secretary : George de Castro, M.S.C.S., Eng., kc . 
During the winter session four lectures were delivered in this 
section, all having been offered to the Council by members of our 
own Society, and the}' were well illustrated, either by lantern 
slides, diagrammatic drawings, or interesting specimens of various 
kinds. 
1. —On November 16th, by Mr. C. J. Parmiter, entitled “ Our 
Present Knowledge of the Earth’s Crust,” upon which discussion 
was. invited, and many remarks were made informally. 
2. —On December 12th, by the Rev. W. H. Windle Cooper, 
M.A., entitled “ The Dalmatian Coast Line, Montenegro and 
Corfu.” 
3. —On January 9th, by Miss Florence M. Gardiner, entitled 
The English Lakeland, and its Literary Associations.” 
4. —On March 8th, by Mr. Augustus Barraclough, F.R.G.S., en¬ 
titled “ The Natural Regions of the World in General, and of 
Europe in particular,” following which, in response to an invita¬ 
tion from the lecturer, an interesting discussion took place. 
In addition to these a lecture on ” Australia ” was offered to 
the Section by the Rev. Dr. T. S. Carlyon, but it was considered 
by the Council as being of so wide an interest, that it was selected 
for delivery as one of the “ General Lectures ” in the month of 
February. 
No suggestions were received during the earlier part of the 
summer session for any sectional excursions, but one was 
arranged for the month of August to Hengistbury Head by the 
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