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Natural History Society
from Oct 1957
by StPetersYork
Diary of voyage 7 :
Sailed Date Arrived Date
Liverpool 11.1.57 Durban ... ...
• • • 29.1.57 Durban ... ... 5.2.57 Lourenco Marques ... • • • 6.2.57 Lourenco Marques ... 8.2.57 Beira ... ... •• • 10.2.57 Beira 17.2.57 Port Pine ... 3.3.57 Port Pine 11.3.57 Sydney • • • 14.3.57 Sydney 16.3.57 Brisbane • • • 18.3.57 Brisbane 29.3.57 Balboa • • • 18.4.57 Balboa 19.4.57 Curacao • • • 21.4.57 Curacao ... 22.4.57 Dunkirk • • • 4.5.57
Note for the statistically minded :
Time in port Passage time Time on voyage ... Distance (steaming) ... Average speed ... d. h. m. 62 19 27 74 08 13 137 03 40 27,523 miles 15.86 knots
THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY
The first meeting took place on the 4th May—Gosling was elected Secretary with Wroe, Treasurer. Mr. Craine was welcomed to the Society, especially as he proposed to start an Ornithological Section for those who were enthusiastic enough to specialise in the observation of birds. In the past it has always been very evident that the numbers in the Society were too great to indulge in serious watching—at the end of term we had a full report of the activities of the new Section and all those present were impressed by the detailed studies that had been made. We hope to hear more from this Section next term.
The traditional Scavenge started off the term's activities, with the usual excitement and scramble to get the specimens in on time. It was a very close finish—a tie between Kirk and Hermiston and Beresford and Hobson. Books were presented to the winners after a deciding "quiz" had been held—Beresford and Hobson were the winners.
On 18th May, Mr. Craine gave a talk on bird-watching. He confined himself mainly to the sea birds of his native land, the Isle of Man, but gave much information and encouragement to those looking forward to serious watching later in the term.
On 1st June B. G. Way told us more about Cacti and Succulents. He has been looking after the Xerophytic Section of the Plant House for sometime. Members were very impressed by the beauty of the flowers of these strange plants.
A bee-marking demonstration followed on 15th June and members were invited to release marked worker bees from various parts of the 41
