PRESIDENTS ADDRESS. 



the 14th June, when nearly thirty members were present. The 

 heavy rain, which fell during the greater part of the day, rendered 

 any very extensive botanical or other investigation of this most 

 interesting and famous locality impossible. The principal plants 

 observed were the following: — Cochlearia officinalis, Cerastium 

 vulgatum, Vicia sylvatica, Hieracium murorum, H. prenanthoideSy 

 Taxus baccata, Eahenaria viridis, Neottia Nidus-avis, A vena 

 puhescens, Ophioglossum mdgatum, Botrychium Lunaria, and 

 Asplenium Adiantum-nigrum. Mr. Bold obtained examples of 

 the following beetles : — Omaseus Orinomum, on Langley Common, 

 Deliphrum tectum, Megarthrus depressus, Telephorus lituratus, 

 Aplotarsus rufipes, Polydrusus cervinus, Apion suhulatum, &c. 

 Mr. Thomas Belt took also a few Lepidoptera. 



The majority of the party, on their return, followed the down- 

 ward course of the romantic and rugged Allen, and all, drenched 

 to the skin, hungry, and weary, gained, at dinner time, the hospi- 

 table Anchor Inn, at Haydon Bridge; where, I have heard, the 

 wardrobes of both host and hostess were laid under contribution 

 to furnish forth dry clothing, for the weather-beaten Naturalists. 



The following members were elected : — The Revds. R. H. Baxter, 

 M.A., Vicarage, Seaham; T. Finch, B.A., and W. T. Shields, 

 Morpeth j and Messrs. Jos. Leithart, Thomas Belt, G. C. Warden, 

 W. B. Scott, H. Smiles, Newcastle; Mr. Robert Vint, Sunderland; 

 and Mr. A. S. Moffat, Bewick Folly, near Alnwick. 



The Third Field Meeting was at the Northumberland Loughs, 

 on Friday, July 5th. The party, which was rather small, ascended 

 from Bardon Mill, as on a former occasion, to Chesterholm; visited 

 the Roman Station ; the milliarium, still standing, as of yore, by 

 the side of the ancient road, leading eastward from the station ; 

 and the collection of antiquities of the neighbourhood, preserved 

 in the prettily situated residence of the late Rev. Anthony Hedley. 

 They then proceeded onwards, climbing, successively, the minor 

 ridges of outcropping strata, running east and west, till at length 

 they gained the crowning line of basaltic crags, on whose sharp 

 and jagged crest, stand ruinous fragments of the famous Roman 

 Barrier. The northern perpendicular face of the crags, which 

 shows well here and there the columnar form of basalt, forms a 



