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day was a survey of the ruins of Finchale Abbey, and to listen to 

 a very elaborate and instructive paper, read to them on the spot, 

 by Mr. Sidney Gibson, in which he entered, with much lucid de- 

 tail, into the legendary history of the founders of the Abbey, and 

 into the evidence of their hospitalities and of the manners of the 

 times, derived from the publications of the Surtees Society. On 

 the motion of Dr. Embleton, the thanks of the meeting were given 

 to Mr. Gibson for his interesting paper; and to Mr. John Storey* 

 jun., for his kindness in furnishing plans and drawings illustrative 

 of the past condition of the Abbey. The only drawback to the 

 success of the day was the uncertain state of the weather, which, 

 after a few delusive gleams about noon, settled down to rain, and 

 prevented our party from enjoying the rare beauty of the scene 

 immediately around the Abbey, and in the Kepier and Franklyn 

 woods, of which the very names are suggestive of antiquarian 

 associations. The botanists observed some interesting plants, 

 viz. : — Geranium sylvaticum, Saxifraga granulata, ^gopodium 

 Podagraria, Lactuca muralis, Veronica montana, and Carex 

 mdpina. 



At the Third Field Meeting, on the 23rd of July, the party 

 consisted of the following gentlemen, viz. : — R. S. Coward, H. 

 Smiles, T. Jefferson, John Thompson, George Thompson, John 

 Coppin, George Oliver, E. I. J. Browell, W. Sawyer, Thomas Walton, 

 J. W. Swinburne, Dr. Barkus, llev. IL F. Woolrych, Bobert 

 Ingham, Bev. Angus Bethune, Captain Collinson, John Storey, 

 John Storey, jun., W. Depledge, Thomas Belt, and Thomas 

 Coates. 



They arrived at Allenheads, about 11, and during breakfast 

 the proposed arrangements of the day were explained by Mr. 

 Sopwith, and, by permission of Mr. Beaumont, every facility was 

 afforded to the members of the society for viewing the mines and 

 mining district in the vicinity of Allenheads. The party was 

 divided into three groups, one of which, twelve in number, entered 

 the lead mines by an adit, or level, in waggons drawn by horses, 

 and, after travelling half a mile, descended to the deeper parts of 

 the mine by means of the hydraulic engine and machinery, lately 

 erected by Messrs. W. G. Armstrong k Co., of Newcastle, and 



