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cliaracter of the moorland scenery, and by the numerous and 

 truly remarkable remains of the K-oman wall and stations. Of 

 the general appearance of the wall, an illustration was inserted, 

 in 1838, in the "Pictorial History of England" (vol. i. page 

 50), from a drawing which I furnished ; and since that time, seve- 

 ral excellent delineations of the stations, wall, altars, &c., have 

 appeared in " Hodgson's History of Northumberland."- Still 

 later, two editions of Dr. Bruco's "Account of the Roman Wall" 

 (to be shortly followed, I am happy to say, by a third), have 

 given, in great detail, such clear and beautiful illustrations of 

 the scenerj'', arcliitecture, and antiquities of this great work, as to 

 have familiarised the public witli the chief features which deserve 

 attention in tlie district of the Northumberland Lakes, in the 

 midst of w]dch tlie wall is proudly reared on the summit of 

 basaltic cliffs. About twenty years ago, I made manorial sur- 

 veys of this rcmarka]>le district ; and both then, and on many 

 subsequent occasions, have had opportunities of exar-iining it, 

 and of sketcldng many of the more striking objects. In these 

 visits, I often oijoyed the agreeable and most instructive com- 

 panionship of the Revs. John Hodgson and Anthony Hedley, 

 the latter of whom, for some years, resided in this locality, in the 

 romantic villa of Chesterholme. 



On the 21st of August, 1854, the Sixth Field Meeting took 

 place at Alnwick. I was unable to attend, boing on the very eve 

 of d«'^parture, for a visit to Norway ; I therefore avail myself 

 of the following notice of the Meeting, which appeared in the 

 "Zoologist," f(^r October, 1854, and was, I understand, communi- 

 cated by one of the Members who were present : — 



" Only a small number of Members assemldod at the trysting- 

 place, where they were met by Mr G. Tate, who kindly conducted 

 them over some of tlie many interesting places in Alnwick and 

 its vicinity. The fine old church was first visited ; its peculiarities 

 of architecture and ornament admired. 



"Leaving its hallowed precincts, the party next visited the 

 beautiful dairy grounds of Her Grace the Duchess of Northum- 

 berland j here, as elsewhere throughout the grounds, the many- 

 foliaged forest trees were most prominent objects, many of them 



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