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Riddell, visited the park and the chapel attached to his house. 
In the garden was seen a fine collection of plants from Japan, 
remarkable for the peculiar and striking beauty of the leaves. 
The Club are indebted to the Rev. Mr. Hall, the chaplain, for 
his courtesy in showing the chapel, and explaining the objects of 
interest which it contains. Dinner was provided at Miss Hind’s, 
when six new members were elected. 
THe Turrp Meerrine was at Hexham, Chollerford, and St. 
Oswald’s, and was held on July 18th. The members assembled 
at Hexham, and thence proceeding along the south bank of the 
Tyne, crossed the river to the north side by the bridge of 
the Border Counties Railway, and followed the line until they 
came to the abutment of the Roman bridge opposite the Chesters. 
In a cutting, through which the railway is carried, were seen 
instructive sections of the glacial drift, and many specimens of 
polished and striated pieces of limestone were observed in the 
clay of which the drift consists, showing unmistakeable evidence 
of their having been set, so to speak, in ice, and subjected whilst 
so embedded to a lengthened course of attrition, which had 
given them almost the polish of glass, and then scored deep lines 
on the polished surface. The abutment of the Roman bridge, 
lately discovered by the discernment of Mr. Coulson of Cor- 
bridge, and laid bare at the expense of Mr. Clayton, affords a 
good specimen of Roman masonry, solid and strong, and having 
many points of resemblance to the best work of our railway 
bridges. There are many curious details connected with this 
abutment, which it would require a very careful examination to 
understand thoroughly, but they may be safely left in the hands 
of Dr. Bruce, who is engaged, I believe, on a paper for the 
Archeologia Aliana on the subject. The members had the 
advantage of Dr Bruce’s presence when they visited this valuable 
relic, and he most courteously and carefully pointed out all its 
remarkable features. On the lowest part of the work occurs, in 
bold relief, a large priapic symbol. After leaving the bridge 
the members walked up the bank of the Tyne to Chollerford, 
and here they divided into two sections, the one went to Chesters 
to inspect the valuable collection of Roman antiquities in the 
