president's address. 7 



1. " Notice of the Occurrence of the Bottle-nosed Whale — Hy- 



peroodon Butzkopf, Lacepede — in the bed of the Tyne." 

 By Dr. Embleton. 



2. " Memorandum of Volvox globator found in Prestwick Car." 



By Mr. T. Athey. 



3. "A Tabular Statement and Diagram, Illustrative of the 



Rain-Fall of 1856," were exhibited by Mr. D. Oliver, 

 jun., in reference to a return on rain-fall in the part of 

 our " Transactions" just printed. 



The Fourth Field Meeting was at Chollerford, on the 24th 

 July. The contractors and officials of the Border Counties 

 Railway had kindly offered to convey the party from Hexham 

 along the line (which had not then been opened) to Chollerford, 

 but as there were only four members present, they were 

 deemed too small a party to accept the offered accommodation. 

 At Chollerford they were met by the Rev. Wm. Shields, 

 of Warden, who informed them that Mr. and Mrs. Smith, 

 of Haughton Castle, expected the party to breakfast ; they 

 procured a conveyance to Haughton, where they were most 

 kindly received and hospitably entertained. After being shown 

 over the Castle, which is an interesting edifice, presenting 

 several peculiarities interesting to the antiquary, they were 

 escorted by two of Mr. Smith's sons, whose attentions to the 

 party were most assiduous throughout, to the Tecket Burn, 

 where they met the Rev. J. F. Bigge, engaged in photographing 

 the waterfalls. They were joined by Mr. Maughan, of Hums" 

 haugh, and returned to Chollerford, where they dined. 



The following plants were noticed : — Campanula glomerata^ 

 Hypericum perforatum^ near Wall; Arabis hirsuta, Tecket Water- 

 fall ; Gerat^ium lucidum, Walwick ; Veronica Anagallis, in a ditch 

 near Walwick; Pimpinella magna, by the roadside, near Long 

 Rig. 



Mr. D. Oliver, jun., visited Tecket and neighbourhood a few 

 days before the excursion of the club, when Hieracium Prenan- 

 thoides was noticed near the Falls, and Papaver Argemone, and 

 Lychnis vespertina, near Chollerford. 



