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appropriate one; a ."^lielter from the storm, a hiding place from the 

 wind; literally a i^etreat among the hills (yCil-vryn-um). The 

 station is on the western bank of the north branch of the Tyne, 

 about 130 yards from the river, and about 50 feet above it. 

 After inspecting the hypocausts, of which it presents the finest 

 examples per lineam valli, the party visited the remains of the 

 Roman bridge, which connected the two portions of the wall 

 where it crossed the Tyne, the Roman burial ground, and the 

 extensive collection of Roman altars, statues, inscribed slabs, 

 and pottery in the gardens, and the Roman coins in the mansion. 

 Leaving the ornamental grounds of Chesters, the party ascended 

 the hill on the west by the line of the old Carlisle road, which 

 was made by the soldiery for military purposes in 1745, and not 

 until it was wanted, for the intelligence of the capture of Car- 

 lisle by Prince Charles did not reach Newcastle until fourteen 

 days after the event. The old road was not long in being super- 

 seded by another through Hexham, which, after undergoing 

 many mutations in its route, has been all but superseded by the 

 railway, by which the transit of fourteen days is reduced to 

 thi'ce hours. By the line of the old road, then, the party ascend- 

 ed the hill, either iqwn the foundations of the wall, or in its 

 immediate vicinity; and as they ascended the hill by Walwick, 

 and after reaching Tower Tye, they passed in close proximity a 

 very fine piece of the wall, where the profile is of great height 

 and very perfect, so as distinctly to show the character of the 

 barrier. They soon gained the considerable elevation of 800 feet ; 

 and, on the edge of Tepper Moor, they had a magnificent prospect 

 of the valleys of north and south Tyne, bounded on the north 

 by the Cheviots, on the south by Stanhope Fells and Alston 

 Moor, and on the west by Tynedale Fell. 



Leaving the wall and road, the party struck due north to the 

 Tecket Burn, one of those beautiful streams dear to the angler, 

 and so peculiar to Northumberland, which, with their constant 

 alternation of quiet pool and rushing rapid, render so picturesque 

 the rocky wooded valleys through Avhich they flow. This stream 

 boasts of falls of greater elevation than most of its compeers, 

 and, being fed by the lakes above, its supply of water is unusu- 



