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on the magnesian limestone, by dozens and scores together, open- 
ing and shutting their brilliant wings in the sunshine. 
Having enjoyed a long ramble as far as Marsden, we returned 
to the refreshment of an excellent dinner at Roca, for so the 
older maps denominate the place. The name might seem a lit- 
tle exotic and romantic, although well bestowed in allusion to 
the rocks and cliffs along the shore. In accordance with the 
taste of the present day, the name has been revised, and as there 
is a railway not far off, it is written Roker, so that it may rhyme 
with poker and stoker. 
We had the gratification of being accompanied this day by a 
learned native of Iceland, Mr. T. G. Repp, late of the Advocates’ 
Library, in Edinburgh, and now of Copenhagen. Mr. Repp has 
been the editor and latin translator of the Lardela Saga, and 
the author of a valuable treatise on Trial by Jury among the 
Scandinavian nations, and other learned works. 
FIFTH FIELD MEETING. 
October 29, 1846, 
The last Field Meeting of the year was held at Tynemouth, 
on Thursday the 29th October. The party breakfasted and 
dined at the Star and Garter Hotel, in that village. After break- 
fast, the party proceeded to Whitley, visited the quarries, in a 
pond in which, Mr. A. Hancock, Mr. Loftus, and others, collected 
specimens of a rare shell, first discovered there by Mr. Alder and 
the Rev. Mr. Mark, and named by the former gentleman Pla- 
norbis levis. They then went to Whitley House, where the 
party had an opportunity of inspecting the very extensive and 
valuable collection of shells belonging to Mr. J. H. Fryer, who, 
thinking that the body as well as the mind should be cared for, 
had provided a very substantial luncheon. After this had been 
done full justice to, the party proceeded northward, but not far, as 
the day was waning, and some of the gentlemen wished to ex- 
amine the indications of the 90 fathoms dike at Cullercoats, and 
