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and fifty members joined the excursion. From Cliriston Bank 

 Station the party proceeded through Embleton to Dunstanbro'. 



A visit was paid to the church at Embleton, which was exam- 

 ined with much interest. Having been lately restored, it was 

 pleasing to observe the care with which old fragments, disco- 

 vered in the course of restoration, were preserved. Several of 

 these, which are very curious, were inserted in the chancel wall 

 within the vestry, where they are perfectly visible but secure. 

 How many valuable things might have been saved if some such 

 method had been generally adopted. An interesting relic was 

 observed in the vestry, namely, an old altar cloth, now used as 

 a cover for the vestry table. It has a faded needlework border 

 about ten or twelve inches broad, once very rich and beautifully 

 executed, representing the story of the Prodigal Son in compart- 

 ments. There is a peculiarity in this church which strikes the 

 visitor oddly — the axis of the nave is not parallel to that of the 

 tower and chancel, but varies from it several degrees. The 

 tower is handsome. It is separated from the nave by a lofty 

 arch, and is rib-vaulted with stone. 



From Embleton a walk along the sand-hills which skirt the 

 shore brought the party to Dunstanbro'. The remains of the 

 castle, which has been for four centuries a ruin, stand on a 

 mass of basalt, part of the out-flow from the Great Whin Sill, 

 which here forms a group of hummocky hills. That on which 

 the castle stands is broken on the north side into fine cliff's hav- 

 ing a rudely columnar structure, and showing in section its re- 

 lation to the Scar Limestone beds lying below, on which it rests 

 immediately without any ash bed. The centre of eruption is 

 not visible ; but the force with which the erupted matter was 

 injected into the limestone strata is curiously seen in the con- 

 torted form of some of the rocks. The saddle rock to the north 

 of the castle is a remarkable instance. After examining and 

 discussing these phenomena the party proceeded along the shore 

 towards Howick, and through the beautiful grounds of Howick 

 to Longhoughton. 



Some of the members who had proceeded further along the 

 shore to visit the Rumble-kirn, reported having seen a woman 



