516 president's address. 



exhaust the simplest subject; and you will discover that the 

 more you learn, the less you will find that you really know, 



" What is discovered only serves to show, 

 How little's known, to what is yet to know. 



Why, sir, it would take a man his lifetime to write the history 

 of a spider." 



We wandered on, on the charming walk towards Bywell, till 

 we reached a point in the road, about three-quarters of a mile 

 west of Ovingham, commanding a view of Eltringham and Cherry- 

 burn ; here he paused, and turning a quid of tobacco (which was 

 lodged inside his lower lip) with his tongue, he stepped nimbly 

 on to the southern bank of the lane, and pointed with his stick 

 over the hedge to the south towards the place of his birth. A 

 dense cloud of smoke from the coke ovens came, rolling down 

 the valley at that moment and concealed the view. A sad excla- 

 mation — half groan, half sigh — burst from the old man, and 

 with a melancholy ejaculation of "Poor Tyneside!" our com- 

 panion disappeared from among us, and we went on our way. 

 Pursuing the charming river-side walk we soon reached Bywell. 

 Mr. G. Fenwick, of the hall, had kindly thrown open his beau- 

 tiful lawn garden to our inspection; after enjoying which, we 

 adjourned to Mr. Trotter's inn for tea, and reached home in the 

 evening. 



July 27. — Woodburn. — Leaving Newcastle at H'35, a party 

 of sixty, including several ladies, reached Keedsmouth about 1-30, 

 where they separated into two, one part walking up the Reed to 

 Woodburn; the other, over the hills past Sir Wm. Armstrong & 

 Co.'s ironstone mines, to the same point. 



The walk over the hills of some three or four miles was very 

 pleasant, and the weather delicious. 



On the arrival of the party at Keedsmouth, they were met by 

 Mr. Mundle, the intelligent manager of the mines, who accom- 

 panied the hill party during the day. At the mines he explained 

 the Geology of the district, and the mining operations very clearly, 

 aided by a capital section of the strata which he had constructed, 

 comprising a depth of about one hundred and forty fathoms. 



