OF NOETHrMBEELAND AND DUEHAM. 89 



Bole twelve feet. All these are fine trees, but decaying fast. 



—(Mm/ 28, 1873, G. C. Atkinson.) 



Scotch Fie (one of the finest of a good many scattered through 



the High "Wood), about 500 yards W. of Castle. Girth 



at a height of 5 feet, 8 feet 1 inch : spread of branches, 



not great : height, 82 feet. 



A fine tree, but (like all the wood here) suffering from smoke 



and chemicals. — (Ibid.) 



REDHEUGH. 



Ash, 70 or 80 yards S.E. of Hall. Girth at a height of 5 feet, 



12 feet 11 inches : height of tree, say 50 feet. 



Hollow, dying, smoked to death. — (November 4, 1872, G. C. 



Atkinson.) 



RIDLEY HALL. 



Larch. Girth at a height of 5 feet, 9 feet 4 inches : spread of 



branches, 18 yards: height, 90 feet. 



About one hundred and thirty years old. — (Oct. 30, 1872, J. 



Pearson, Bailiff to Mrs. Davidson.) 



Speuce Fie. Girth at a height of 5 feet, 7 feet 3 inches : spread 

 of branches, 8 yards: height, 100 feet. 

 Growing condition. — (Ibid.) 



Silvee Fie. Girth at a height of 5 feet, 8 feet 7 inches : spread 

 of branches, 10 yards: height, 90 feet. 

 Growing condition. — (Ibid.) 



Weymoeth Pine. Girth at a height of 5 feet, 7 feet 10 inches : 

 spread of branches, 8 yards : height, 80 feet. 

 Growing condition. — (Ibid.) 



Ash. Girth at a height of 5 feet, 1 3 feet 8 inches : spread of 

 branches, 19 yards: height, 50 feet. 

 Matured ; hollow inside. — Ibid. 



SALTWELL SIDE, NEAR GATESHEAD. 



Mulbeeey, 20 yards ~W. of House. Girth at a height of 5 feet, 

 6 feet 4 inches : spread of branches, 8 yards : height, 

 about 15 feet. 

 A fine, fairly healthy tree. — (November 19, 1872, G. C. 

 Atkinson.) 



