BY TIIE KEV. CAIs^ON TEISlKAll. 5 



the party di'ove to Old Lawe, whence Mr. Eowcy conveyed the 

 party across the narrow channel to Holy Island. The huge 

 whinstone dyke forming the south barrier, and perhaps protect- 

 ing the whole Island from destruction, first met the eye, sur- 

 mounted by those venerable piles of red sandstone carved and 

 quaint, and covered with Wallflowers, an exquisite and contem- 

 porary miniature of Durham Cathedral, reproducing both in 

 design and ornamentation the pure Norman style of that unri- 

 valled fane. The Eev. W. F. Keeling kindly acted as guide to 

 the Ecclesiastical antiquities of Lindisfarne. Afterwards some 

 crossed to St. Cuthbert's Isle in search of Sea Lavender {Statice 

 Umonium) just coming into flower, and still lingering among the 

 clefts of the basaltic rocks. 



The Madwort was also seen growing in a garden, transplanted 

 there by an intelligent native from a local habitat on the island. 

 A visit to the old castle, on the fort of which a sixty-eight poun- 

 der had been recently mounted, for show we hope, as the firing 

 of it would be certain destruction to the old building, and a short 

 walk along the coast completed the day's work, and we felt that 

 a week or more would not enable us to see all the rarities of this 

 little islet. Big Danish looking men carried us on their brawny 

 shoxdders into the boats, and deposited us safe on the mainland. 

 "We enjoyed the sight of a brood of young Sheldrakes under the 

 fostering care of a hen, and so tame as to take bread from the 

 hand. Lines of Cormorants skimmed over the Flats, not a com- 

 mon sight now to the south of Fame Islands. After dinner at 

 Eelford some of the members left for Newcastle. The rest drove 

 the next morning to Bamborough, and after spending a few hours 

 in the castle, walked by way of Spindlestone Crags to Belford. 

 On the crags they gathered Allium oleraceum, and the Chives in 

 great abundance, Sedum villosum,- Dianthus deltoides, and SpircEa 

 fiUpendula, in great plenty. The large Ox-eye Daisy was in 

 profusion all along the railway slopes. Mrs. Dunn of the Bell 

 Inn supplied the personal comforts of the party perfectly. Two 

 new members were elected, and a vote of thanks passed to the 

 Rev. W. F. Keeling. 



