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kindness of Mr. Daglish, of Rothley Crag, a conveyance was 

 waiting to drive any who preferred that mode of locomotion. 

 The majority of the company, which numbered about a dozen 

 and a half, preferred to walk, and in the hedges by the road- 

 sides some beautiful fruits of the wild rose and barberry were 

 seen and gathered. On the top of the crag, and standing 

 about half a mile back from the road, are the artificial ruins of 

 a castle, said to have been erected by Sir W, C. Blackett in 

 the 1 8th century. Here we were met by Mr. Daglish, of 

 Rothley Crag, and Mr. Perceval, of Longwitton Hall, whose 

 intimate knowledge of the district made the view from that 

 commanding point both interesting and intelligible. The view 

 from the top of the ruins is very extensive, and favoured by 

 fine weather, the Simonside hills were seen standing out clear 

 to the north, while Redesdale, wild and bare, lay in the distant 

 west. In the nearer distance, lying to the south and east, 

 were seen Cambo and Wallington, Longwitton and Nether- 

 witton. From the top of the crag, Mr. Daglish, with the aid 

 of maps and charts, pointed out the principal geological 

 features of the district, which are more fully treated by 

 Professor Lebour in the accompanying paper, which was read 

 during the afternoon. Mr. Daglish, acting as our guide and 

 host, next led us to his own beautifully sheltered residence, 

 which takes its name from Rothley Crag. Here we were 

 welcomed by Mrs. and Miss Daghsh, and hospitably enter- 

 tained to lunch. 



Taking leave of our host and hostess, we proceeded to 

 Rothley Lakes, where Mr. Herbert Coxon has his ideal 

 summer residence. The lakes are evidently artificial ; the 

 one lying furthest to the west being formed by the embank- 

 ment made to permit the Rothbury road to pass across the 

 valley. This is the more romantic of the two, being well 

 sheltered by pine woods on either side ; at the north-eastern 

 corner of which Mr. Coxon's house stands, with its lawn 

 sloping down to the water's edge. To the sheltered waters of 

 this lake many species of wild fowl repair ; ducks of several 

 kinds being especially numerous ; and to Mr. Coxon's kind- 



