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The long drive out and home left but little time to investigate 

 the margins of this fine sheet of water, which, as correctly as 

 we could ascertain, fills a hollow, deepened by a steep embank- 

 ment on the south, and is about 500 feet above the sea-level. 



On the return to our conveyances permission was kindly 

 granted by Mr. Frank Snowball for the party to walk through 

 the grounds attached to Hallington Hall, the residence of Miss 

 Trevelyan. A little stream has cut a deep channel for itself 

 through the grounds, and advantage has been taken of the quiet 

 pools and secluded nooks to introduce numerous wild plants, 

 both aquatic and terrestrial. After seeing the wilder spots we 

 were kindly conducted round the gardens. 



The most notable botanical specimens gathered were- some 

 very dark-red-petaled Cowslips. In ore field the majority of 

 the plants were of that colour. 



It was one of those charming Spring days when to be in the 

 open air is itself a delight, but there was added to this the sight 

 and close inspection of a piece of country new to most of us, the 

 excitement of the ride and fresh air, the conversation of friends, 

 as well as the release from the fag of e very-day life. 



After wishing the more fortunate visitors an enjoyable drive 

 to Hallington, we, who had been left to our own resources, 

 walked through the ancient and picturesque town of Corbridge, 

 which occupies a position just south of the Roman "Wall and 

 in the direct line of the "Watling Street. This, one of the most 

 considerable of Northumbrian villages, once possessed, with two 

 others, the privilege of sending members to Parliament, and is 

 supposed to occupy the site of one of the stations created by 

 Agricola. 



We examined the Roman Altar and several of the Incised 

 Stones so familiar to local antiquarians, and next reached the 

 Parish Church of St. Andrew, which stands on the site of the 

 Monastery where the Bishop of Lichfield was consecrated in 

 786. The oldest parts, like the bridge over the Cox Burn, are 

 almost entirely built of Roman stones. The windows in the 

 belfry bear a striking resemblance to those in the towers of By- 

 well, Ovingham, and Monkwearmouth. In the chancel there is 



