peesident's ADDEESS. 



tions of "Wycliffe ; among these an old portrait of John WyclifPe 

 the Eeformer, who lived and died at Lutterworth in the four- 

 teenth century, which portrait was presented by Dr. Zouch, 

 Eector of Wycliffe in 1796, as an heirloom to the Eectory 

 House. The church was next visited, and the brasses noticed — 

 memorials of various later members of the Wycliffe family, 

 which became extinct in the latter part of the sixteenth cen- 

 tury. After enjoying a view of the Tees from Whorlton Bridge, 

 the party drove by way of Thorpe to Greta Bridge. Eokeby 

 Park was next traversed, and all its historical associatii)ns 

 pointed out, till at length the junction of the Greta with the 

 Tees was reached. From this point a quiet walk by the Tees 

 to the Abbey Bridge, 



" Where Tees full many a fathom low 

 Wears with its rage no common foe," 



soon brought the day's excursion and the very enjoyable 

 meeting to a close at Barnard Castle. 



The Sixth and Last Field Meeting of the year was held on 

 Friday, the 13th of October, at Black Hall Eocks and the sea 

 coast to the mouth of Castle Eden Dene. A fine morning 

 brought together about nine or ten members and their friends, 

 who left ^Newcastle at 9.25 via Sunderland. On reaching 

 Hesleden, late Castle Eden Colliery Station, the party alighted, 

 and proceeding along the road enquired their way to Hesleden 

 Dene, intending to proceed by that route to the shore, and so 

 to Black Hall Eocks and Deneholme, It so happened that we 

 were wrongly directed ; and as none of the party had ever 

 visited the locality before, or, if they had, were no wiser than 

 those who advised us as to our way, we found we had travelled 

 in the wrong direction, by a very winding road, and finally 

 came to one of the private entrances to Castle Eden Dene. As 

 time was getting on a council was held, when it was decided 

 not to turn back, but if possible to obtain permission to make 

 our way by the Dene to the shore. Fortunately, a young lady 

 of our party was acquainted with the family who were occupy- 

 ing Castle Eden Cottage close by, and she at once kindly 



