180 pkesident's addeess. 



Sand-eels, centipede-like worms, etc., but neither on Crabs nor 

 Psanimodus ; whilst the prey of the Gurnet was small Fish, 

 Eels, Dabs, Plaice, etc. Enormous Tape-worms were rooted on 

 the walls of the stomach of every Turbot, in great tufts, the 

 tangled mass almost filling the cavity ; a gruesome sight. The 

 Shell-fish were swallowed entire, and the angular character of 

 the shell fragments showed they were broken by muscular action 

 crushing them against each other. 



After the first trawl a table was rigged up on deck, and full 

 justice was done to Mr. Dent's varied and ample spread, not only 

 by the party, but also by a great flock of gulls, who had evidently 

 heard the call to dinner, and by their scrambles and screams over 

 the fragments added a new attraction. After the third trawl 

 came a welcome invitation to tea, in the Captain's cabin, and 

 soon after we turned homewards, making a splendid run, till, 

 near Blyth, the fog made it necessary to go with caution. 



With a hearty vote of thanks to Mr. Dent, and signs of our 

 gratitude to the crew, we made our way to the station with the 

 hope that other similar expeditions await us in the near future, 

 and with the certainty that no finer day, smoother sea, nor more 

 genial host can ever fall to our lot. 



Fifth Meeting, Monday, September 30th. A fine day. We 

 were nine. Upper Weardale was chosen because it was expected 

 that the new line from Stanhope to Wearhead would then be 

 open, but delays had arisen early in the year, so Stanhope be- 

 came our place of meeting instead of Westgate or St. John's. 



Most of the party arrived on Saturday, and under Mr. Spence's 

 guidance explored the celebrated marble quarries of Frosterley, 

 and wandered over Fatherley Hill and Collier Law. 



Pretty Stanhope Burn afforded charming Sunday walks. On 

 Monday I and others arrived, and we visited Church and Market 

 Cross and Castle, with its grounds ; strolled along Stanhope Burn 

 and Wear, and then on the invitation of the Bishop of Richmond, 

 Dr. PuUiene, drank tea with the ladies of his family on the lawn, 

 after being shown over the llectory, once the home of the cele- 

 brated Bishop Butler. Its pictures and venerable curiosities 



