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Ravenglass, I had never seen anything to equal the numbers 

 here. It was with much regret that the hmit of time was 

 announced, and the gulls were left again in their chosen 

 solitude. The ground is the property of the Earl of Tanker- 

 ville. 



Returning to Wooler to change conveyances at the Black 

 Bull Hotel, a start was made for Etal, distant about 8 miles 

 north-west. The road lay through the charming scenery of 

 the valley of the Till. The village is said to be one of the 

 prettiest in the North of England, and boasts, besides, the 

 possession of one of the Border Castles. Built in the middle 

 of the fourteenth century, there is still standing a well-preserved 

 gateway, and the outer walls of the Keep, now crumbling and 

 ivy-covered. It was destroyed for all practical purposes by 

 James IV. of Scotland about the date of the battle of Flodden. 

 The position is a splendid one, on a steep bank overhanging 

 the river. 



We next drove to Ford, a model village attached to the 

 Northumberland castle and estate of the Marquis of Water- 

 ford. The school-house is deserving of a visit to see the 

 frescoes that completely cover the walls. They were painted 

 and given to the School by Louisa, late Marchioness of 

 Waterford, and represent, almost life-size, various Scripture 

 scenes in which children appear. In the visitors' book kept 

 by the Schoolmaster appear among others the signatures of 

 Sir Edwin Landseer, Earl Grey, Dr. Lightfoot, Earl Cowper, 

 Duke of Buccleugh, Dean Stanley, Earl Granville, Lord 

 Armstrong, Prof. Huxley, Sir Charles Trevelyan, Duke of 

 Teck, W. E. Gladstone, Earl of Gainsborough, Earl of 

 Shrewsbury, Richard Doyle, and Charles Beresford. 



The headquarters at Wooler were reached once more in 

 time to catch the 6.20 train back to Newcastle, where we duly 

 arrived after a pleasant excursion. 



The Third Field Meeting was held at Wetheral and 

 Corby on Wednesday, July i8th. We left Newcastle by the 

 S.I 5 train, and arrived at Wetheral a few minutes after lo 



