54 Anniversary Address. 



Clark, Rev. Geo. Rooke, Mr. Jerdan, Rev. J. Ayton Wood, 

 Mr. Tate, Dr. Hood, and Mr. Church. 



" The day was very favourable, and discovered every beauty 

 of the scene. The walk was directed, in the first place, to the 

 ' Hermitage/ which one member aptly reminded us might have 

 stood as the model for the description of the Hermitage in the 

 1 Fairy Queen ': 



A little lowly hermitage it was, 



Down in a dale, hard by a forest's side, 



Far from resort of people, that did pas 



In traveil to and froe : a little wyde 



There was an holy chappell edifyde, 



Wherein the hermite duly wont to say 



His holy things each morn and eventyde : 



Thereby a cristall streame did gently play, 



Which from a sacred fountaine welled forth away. 



Book i. canto 1 . 



" After lingering here awhile, the walk was continued along 

 the river-banks to the wear, or trap, made for the capture of the 

 bull-trout in which the Coquet abounds; but no fish were taken. 

 During this walk there were noticed Rubus macrophyllus, Mentha 

 rubra, Carexpendula, Campanula latifolia, and Equisetum hyemale. 

 Retracing their steps the Club next examined the ancient Castle ; 

 and when curiosity was satisfied there, the members, follow- 

 ing the public road to Amble, strolled as far as the Breakwater 

 constructing at the mouth of the Coquet, and to the adjacent 

 quarries. Many plants, that are only to be found in salt-water 

 marshes, were observed, amongst which we may mention Cheno- 

 podium maritimum, Atriplex littoralis, Arenaria marina, Glaux 

 maritima, &c. ; and amongst the rubbish of the quays, Diplotaxis 

 tenuifolia in considerable quantities, and Chenopodium urbicum 

 sparingly. 



" This long and varied ramble prepared the members for a 

 dinner, which was enjoyed in the Club's usual genial and pleasing- 

 manner, and disposed them to listen, with an acquiescent com- 

 placency, to the address of Mr. Broderick, their President. The 

 Rev. Dr. Gilly was unanimously elected to be his successor in 

 the chair. Mr. William Smellie Watson and John Craster, Esq., 

 of Craster-Tower, were admitted members; and the Rev. William 

 Dodd, of Chillingham, and J. R. Forster, Esq., of Tughall-Hall, 

 were named candidates for admission. 



