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Parker, Dr. Clarke, Mr. Clay, Mr. Embleton, Dr. Johnston, 

 Mr. Home, Mr. G. R. Tate, Rev. J. Dixon Clark, Rev. M. 

 Burrell, Rev. William Darnell, Mr. Craster, and the Rev. Mr. 



Rigge. 



"The Club breakfasted with Mr. Embleton. After breakfast 

 the Members visited the church, which has been recently enlarged 

 and improved, so as to make it worthy of the sacred purpose to 

 which it is devoted. Before starting on their walk, the President 

 exhibited a series of fossil vegetable remains in sandstone, from 

 the quarry near Swinton, in Berwickshire, which he seemed in- 

 clined to believe were fucoids. It was agreed that Mr. Tate 

 should procure figures of the more marked specimens, and draw 

 up a report for the Proceedings. Mr. Selby showed some leaves 

 which were branched and divided like an elegant fern, and had 

 the colour and texture of a purple Jungermannia. These were 

 leaves of Cardamine hirsuta, modified by growing on wet stones 

 in a burn, and probably in shade, and were not readily to be 

 identified. The walk was directed to Beadnel. During it there 

 were observed, a white variety of Bartsia Odontites in abundance, 

 the flowers of some specimens very delicately tinted with rose- 

 colour about the aperture; Hyoscyamus niger, which grew in 

 many places on the line above the shore; the banks were 

 covered with Geranium sanguineum ; and, on spots, the Parnassia 

 and Gentiana amarella abounded. A Chenopodium, presumed to 

 be C. rubrum, was picked up in one locality, and one only ; and 

 this had been the site of a dunghill. As we walked across -the 

 sands of Beadnel Bay, many delicate alga were seen in abun- 

 dance, but all of them common species, with the exception of 

 three. The most remarkable of these was Desmarestia ligulata, 

 which has not been met with on the coasts of N. Durham or of 

 Berwickshire. Two specimens of the very rare Sphcerococcus 

 cristatus were picked up ; and numerous specimens of the beau- 

 tiful Dasya coccinea. 



" The party were interested in watching the blowings of several 

 whales in the offing, which were there waiting upon the shoals 

 of herrings ; and on the shore the Limpet arrested us for a time, 

 for here the animals had excavated for themselves holes in the 

 rock, varying in depth from one-eighth to a quarter of an inch, 

 in which they rested secure and irremoveable by any storm that 

 could roll over them. How the Limpet makes the excavation, 



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