10 Anniversary Address. 



ance of part of the trunk of a fossil tree — many similar speci- 

 mens being found in his old red sandstone quarry at Mor- 

 riston. Its claims however to an organic origin were warmly 

 disputed. Mr Walker of Greenlaw stated that specimens of 

 a like kind were found in a quarry in his parish, and after 

 being submitted to eminent geologists, they 'were deter- 

 mined to be simply concretions. Mr Jerdon laid before the 

 meeting a paper containing a list of the Fungi in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Jedburgh. The president exhibited specimens 

 of flint implements found in ancient cavern quarries in the 

 Sinaitic peninsula, and which he had brought home some 

 months ago. They were of interest as showing the tendency 

 of the human mind to develope itself in the same material 

 forms, in the same stage of civilization, in the most distant 

 countries ; for these weapons though ruder than those found 

 in this district, are of the same shape, but better formed 

 than those found in the drift. A few members, whom the 

 southward trains did not hurry away, lingered awhile in the 

 cool of the evening among the lovely ruins of the abbey ; but 

 they too at last departed, made better, wiser, and happier for 

 this day spent among the beauties of nature, and in the dis- 

 cussion of the ancient history and state of the district. 



At this meeting it was resolved that the next meeting 

 should be held at Warkworth instead of Longhoughton, re- 

 serving Longhoughton for the August meeting, as the British 

 Association is to meet in that month at Newcastle, and will 

 probably visit the Howick coast, a visit in which this club 

 may not inappropriately become their guide.* 



The following gentlemen, proposed at the last meeting, 

 were elected members: — Mr James Cunningham, Cold- 

 stream, and the Rev. Mark Pattison, Rector of Lincoln Col- 

 lege, Oxford. Seventeen candidates for membership were 

 proposed and seconded. 



The next meeting was held at Warkworth, on the 25th 



* It was also resolved that every new member shall, on his admission into 

 the club, pay the subscription of the current year, and that he shall receive one 

 copy of the proceedings of that year. 



