20 Anniversary Address. 



although the dip would without these dislocations have buried 

 them deep in the earth in the space of a few miles. An 

 account of the geology of this coast, by Mr Tate, appeared 

 in our transactions in 1853, in which there is a list of 

 other fossils. In consequence of the tide rising to the base 

 of some of the cliiFs, the party was obliged to leave the 

 beach and to walk along the drive on the top of the banks 

 to Howick burn, visiting in their way a circular encamp- 

 ment on the top of a little hill near its mouth. Descend- 

 ing from this hill into the glen, they followed the " long 

 walk " all the way to the church. In their way, they stop- 

 ped to examine some fine specimens of Pinus nolilis, Abies 

 menzesii and others. The church is beautifully situated on 

 the top of a steep wooded bank, underneath which flows the 

 burn, and through the trees a fine glimpse is got of the 

 Hall and its flower garden. The church has been re- 

 cently restored, or rather remodelled, for its original design 

 (as appearing from a drawing in the vestry,) was as hideous 

 as its present form is beautiful. It contains a richly sculp- 

 tured monument to the late Earl Grey. From the church 

 the party visited the gardens, and partly in conveyances and 

 partly on foot returned to the Blue Bell at Longhoughton. 

 Contrary to expectation no additional members appeared at 

 dinner. 



After dinner Mr Tate read a paper on the manor, vill, and 

 church of Longhoughton, containing very curious extracts from 

 the Register of the church, in which the vicar records very 

 freely the character of his parishioners. It forms not the 

 least amusing of the papers in our transactions. Mr Tate 

 also exhibited a collection of fossils from the rocks which the 

 club had just visited. So closed a day in which the interest 

 of the expedition much more than compensated the inau- 

 spiciousness of the weather. 



As appears from the preceding miinutes, the meeting at 

 Longhoughton was originally appointed to be held in June, 

 being the period of the year best suited for a geological ex- 

 amination of the sea coast; but as the club had, at the request 



