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dental. Close to Mount Teviot old garden are the remains 

 of an hospital and a grave yard connected with it, which had 

 stood by the side of Watling Street, the direction of which 

 was traced through the Teviot. Besides some tombstones, a 

 number of carved stones were observed, which had formed 

 part of the building, of which nothing more now remains. 



The fourth field meeting was held at Bamburgh on the 

 25th August. The weather was all that could be desired, 

 and the turn out of members was larger than on any former 

 occasion. Upwards of thirty enjoyed the hospitality of Mr 

 and Mrs Darnell, at breakfast in a large tent erected on the 

 glebe in front of the parsonage, after which they proceeded 

 to view the fine old church, the inspection of which occupied 

 profitably a considerable time. The party then went direct 

 to the castle, examining on their way the effects of the action 

 of the basalt or whin-sill of the rock, upon the strata with 

 which it is associated. All the principal points of interest in, 

 and connected with, this truly magnificent fortress, were 

 minutely inspected, from the top of the keep down to the 

 castle well, sunk in the solid rock to the depth of 150 feet. 

 In the splendid library, where many lovingly lingered over 

 the pages of rare old books, and beautifully illuminated mis- 

 sals, a short but very interesting paper by the Rev. E. A. 

 Wilkinson, being historical and chronological notes relating 

 to Bamburgh Castle, was read. After enjoying from vari- 

 ous points of view the extensive and beautiful prospects of 

 land and sea, the company, under the guidance of Mr Tate, 

 walked along the shore to northward, examining in the first 

 place the dunes or hillocks of blown sand, furrowed on the 

 top in some places by the action of the wind, in a manner 

 resembling the ripple marks seen in shallow water, and often 

 found finely preserved in our ancient sandstones. Beyond 

 this, the effects of the action of the water upon the rocks of 

 the carboniferous system, are well seen. Fragments of sand- 

 stone, much hardened, are embedded in the trap, which is 

 in many places much debased by the admixture of detritus 

 from the strata through which it has been erupted. Near 



