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Descending the hill, the Ring or Ringlets camp — a well 

 marked site — was examined, and thence the party proceeded 

 to Harehope, where a quantity of curious iron scoriae is to 

 be seen, covering an entire hill side. A small number of the 

 members preferred to search the Eglingham woods for plants, 

 and were met again at the chapel at Old Bewick. 



From Harehope the walk was directed up the Eglingham 

 burn to the Corbie Crag — a wild and barren spot, in which 

 the sides of the hills and the course of the burn are strewn 

 with immense blocks of freestones. Mr Langlands mentioned 

 that a pair of ravens had, until lately, bred annually in these 

 crags, but had been scared away by a relentless gamekeeper. 



Ascending thence. Old Bewick hill was reached, passing 

 in the way several large blocks of stone, on which are 

 inscribed the mysterious circular markings, about which so 

 little is yet known, and which were duly inspected by the 

 club. On the top of the hill, the large and perfect British 

 camp was examined with interest, and the party then 

 descended to Old Bewick chapel, a small but interesting- 

 relic of Norman architecture, possessing an " Apse " or 

 peculiarly holy spot to the east of the chancel. 



The members now converged to the school-room, at Old 

 Bewick, where dinner was provided — not the least interesting 

 of the day's proceedings. After dinner, botanical memoranda 

 from Dr. Tate were read ; and a notice from Mr. Hardy, of 

 the occurrence of Acmcea testudinalis at Greenhaugh point ; 

 and Mr. Langlands favoured the club with an interesting 

 paper on the History and Natural History of Old Bewick. 



Nothing new was observed at this meeting, save that Mr. 

 Wm. Boyd, Hetton Hall, supposed that he had discovered a 

 rare plant — Erinus alpinus — growing on the walls of the old 

 chapel, but this hope was, ere long, dashed to the ground, 

 by the ascertainment of the fact that the seed of the plant 

 had been sown by the Misses Langlands, and consequently 

 that it was not indigenous. In the woods on Beanley hill 

 several large patches of Vaccinium Vitis-idcea — not a very 

 common plant — were observed, and the beautiful Trientalis 



