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had some of us known the ground ; but we had a cordial com- 

 pany, and those who did not obtain the novelties they looked 

 for, indemnified themselves by "feeding," as it has been 

 quaintly expressed "on prospects and fresh air;" indeed, there 

 was a general disposition to enjoy ourselves in this way. 



On the subsequent day, the President along with Mr. Tate 

 and various other members Avere present at the meeting of 

 the Northumberland and Durham Archaeological and Archi- 

 tectural Society, at Old Bewick, when the Rev. William 

 Greenwell, the President, delivered an address on the ancient 

 inhabitants of Britain, as they are made known to us, from 

 the study of their sepulchral remains. Previous to the arrival 

 of the company, I explored the margin of Harehope burn, 

 near to the Corbie Crag, on Bewick Moor, and noted down 

 the following plants, most of them, however, already recorded 

 by Mr. Langlands : Anagallis tenella, Lycopodium selagi- 

 noides, Trollius Europceus, Equisetum sylvaticum, Corydalis 

 claviculata, Hex Aquifolium, Listera cordata ; and of mosses, 

 Dicranum squarrosum, D. palustre, Physcomitrium Erice- 

 torum, Bryum pseudo-triqetrum, B. caespititium, and Tetra- 

 phis pellucida (in hollows below sandstone rocks). 



The third meeting was held at Melrose on July 30th, 

 when there were present, Mr. James Hardy, President ; Mr. 

 George Tate, Secretary; Sir Walter Elliot, Sir George S. 

 Douglas, Bart., Messrs Alexander Curie, J. C. Langlands, J. 

 E. Friar, C. P. Bosanquet, A. Jerdon, W. B. Boyd, A. 

 Matthewson, Revs. J. P. MacMorland, J. S. Green, M. H. 

 Graham, P. G. MacDouall, George Thompson, Drs. Robert 

 Hood, C. Douglas, James Falla, Alexander Dewar ; and as 

 visitors. Dr. J. G. Smith, Capt. McPherson, Messrs B. Bosan- 

 quet, C. B. Black, Mr. McGill, and Mr. Rooper. 



We find that at Melrose, as Sterne has it, "all the world 

 in yellow, blue, and green runs at the ring of pleasure; " most 

 of the people we meet are dressed ; gay carriages whisk past ; 

 the railway pours out a crowd of new arrivals ; and holiday 

 parties march by to the sound of band-music ; workmen are 

 but sparingly visible except about new buildings, or engaged 

 in the quarries, or far up on the parched hill-sides commencing 



