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basaltic dike cuts perpendicularly through the strata ; and 

 appears like an artificial wall ; and a great fault, near the 

 village of Howick, has thrown upward the strata on the 

 north side several hundred feet above those on the south 

 side." 



Leaving the coast the members again mounted their car- 

 riages and drove to Howick hall, courteously thrown open to 

 their inspection by earl Grey. The entrance hall contains a 

 striking marble statue of the late earl. They were conducted 

 through the suite of public rooms, examining the family 

 portraits and several fine pictures, and ended with the con- 

 servatory, which is large and filled with choice plants. 



From Howick the party drove back to Longhoughton to 

 the Blue Bell, where thirty-two sat down to an excellent 

 dinner, prepared by the landlord, Mr. Murray. 



After the customary toasts, the secretary made a statement 

 of what had been done in the exploration of Edin's hall or 

 Etin's hold, in Berwickshire, a curious pre-Roman fort, 

 similar to that of Greaves Ash, but resembling also some of 

 the Burghs or Broughs of Scotland ; several intra-mural cells 

 had been cleared — an intra-mural stair-case, apparently lead- 

 ing to upper cells had been discovered — a cannel-coal ring, 

 an amber bead, and a small perforated stone had been found. 

 The expense of the explorations would be defrayed by sub- 

 scriptions, towards which the club gave £5. A report of the 

 results will be given by Mr. D. Milne Home. Mr. Middleton 

 Dand sent for inspection an iron spear head, recently found 

 in the Haddon burn, two feet below the present bed, which, 

 he thought, might be a relic of the skirmish at Haddon rig, 

 on August 25th, 1542, between the earl of Huntly aud sir 

 Robert Bowes. A* pewter cup, with a curious flat handle of 

 open work, was shown by Mr. Bolam, which had been in the 

 possession of a family in the neighbourhood of Wooler for 

 some years. Various speculations were hazarded regarding 

 its origin, some supposing, from a fancied resemblance of 

 certain indistinct figures on the handle to the Somerset arms, 

 that it might belong to the early part of last century, but 



