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connection with ancient sheep-cotes and cattle-folds, is visible 

 to the south, in the pasture, below the wooded cliffs . From 

 the top there is an extensive look-out, reaching from the 

 Cheviots and Ras Castle on the west, to the Eglingham hills 

 and lone Dunstanborough on the south ; while the Lammer- 

 moors, Halidon hills, and the rocks near Eyemouth form the 

 northern circuit. Holy Island and the adjacent coast were 

 strongly marked by the sandy belt, girdling, and girdled by, 

 the unruffled sea of a lovely summer day. Bamburgh, the 

 further we had receded from it, had gained in dignity, and 

 reached its due proportion; and might well be called, although 

 ages have flown since Beda applied the epithet, ' the Royal 

 City.' Members scattered themselves about over the face of 

 the pasture, which was diversified by low crags and flat 

 barren rock spaces, and were pretty well remunerated for 

 their diligence. The lichens, Parmelia conspersa and 

 Cladonia cervicornis, were in fine order on the rock patches. 

 There were spots, over which in winter the water oozes, 

 which were dry and burnt up now, and have the peculiarity 

 of a moist and arid-loving flora ; and Sedum villosum and S. 

 acre, two contraries, were there flourishing in juxtaposition. 

 Around this bareness was also a dwarf variety of Bromus 

 racemosus, such as is found on sea-beat rocks far off at the 

 Mull of Galloway. Spergula subulata is nowhere more 

 abundant than here ; Geranium columbinum was gathered, 

 new to this portion of the Flora, and not a common plant ; 

 Mcenchia erecta, Hypericum humifusum, and a pale variety 

 of Air a cristata were also present. There was also a flower- 

 less patch of Spircea Filipendula ; and little bits of turf 

 composed of the common garden chives {Allium Schcenopra- 

 sum) starving in a poor moory soil. The latter in its native 

 state here is most sickly and dwarf; but I saw afterwards an 

 example of it transferred to Mr Boyd's rockery at Ormiston, 

 increased within a couple of months to full garden luxuri- 

 ance. Antennaria dioica occurred farther up, on soil rather 

 disposed to the production of heath. On the previous evening, 



