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taken from the Gospels, and represent incidents in the life of 

 our Saviour. A fragment of bony structure in the rockery 

 at the Vicarage attracted some attention, doubts being raised 

 as to its being bone at all. I submitted portions to the 

 Professor of Anatomy in Edinburgh University, who stated 

 that, although he could not define the animal, the sub- 

 stance was indubitably bone. It was dug out of a drain, 

 and may have been the remains of an extinct animal. 



The walk was now to Chillingham ; and although mist 

 obscured the higher points of Cheviot, the weather from being 

 wet in the earlier part of the day, improved, and was agreeable 

 to the pedestrian. A short visit was paid to the gardens ; 

 and the collections of ferns and exotics were examined. 

 Primula Japonica, the new introduction from Japan, was 

 in flower ; and I may mention in passing, that Mr. Fortune, 

 who has sent it and many other varieties from China and 

 the east, is a native of Berwickshire, and was educated at the 

 parish school of Edrom. Everything in the hot-houses 

 seemed in excellent health and well cared for. Some of the 

 members inspected the old oak in the pasture. It appears to 

 have been originally two trees, which stood in proximity and 

 coalesced : a portion of the trunk had rotted, but this had 

 recovered itself by being overlaid with a new coating of 

 wood, sent downwards from the branches. It is a monstrous 

 dwarf, consisting almost entirely of stem, which is very 

 rugged. There is another famous tree at the lodge where 

 the entrance is to the Castle. It is an English elm, and is 

 called the " Summer Tree." The Rev. J. Hudson showed the 

 party through the small ancient Church, which contains a 

 fine monument in memory of one of the ancestors of the 

 present Lord Tankerville. The family vault is beneath the 

 monument. As there is a full account of this in Mr. Dick- 

 son's anniversary address, in Vol. iv. of Hist, of Club, pp. 29 

 and 30, it is unnecessary to go again into particulars. The 

 park-keeper now conducted the party into the celebrated 

 deer-park, to get a sight of the wild cattle. The Park at 



