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these sculptures, he may be regarded as their discoverer. 

 After these mysterious figures had become, as it were, 

 fashionable and the subject of general interest, many 

 students were drawn to visit them, and these pilgrims 

 cannot but recollect the zeal and interest exhibited by Mr. 

 Langlands, who was the unfailing guide on these occasions. 



The Norman Chapel had roused his interest at an early 

 time, and its restoration was the cherished vision of many 

 years. In 1857, he communicated to the Society a minute 

 architectural report on the ruins, which had been prepared 

 for him by Mr. Hardwick, of London, and which was 

 illustrated by historical references from the stores of Dr. 

 James Raine, of Durham. Years before this time, Mr. 

 Langlands had begun to collect subscriptions from sym- 

 pathising friends towards a restoration fund, and he was 

 himself a large contributor to it. When, therefore, the way 

 was at last opened for the realization of his hopes, through 

 the cordial and energetic co-operation of the Venerable 

 George Hans Hamilton, vicar of Eglingham and Archdeacon 

 of Lindisfarne, no time was lost in commencing the work, 

 and at the time when the visit of the Club occurred, Mr. 

 Langlands thus wrote of the Chapel : " A second restoration 

 has now been commenced, and will be conducted under the 

 directions of Mr. P. C. Hardwick, after a careful study of the 

 original, and every stone replaced that still remains on the 

 ground. The pure archaeologist may perhaps be disposed 

 to sigh over the loss of a picturesque ruin ; but those who 

 have witnessed the ravages which time and wanton destruc- 

 tion have recently made, will rejoice that this choice relic 

 of Norman Christianity is to be rescued from becoming an 

 unsightly heap of stones, and once more dedicated to God's 

 service." This consummation was happily effected in Sep- 

 tember, 1867, when divine service was first celebrated in 

 the restored Chapel, as it has been continued to be per- 

 formed since that time, by the clergy of Eglingham. 



Perhaps no event in the life of Mr. Langlands gave him 

 a more real satisfaction than the sight of this finished work, 

 which in its progress he had watched with untiring care 

 from day to day. He had buried his wife near the walls of 

 the old Chapel, as if to add another pledge to the motives 

 which made him yearn to restore the waste places; and 

 when he himself was laid to rest beside the hallowed grave, 

 the shadow which fell on them both was the completed 

 outline of his favourite shrine. 



