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Dr. Johnston having left materials towards a second volume 

 for finishing the subject, Mrs. Johnston very kindly stated that 

 the whole of the manuscript was at the disposal of the Club. 

 It was then arranged after some discussion that Mr. Embleton, 

 our Secretary, should examme it, and make a communi- 

 cation upon the matter ; in the mean time, a vote of thanks 

 upon the motion of the President was unanimously given to 

 Mrs. Johnston " for the offer of the manuscript, and to assure 

 her the Club would endeavour to finish what her late lamented 

 husband had so well begun." 



Her son, Lieutenant Patrick Johnston, R.N. was proposed 

 as an Honorary Member, and was unanimously elected, as a 

 compliment to the memory of his late father. Besides him, 

 there were elected at the meetmg, Mr. John Church, jun., 

 Bell's Hill, Mr. Charles Watson, Dunse, Captain George 

 Selby, R.N., Belle Vue, Alnwick, the Rev. Thomas Leishman, 

 Linton, George Hughes, jun., Middleton Hall. It was also 

 arranged that the third volume of the transactions be com- 

 pleted, to include all papers read at, and previous to the last 

 meeting at Alnwick. 



The meetings for the year were fixed as follows : — 

 Chatton, last Thursday in May (28th). 

 Yetholm, last Thursday in June (25th). 

 Coldburnspath, last Thursday in July (30th). 

 Alnmouth, last Thursday in September (24th) . 



After breakfast, and after making their arrangements, the 

 parties separated ; some went to Outchester, but the most of 

 them pursued their way to the Belford Crags, over the top of the 

 Crags, through the Camp, scrambling down the sides of the 

 woody brakes, and wandering about the rugged deans. 



An interesting addition was made to the local flora of 

 Belford, in the beautiful Fern, the AUosorus Orispus or 

 Parsley Fern, which was found in great abundance, in a 

 crag opposite to what is known by the name of the Chapel 

 Crag. For its discovery the Club is indebted to Miss Clark, 

 the daughter of our worthy host — whose attention I hope will 

 be directed to the study of nature and botanical lore, among 

 the crags, the woods, and the fields, of this delightful and 

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