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Again, the words were considered a charm against thieves. 

 But see a full account of these Coins in Ruding's Annals. 



Gold Coins were first issued in 1343.— (Pat. 18 Ed. III. 

 pt. 1, m. 27.) 



Mr. George Tate communicated to the Members shortly, 

 an outline of a Geological tour, he had made in this district, 

 which it is hoped will be the subject of a paper to be read at 

 a future meeting, and printed in our transactions. 



He also described a tour he had lately made along the line 

 of the Roman Wall, from the Cumberland Border to Wallsend, 

 with peculiar reference to the Geology of the country through 

 which the Wall passed. In many places it is still strongly 

 marked, in one part he counted thirteen courses of masonry- 



The whole plan from end to end consists of an outer deep 

 ditch, on the north side of the wall, then the wall itself, and 

 then two inner walls, with towers at intervals. Even where 

 the wall passes through the whinstone, or up and down the 

 steepest hills, still this plan is never varied, the hard rock is 

 quarried out for the ditch, and the great stones so taken out 

 are lying to this day at the base of the hills. So very labo- 

 rious a work shows the perseverance and determination of the 

 Roman soldiers, to erect such a formidable -out-work as would 

 protect their conquests against those northern barbarians, the 

 Picts and Scots of that early age. 



The Secretary remarks, " In the walk taken by the Club, 

 the only plant new to the locality was the Convallaria multi- 

 flora, a plant frequently observed near cultivated grounds, 

 and hence generally set down as a wanderer. The plant, 

 however, was quite as wild as in any of the localities where I 

 have seen it growing. Habenaria clorantha, Gymnadenia 

 conopsea, Arenaria rubra, and several other well known 

 species were found in profusion. I had the day previous 

 found in Learmouth Bog, Lastrea cristata, a Fern new to our 

 district. Very few insects were observed Elaphrus cupreus 

 was taken by the side of Hoseley Loch and two specimens of 

 Necrophorits ruspator were taken from the body of a mole." 



The last meeting, of which I have to record the transactions, 

 was held at Cockburnspath, in Berwickshire, on the 30th of 



