38 Anniversary Address. 



July, and as I was engaged in Court, at the Northumberland 

 Assizes, I could not be present, and the Secretary being 

 abroad, I am indebted to Mr. George Tate, of Alnwick, for 

 the following note of what was transacted there. 



There were present, P. J. Selby, Francis Douglas, M.D., 

 David Macbeath, Robert Home, Major Elliott, Patrick Clay, 

 George Tate, Robert Hood, M.D., William Stevenson, 

 William Boyd, Charles Stewart, M.D., and Charles Watson. 



Mr. Tate's record is as follows : — 



" Although Cockburnspath has been repeatedly visited by the 

 Club, there was, notwithstanding, a goodly assemblage of 

 Members at this Meeting, attracted partly, doubtless, by the 

 prospect of pleasant intercourse, but, also by the beauty and 

 picturesqueness of the Deans, and the interesting and instruc- 

 tive geological sections along the coast. After Breakfast the 

 Members separated into two parties, one proceeded to explore 

 Dunglass and Pease Deans. The other party consisting of 

 Mr. Hume, Major Elliott, Mr. Stevenson, Mr. Clay, and Mr. 

 Tate, set off in a long cart, the best conveyance which could 

 be had, to visit Fast Castle and Siccar point, passing by the 

 " Old Tower" and lingering for awhile on the high bridge 

 across the Pease Dean, admiring the beauty of the deep 

 ravine below, they were jolted onward over a rugged road, and 

 for some distance across a dreary upland moor to Dunlaw,, 

 where they left their conveyance, and proceeded on foot to 

 the lonely and sea-beaten ruin of Fast Castle ; which tenant- 

 less and roofless stands on a rugged and elevated mass of 

 Greywacke rock, protruding into the sea, from the loftier 

 precipitous cliffs which form the bold and dangerous coast 

 line. Formerly access to it was obtained by a draw-bridge ; 

 now, however, the chasm is partly filled up and the Castle is 

 reached by a narrow causeway. It possesses a few historical 

 associations, but such is the marvellous charm, which the 

 genius of Scott has thrown around it, that it is viewed with 

 most interest, as the Wolfs Crag of the Bride of Lammer- 

 muir. It is rudely but strongly built of Greywacke from the 

 adjoining cliff", with here and there red sand-stone blocks, 

 which had been brought from near Siccar point. The 



