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from the Red-deer, ought not to be left out of consideration. 

 This word is hydd, (pronounced hudth,) the Hart or Red- 

 deer ; from which native species we have the well-known 

 designations of Hartlaw, Hartside, Hindhope, Deer-bush-hill, 

 Darden, &c. To show the honour in which it was held among 

 our British ancestors, I will venture to insert the folloAving 

 beautiful ancient proverbs from Owen Pugh. 



" Addug yr hydd i'r maes mawr :" 



" The longing of the Hart is for the open wild." 



" Nid boneddig ond hydd." 



" Nothing is so noble as the Hart." 



But leaving this word in the background, there does seem 

 to me to be a reasonable presumption that " Cheviot," in the 

 old British tongue, was equivalent to "Snow-fell," or "Snow- 

 fells."— 



Let us resume the Secretary's notes. 



" Heavy and long-continued rains had fallen during the 

 month of July, but fortunately the club enjoyed a rainless 

 and pleasant day, when they met at Ford on the 26th of that 

 month. A large party assembled at breakfast, and partook 

 of the hospitality of the Rev. Thos. Knight, one of the oldest 

 members, who was president of the club in 1839. A good 

 meeting might have been expected, as the district around 

 abounds in objects of interest ; there are the quarries and pits 

 with their fossils, illustrating the lower beds of the mountain 

 limestone, and there are the sections down the Till belonging 

 to the Tuedian group of the carboniferous system ; the Horse 

 Bog yields the Myrica Gale and other plants ; the camps on 

 Broomridge and other hills, and the barrows near to them 

 give memorials of the earlier inhabitants of the district ; there 

 is the inscribed rock at Rowting Linn with its unsolved 

 mystery ; and there are the castles and churches of Ford and 

 Etal, and the battle-field of Flodden so fatal, in 1514, to 

 Scotland. The variety of objects courting examination caused 

 the club to divide itself into two parties. 



One party, led by Mr. Wm. Boyd, took the route to Rowting 

 Linn, where the Osmunda regalis was discovered by the late 



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