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Eshot; Mr. Wm. Lowrey, Barmoor; Rev. W. J. Cooley, Ren- 

 nington ; Rev. Robert Henniker, Charlton ; Rev. Wm. Green- 

 well, Durham. 



Mr. Dand exhibited some v^^ell formed flint arrow heads, 

 which had been found in the land near to Hauxley ; and this 

 led to a conversation on the stone implements and weapons 

 used by primeval races, especially with reference to the imple- 

 ments and weapons, which had been found associated with 

 extinct animals in undisturbed gravel deposits in the valley 

 of the Somme in France. 



The rain fell heavily during the forenoon, and masses of 

 clouds hung about the hills j and at one time it seemed doubt- 

 ful, whether a visit to Greaves Ash, the chief object of the 

 meeting, could be accomplished. Despite however of un- 

 favourable appearances, it was determined to proceed onward, 

 and brakes, gigs, and horses were brought out, to convey the 

 party, as far as practicable, up the rocky valley of the Bream- 

 ish. As they went onward, various objects of interest were 

 noticed. The Roman road, — ' the Devil's Causeway,' — a 

 branch from Watling Street, passes through the garden of the 

 Powburn Inn, and on the hill overlooking it on the east is 

 Crawley Tower, one of the oldest and most interesting of the 

 Border peles, standing nearly in the middle of a well defined 

 Roman camp. The ruined church and churchyard of Bran- 

 don lay a little to the north of our route, being one of three 

 churches in the parish of Eglingham which have fallen into 

 decay and been abandoned. Brandon hill is crested with a 

 Celtic camp, near to which three leaf-shaped bronze swords 

 were recently found. We passed through Ingram and cast a 

 glance at its old church ; but we were more struck with the 

 marks of decay which were impressed on the village itself; 

 for in former times it was a market town, and the base of the 

 market cross still stands on the village green, and the foundations 

 of numbers of ruined houses can be traced on the sides of the 

 road and in the adjoining fields. The registers of the parish 

 help us to estimate the extent of depopulation in recent times. 

 We find that during eight years, from 1683 to 1689, there 



