242 Aniiiversary Address. 



Lecidea geographica and polytropa, Lecanora glaucoma, 

 Squamaria saxicola, and Spcerophoron coralloides. 



The members were reunited when the hour for dinner 

 came. A large tent had, by the kindness of Mr. Colville of 

 Yetlington, been erected within the walls of the old Celtic 

 town; and herein the party enjoyed a substantial dinner, 

 which had been brought up from Powburn. 



Large though the party was who assembled in this wild 

 region, yet if the morning had been favourable, a still larger 

 number would have been present. Five or six members at- 

 tempted to reach Linhope from the Scotch side of the Border 

 by crossing the Cheviot ; but after proceeding nearly as far as 

 its summit, they were reluctantly compelled to retrace their 

 steps on account of the boggy ground being impassable by 

 horses. 



After dinner there was exhibited a very perfect small silver 

 cross recently found at Hartside, on the Breamish, bearing on 

 one side the letters Alpha and Omega, and on the other side, 

 the inscription which is by some persons read AGLA, and 

 by others AGCA." 



The object of our meeting at Linhope among the Cheviot 

 hills, was, as the minutes show, mainly archaeological. Whilst 

 the exploration and examination of the old British town of 

 Greaves Ash, was the matter of greatest interest, several 

 other spots were pointed out by our Secretary as throwing 

 light on the early history of the district. The old Roman 

 road and camp near Crawley, — the remains of the ancient 

 town of Ingram, — and several British camps on the hill tops, 

 all excited notice and led to instructive conversation. Opera- 

 tions had been going on for several weeks previous to our 

 visit, in order to clear out the dwellings in the ancient town 

 near Linhope; — for which purpose, workpeople had been 

 employed to remove the rubbish and turf which had accumu- 

 lated over the buildings. Such an undertaking was new to 

 the club ; — as in the department of archaeology, its operations 

 had previously been limited to the receiving of papers report- 

 ing on relics found, and the publishing of these in our trans- 



