514 Papers ivritten by Ralph Carr-Ellison, Esq. 



Mr Carr-Ellison' s love of trees has been mentioned. The 

 citizens of Durham will have cause to be grateful for this. One 

 of his latest acts of generosity, only two years ago, was, after he 

 had in vain suggested to the North Eastern Eailway Company 

 that they should plant with trees the hideous slopes from the 

 Station to the North Road, to obtain permission to plant at his 

 own expense. To him we are indebted for the promising young 

 plantation which will soon relieve the monotony of the bank. 



I cannot close these few words of reminiscences of my earliest 

 and best friend without mentioning his unstinted munificence in 

 support of every effort for the welfare of the bodies, minds, and 

 souls of those in any way connected with him. One of the first 

 duties of a landlord he always held, was to see to the proper 

 housing of the labourers ; and in this respect he set an example. 

 He was also unsparing in his eleemosynary gifts, sometimes in a 

 way which might shock the Charity Organization Society. 

 There were few donors in the two counties more liberal to 

 Elementary Education. The Church Schools have lost in him one 

 of their best supporters. In Church building and restoration he 

 was ever zealous and foremost, from the time when, on his 

 arrival at Hedgeley, he started the enlargement of Eglingham 

 Church, to the last day of his life, when he so nobly promoted 

 the efforts for supplying the spiritual necessities of the south 

 bank of the Tyne. 



A genial, learned, rarely-accomplished Christian country gen- 

 tleman of the highest type— such was Ralph Carr-Ellison. 



PAPERS WRITTEN BY RALPH CARR-ELLISON, ESQ. 

 History of the BerwichsMre Naturalists' Club. 



1. On The Flight of the Peregrine Falcon in pursuit of Prey. Vol. 

 ii, pp. 88-98. 



2. Address delivered to the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club at Whit- 

 tingham, Sept. 13th, 1860. Vol. iii. pp. 157-183. 



3. What is the use of the Lark's Long Heel-claw ? Ih. pp. 209-210. 



4. On The Present Participle in the Northumberland Dialect ; and on 

 the Verbal Nouns, or Nouns of Action, terminating with " ing." Ih. pp. 

 356-365. 



5. The Northumbrians between Tyne and Tweed. Vol. iii. pp. 141-142. 



6. How certain Secreted Stores and certain exuded Provisions op 

 Moisture seem to exist, whereby young Gallinaceous Birds are enabled 

 TO sustain life in dry seasons. Ih. pp. 386-388. 



