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pically it was suggested that it was the pollen of the Scotch pine, 

 that had got wafted abroad by the> gusts of wind, that usually 

 attend thunder blasts, and became intermingled with the suc- 

 ceeding rain. Dr Leishman gave an account of a cist found near 

 Moss-Tower, Eckford; and Mr Gr. H. Thompson made some 

 remarks on a causewayed road on Alnwick Moor among the 

 Allotments ; and handed in a drawing of a brass pot, patched on 

 the side, which he had got. It was a short three-legged pot, 

 of the Kail-pot type, one of the legs, or rather feet, being frac- 

 tured. In a recent thunderstorm the lightning had struck the 

 Lilburn Tower at Dunstanborough, and killed several sheep, 

 while one of the Club members was sheltering himself under the 

 archway. Mr Muirhead exhibited some fine flowers, especially 

 Irises, Lychnis viscaria double, and Aquilegias. Drawings and 

 photos of antiquities by Mr J. T. Dixon and others were handed 

 round ; and Mr D. D. Dixon, laid on the table a notice of Wood- 

 house Pele, Coquetdale, with a beautiful pen and ink drawing 

 by his brother. 



SUPPLEMENT. 



Taking advantage of being on the ground, I made a slight 

 survey of the outskirts of Eothbury on the evening preceding 

 the meeting, and on the day after, during a walk across the 

 Simonside range to examine the camps and other remains so 

 abundant on the adjoining moors, which may serve in some 

 measure to enlarge the Club's stock of observations. 



In the first walk I was accompanied by my friend Mr D. D. 

 Dixon, and Mr Loney subsequently joined us to our material 

 benefit. A sharp look out was kept on birds and plants. We 

 went by the Pennystane Quarry past Old Eothbury Camp. 

 Pennystanes were trimmed flat stones used as quoits, before iron 

 quoits were frequent. The old Scots poet Barbour, writes of a 

 "pennystane cast." From small circular sandstone discs picked 

 up in Scotland, it appears that the original pennystones were 

 less in size and much thinner than those employed latterly. We 

 did not look at " Old Eothbury," nor at the supposed remains 

 of hut-circles in the "Beggars' Eig." Many Whin- chats ; 

 several Wheat-ears, and Grey-linnets were flitting about; the 

 young birds becoming fledged. Corn Buntings were perched on 

 the walls and rose at our approach. There were Bramble-bushes 

 in the ditch at the road side below Addycombe. How much 



