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on it is of a long horse-shoe shape, almost a complete oval, but 

 the ring is incomplete. There are four cups in the interior, and 

 one at the gap or opening on the outside ; and two other exter- 

 nal opposite the closed end or bend of the arch. Mr Scott in his 

 Guide Book mentions other sculptured stones, but there was not 

 time to search for them. 



We resumed our journey and crossed the old passage for traffic 

 between the lowlands on either side of the hills. On the mar- 

 gins of the subsidiary trackways, which are numerous in the 

 soft places, there were many green " Sparkler " beetles, ( Cicindela 

 campestris) running to and fro, or flying off to avoid capture. 

 Agraphis nutans, Genista anglica, and common milkwort grew 

 among the heather. 



We passed the old deer-park wall of the Fitz Eogers, the old 

 lords of Eothbury, which much resembled in its massiveness the 

 ruinous rampart that environs part of Kidland, and also strong 

 earth-walls on the Scotch side of the Cheviots, still traditionally 

 considered to be deer-park walls. 



We now ascended among burnt heath and bent the steep slope to 

 Spylaw, which is. capped by a sandstone cairn, being like the 

 other cairns the remains of a dilapidated crag, piled together by 

 human labour. In the ascent we had a very distinct view of 

 Thirlmoor with its triple cairns, and Bell's Hill near Blindburn, 

 Cheviot, Hedgehope, Dunmore, Cunion Crags, etc. Sericomyia 

 borealis, a wasp-like black and yellow banded large fly rested on 

 Spylaw. The cairn stands at the height of 1026 feet. The next 

 height and cairn is the Beacon, 1182 feet. Here a caterpillar of 

 the large Fox moth was seen. The Emperor moth frequents 

 these hills also. On the ridge there is a ruinous circle of 

 stones of some size, like, a sheep-ree, its purpose not apparent. 

 Bound the necks of the peaks or cairns above the heather, there 

 is a gorget of tender green bilberry, and this was more apparent 

 on reaching Dove's Crag which is the next on the range. It is 

 more romantic than the others, having more of the native rock 

 left. The rocks have been split in twain and are penetrated by 

 a fissure, in the sides of which there are several cavernous 

 recesses. Lastrea dilataia grew in the chinks, and there was' 

 much Jungermannia. In one of the rocks exposed to the open 

 air I gathered Gijmnomitrium concinnatum, a Cheviot hill species. 

 Dicranum fuscescens was also gathered ; but Andrccea rupestris 

 was not looked for. Gyrophora proloscidea was the rarest lichen, 



