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fall of Heathpool Lynn ; some examined the church at 

 Kirknewton, which though modern, contains some remains 

 of antiquity, notably some tombstones and a very singular 

 piece of sculpture ; and in the afternoon the bulk of the 

 company did me the honour to visit my old house, explore 

 its antiquities, and partake of luncheon. We were also 

 honoured by the presence of our High Sheriff for the year, 

 Mr Carr- Ellison. As to the Jedburgh Meeting in July, I 

 must again refer you to Mr Hardy. Fortunately the day 

 was fine, and here one may remark that the Club have been 

 extremely fortunate in their days, as this has been an 

 exceptionally wet, cold, unsummerlike and disagreeable 

 season ; yet never have the Club Field Meetings fallen on an 

 unenjoyable day. The next Meeting and the principal one 

 of the season was at Holy Island on August 31st, and was 

 a joint meeting with the Newcastle Society of Antiquaries 

 and the Durham Archaeological Society. The principal 

 object was to inspect some extensive excavations recently 

 made in the ruins of the Priory by Sir William Crossman, 

 which were very interesting. The gathering was a large 

 one, and the day beautifully fine. Sir Wm. Crossman 

 entertained a large party of the visitors at luncheon, and 

 Canon Greenwell and Mr Hodges lectured — the former on 

 the founding of the Christian church at Lindisfarne ; the 

 latter, at great length, on the architecture of the old Priory. 

 The Meeting at Canonbie must have been a delightful one — 

 such a lovely country and such clsssic ground in Scottish 

 history ! I sincerely thank the Rev. Dr Snodgrass, minister 

 of Canonbie, for his kind endeavours to make all easy for 

 me if I were there, but alas ! Canonbie is far from North 

 Northumberland, and had I gone I should not have been 

 back in time for two meetings, one of them rather important, 

 which it was my duty to attend on the following day. So 

 again I must refer to Mr Hardy, who attends all our meet- 

 ings in the most indefatigable way. 



Of late years some very learned addresses have been given 

 by retiring Presidents. This example I shall not attempt 

 to follow, being noways learned in Natural History. But 



