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Reports of the Meetings of the Berwickshire Naturalists' 

 Cluh for 1910. 



ACKLINGTON, FOR BrINKBURN PrIORY AND FeLTON. 



The opening meeting of the year was held at Acklington 

 on Wednesday, 25th May, in fine weather. Members arrived 

 by train and were accommodated in motor-cars, as it was 

 found impossible to overtake the journey otherwise in the 

 time at their disposal. Among those present were : — Rev. 

 Matthew Culley, President ; Rev. J. J. M. L. Aiken, B.D., 

 Secretary ; Mrs Anderson, and Miss Anderson, The Thirlings ; 

 Miss Baillie, Melrose ; Mrs Bertalot, Ayton ; Mr Wm. B. Boyd, 

 Faldonside ; Mr J. Cairns, Alnwick ; Rev. C. B. Carr, Mrs 

 Carr, and Miss Carr, Longfranilington ; Mr D. D. Dixon, 

 Rothbury ; Mr William Dunn, Redden ; Mrs Erskine, Melrose ; 

 Rev. James Fairbrother, Warkworth; Dr Fenwick, Longfram- 

 lington Hall ; Rev. H. H. James, Amble ; Misses Milne Home, 

 Paxton ; Mr Benjamin Morton, Sunderland ; Mr F. McAninly, 

 Coupland Castle ; Mr Howard Pease, and Mrs Pease, Otterburn ; 

 Miss Jessie Prentice, Swinton ; Mr Henry Rutherfurd, Fair- 

 nington; Mr A. P. Scott, Amble; Mr T. B. Short, Berwick; 

 Miss Simpson, Coldingham ; Mr Jas. A. Somervail, and Miss 

 Somervail, Hoselaw ; Mr J. Veitch, Jedburgh ; and Mr H. G. 

 Wilkin, Alnwick. Apologies for absence were intimated from 

 Captain Norman, R.N., and Mr J. C. Hodgson, Alnwick. 



On the arrival of the train from the North (10-50 a.m.), 

 a start was made along the right bank of the Coquet by way 

 of Thirston and Weldon Bridge, a somewhat angular route 



