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Appendix C. 



Mr George H. Thompson of Alnwick has very kindly 

 allowed the following reprint to be made from his own 

 collection of letters of Bishop Porc}^ and it will be seen to 

 describe in apt language much of the excursion made by the 

 Club nearly a century and a half later. 



A Letter describing the Ride to Hulne Abbey Jrom 

 Alnwick, in Northumberland. 



Letter to the Rev. Mr. L * * . 



Alnwick, in Northumberland, 

 August 5, 1765. 



Dear Sir, 



At parting- you desired I would sometimes write 

 to you, and describe whatever I saw most curious in the 

 North. In compliance with your request, I shall at present 

 attempt a description of one of the beautiful Rides we have 

 from this Castle ; and shall rather select the following, as 

 it presents views so different from what we have in the 

 South of England, and also as the whole extent of it lies 

 within one of the ancient Parks belonging to this great Barony, 

 called Htjlne or Holne Park. 



In a right line from the great Gate of Alnwick Castle, 

 a wide handsome road leads to a beautiful Gothic Gateway ; 

 which representing, as it were, an outwork from the Castle, 

 is with great propriety ornamented with Battlements and a 

 PortcuUus. 



