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Holy Island. 



Holy Island was visited on Friday, July 6th, by members 

 of the Architectural and Archseological Society of Durham 

 and Northumberland, and by members of the Berwickshire 

 Naturalists' Club. 



The latter Society was represented by Colonel Milne Home, 

 Organising Secretary ; Mr G-. G. Butler, Secretary, and Mrs 

 Butler ; Mr Geo. Bolam, Treasurer ; Eev. John Burleigh, Capt. 

 Forbes, E.N., Miss Forbes, Mr Arthur Giles, Sir A. Buchan 

 Hepburn, Eev. A. Jones (Stannington), Eev. Dr Thomas 

 Leishman, Eev. H. M. Lamont, Miss A. M. Milne Home, Mr 

 W. Maddan, Eev. Thos. Marjoribanks, Miss Marshall, Major 

 Macpherson, Mr W. B. Swan (Dans), Mr David G. Simpson, 

 Mr and Mrs James A. Somervail, Mr E. Willoby, Mr Joseph 

 Wilson, and others. The Architectural and Archseological 

 Society's members present included the Eev. Canon Greenwell, 

 Durham, President; Mr Hodgson, Alnwick; Mr T. Tate, 

 Alnwick ; Eev. L. J. Wilkinson ; and many others. 



At half-past nine the Berwickshire contingent left Berwick 

 Eailway Station in a brake, which conveyed them to Berwick 

 Quay, where they got on board the "Osprey," placed at the 

 disposal of the Club for the day by the Tweed Commissioners. 

 The party, after a pleasant journey, reached their destination 

 shortly before mid-day. The members of the Architectural 

 and Archseological Society travelled to Beal by train, arriving 

 there at eleven o'clock, a saloon and other carriages having 

 been provided by the North-Eastern Eailway Company. 

 The distance intervening between the station and the island 

 was traversed in brakes, so far as the majority of the company 

 was concerned. Others who walked found a somewhat 

 interesting experience in negotiating the long stretch of sand 

 which lies between the mainland and the island. The tide 

 had not entirely withdrawn, and shoes and stockings had 

 necessarily to be taken off. Without mishap, however, 

 and not without some pleasure, the day's rendezvous was 

 reached, and the programme arranged was at once proceeded 

 with. The weather, in the meantime, had occasioned 

 anxiety. The early sunshine had given place to an overcast 

 sky, and some rain had fallen. 



