224 Geology of Eglingham District. By James Tait. 



the Look-Out, and part of Bilton. South of the protecting wing 

 of Bilton, and north of the protecting wing of Eatcheugh Crag, 

 we do not tiud it. 



Along the coast another set of conditions tend to make the 

 soil more productive (but this I only mention by the way) ; 

 suflB.ce it to say that there is more of the marine and estuarine 

 element in it ; that it is a mingling of particles carried both 

 from the N. and from the W., and which in many districts are 

 enriched by the disintegration of the Whin Sill. 



The glacial features are strongly seen between Chathill and 

 Belford, especially in the Bradford and Lucker Kaims, and in 

 the rolling mounds on Newham farm. 



The fertility of Bambro'shire is proverbial ; but I may 

 mention one fact which is of great interest in connection with 

 the distribution of soil, as it aflPects the quality of one of the 

 cereals— Barley. One of the largest buyers in the district for 

 the last 20 years informs me that he gets the heaviest from 

 Bambro'shire ; from only two farms can he get good samples at 

 Eothbury market ; but the finest qualities are only to be had 

 from the Wooler district. 



Note on the Spur found in the Peat at Billie Mire, pp. 

 204-6. By Dr Charles Stuart. 



At the Antiquarian Museum, Edinburgh, I compared this Spur with 

 Spurs precisely similar in that collection. Dr Anderson, the Curator, 

 kindly showed me illustrations and descriptions of Ancient Spurs, con- 

 tained in Vol. 13, Archaeological Journal. Among others, there is a 

 description of the monument and etfigies of a Knight of the Cobham 

 Family at Cliffe Pypard Church, in Wiltshire, who is carved in marble, 

 with similar Spurs; and which dates back to the reign of Richard II., who 

 was on the throne at the time of the Treaty of Billie Mire. 



N.B.— In the Paper on "Wild Connemara," on pp. 208,210, 211, for 

 Dabaecia, read Daheocia ; and on p. 208, line 29, for Sassaurea, read 

 Saussurea. Dr Stuart's Erica is described and figured by Dr Mac- 

 farlane, in the Transactions and Proceedings of the Botanical Society 

 of Edinburgh, 1891, pp. 62-64, Vol. xix., Plate I., fig. 3, 4d. 



