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by the present worthy owner, Major A. H. Browne, by purchase 

 in 1877. This chapel has been taken down, and a large, lofty 

 oak-panelled dining-room erected on its site. This projects to 

 the east, and to the north of this again, lying north and south, 

 the Museum has been erected, from the designs of Mr Stevenson 

 of Berwick, who has imitated the style of the portion of the 

 castle erected in 1676, and very successful he has been in com- 

 bining the new with the old work. 



"The Museum is of two stories, and consists of two large 

 rooms, each about 54 feet long by 24 feet wide. Each room is 

 lighted by six large windows on the east side, and by two at the 

 north end. In these two rooms have been arranged by the late 

 W. Chaffers the many valuable objects which were formerly 

 preserved in the museum attached to Pippbrook House, Dorking, 

 a Gothic building, erected by the late Sir Gilbert Scott for the 

 late Mr William Henry Forman, on whose death, in 1869, the 

 present owner succeeded to the property and its contents. 



"What has been Surrey's loss has been Northumberland's gain. 

 Though out of the beaten track, and therefore rather difficult of 

 access, yet the museum is well worth a special visit. The owner 

 is ever ready with a true Northumbrian welcome, and always 

 glad to act as cicerone to visitors who have taken the trouble to 

 call upon him for the purpose of inspecting the museum." 



Mr Blair's two carefully written articles offer an excellent 

 synopsis of the principal contents of the collection. 



Since the Club's visit, Major Browne has added another 

 treasure to his previous stores of Natural History, by the 

 acquisition of the Selby series of Birds from Twizell House, 

 which it is to be hoped will prove worthy of careful preservation. 

 The last arrivals of the company did not reach Callaly till 

 about 1 p.m. Of those I took the guidance through the museum, 

 the gardens, and the stables, and thence to the Camp on the 

 hill. The fine ferns growing under the shade of the tall trees 

 near the course of the Roman road, are worthy of notice, as 

 affording a rich cover, and being handsome objects in their 

 radiating summer pride. The species was the largest form of 

 Lastrea dilatata. There were here also spreading beds of Circaea 

 lutetiana and Mercurialis perennis, both thriving in the shade, 

 where Bilberry is dying out. Trientalis Europeea enlivened large 

 spaces, and with it Wild Hyacinth {Endymion nutans) contrasted 

 its brilliant colouring. 



