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designed by Mr Pugin Powell, architect, Liverpool. It bears 

 an inscription, commemorative of its erection, by Alice Mary 

 Rea, his wife, daughter of George Bramwell, Esq., and a 

 grand-daughter of Rev. Francis Hungerford Dawbeney. The 

 window was solemnly dedicated on June 18th 1904 by the 

 Lord Bishop of Newcastle. At right angles to it, on the 

 South side, is a similar but narrower chamber, believed to 

 be an ancient chantry, but now known as the Burrell vault, 

 in which may be seen the old piscina and a grave-cover 

 of the 12th or 13th century. In the wall behind the reading- 

 desk is fixed a curious piece of sculpture representing the 

 Adoration of the Virgin and Child by the Magi, and said 

 to be a facsimile of one found in the Catacombs. 



Under the direction of the President and Vicar the party 



thereafter entered on the ascent of the Bell, fol- 

 Veavering lowing a path which lies immediately to the South 

 Bell. of the village; but ere experiencing the serious 



work of climbing they divided into two sections, 

 the one to reach the summit and examine the historic remains 

 of forts and hut-circles, the other to search the remains of 

 the forest of natural oak on its Northern slopes, and renew 

 the quest for Pyrola secunda, reported by the Club on a former 

 visit. By far the larger portion, including all the ladies, 

 adopted the former course, and in spite of the difficulties 

 encountered, notably loose stones scattered along their track, 

 and a slippery foothold occasioned by a continuance of dry 

 and sunny weather, succeeded in gaining the top of the hill, 

 whence a fiae panorama unfolded itself, including the greater 

 portion of the Cheviot range with many intermediate peaks 

 to the South and South-west, and what is geologically named 

 the Lake of Ewart, comprising the rich pasture-land of Ewart 

 Park and Coupland Castle to the North, as well as a wide 

 stretch of undulating country culminating in the wooded heights 

 of Chillingham to the East. While resting after their arduous 

 climb, for the hill, though only 1182 feet above sea-level, is 

 remarkably abrupt, the members were favoured with an inter- 

 esting account of its structure, and of the geological features 

 of the surrounding country, by the late Mr J. G. Goodchild, 

 F.G.S., Edinburgh. The hill, which at a distance presents a 

 distinctly conical outline, terminates in a plateau, encircled 



