270 REPORT OF MEETINGS FOR 1905 



BowiCK. 



The Third Meeting of the year was held on Wednesday, 

 26th July, the rendezvous being Little Mill Station, N.E.R., 

 at a quarter-past ten o'clock. Among those present were 

 the following: — Mr Wm. B. Boyd, Faldonside, President; 

 Captain Norman, R.N., Organizing Secretary; Rev. J. J. M. 

 L. Aiken, B.D., Editing Secretary; Mr Jas. Hewat Craw, 

 West Foulden; Mr J. T. Dand, Hauxley; The Hon. and 

 Rev. William Ellis, Bothalhaugh ; Rev. James Fairbrother, 

 Warkworth ; Mr George Fortune, Duns ; Mr Thos. Graham, 

 Alnwick; Mr Gideon J. Gibson, Netherbyres; Mr Arthur Giles, 

 Edinburgh; Mr J. G. Goodchild, F.G.S., Edinburgh; Mr 

 William Maddan, Berwick ; Mr Charles E. Moore, Alnwick ; 

 Mr Henry A. Paynter, Alnwick; Mr W. Mark Pybus, and 

 Mrs Pybus, Warkworth ; Mr T. B. Short, Berwick ; Miss 

 Simpson, Coldingham ; Mr James A. Somervail, Hoselaw ; 

 Mr Alexander Steven, and Mrs Steven, Berwick; Mr Edward 

 Thew, and Mrs Thew, Warkworth ; Mr Frank Thew, London ; 

 Dr Waterson, and the Misses Waterson, Embleton ; and 

 Rev. N. M. Wright, and Mrs Wright, Ancroft Moor. 



The route lay Eastward along the highroad, beautifully 



fringed with umbrageous beeches, to the grounds 

 Howick. of Howick, the seat of Earl Grey, who, before 



leaving home to fill the high office of Governor 

 General of Canada, had granted permission to the Club to 

 visit the beautiful gardens and policies, which an ancestor's 

 skill and taste had done so much to embellish, and had 

 instructed his agent, Mr J. H. Mansfield, to afford every facility 

 for viewing their treasures. The Mansion-house, which is of 

 classical design, consists of a central block fianked by two 



