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right, as the path led from the sequestered glade to the 

 confines of the policies and the coast. A handsome growth 

 of Equisetum maximum (Telmateja) edged the burn near its 

 junction with the sea; but no trace of Helminthia echioides, 

 already reported from the grassy banks near its mouth, was 

 discerned. 



The walk along the coast, on which Sea Buckthorn (Hippophae 

 rhamnoides) proved the only shrub attaining any considerable 

 growth, was rendered easy by following the path engineered 

 on the top of the sandstone cliffs, and continued well on to 

 the village of Craster, a distance of nearly three miles. On 

 their way thither, the party viewed at ebb-tide the haven at 

 which in former days, and before the institution of express 

 corridor-trains, it is stated there used to embark for London 

 the members of the household with the family baggage, and a 

 deeply incised cleft to the East of Sea Houses, known in the 

 locality as Rumbling Churn. The beach throughout was void 

 of sand, and consists of a series of shelving rocks in which 

 strata of shale are conspicuous. At the Bathing-house, about 

 midway between Howick Burn and Craster village, time was 

 allowed for lunch, as arrangements for the supply of refresh- 

 ments had been made beforehand; and the reassembling of 

 members was taken advantage of by the President to acknow- 

 ledge the kindness of Lord Grey in throwing open his 

 house and grounds to the Club, and to thank Mr Mansfield 

 for his courtesy and helpfulness during their visit. Resuming 



the walk, a brief pause was made at Cullernose 

 Cullernose Point, a rugged headland of columnar basalt, 

 Point. rising to a height of nearly 120 feet, where 



Mr J. G. Goodchild offered some remarks on 

 its peculiar structure. The promontory is noteworthy for 

 the exhibition of like geological features with those at 

 Etnbleton, which were reported on by him in an instructive 

 paper contributed to the Proceedings in 1903.* The 

 chief feature of interest is the occurrence of the Whin Sill, 

 an eruptive rock formed within the earth's crust, which 

 has forced its way into the enclosing sedimentary rocks, and 

 here exhibits the usual columnar jointing, so strikingly 



* Ber, Nat. Clab, Vol. xix., Pfc. i., pp. 60-67. 



