20 presidext's address. 



church the road was again taken, and no furtlier halt was made 

 until Leybum was reached at four o'clock. After enjoying din- 

 ner the party proceeded to the railway station and left Leybum 

 at six, and after a short detention at Xorthallerton reached New- 

 castle at 10.15, delij^hted with the excursion, and to be remem- 

 bered with satisfaction whether for the beauty and the Tariety of 

 the scenery, the exhilarating effect of the pure air, the interest 

 of the archjeological features, or the pleasant friendsliips foimed. 



In accordance with the rules of the Club five Field Meetings 

 have usually been held. However, the Committee decided to 

 hold a sixth, and, as the Club had not "S'isited Marsden for several 

 years, this favouiitc marine locality was selected, and Friday, 

 the Cth of October, was fixed upon. 



The route taken was fi-om the Cleadon Lane Station, visiting 

 by the way the picturesque grounds of the Rev. George Cooper 

 Abbs, Vice President, from thence to Whitburn, and along the 

 coast to the Lizard's Lighthouse, at Lizard Point, and Marsden 

 Grotto. Tlie party were under the guidance of their venerable 

 fellow-member, the Rev. G. C. Abbs, who, in making reference 

 to the years he had known Marsden, reverently reminded all 

 of the ravages of time, how the rocks, shattered by a thousand 

 .storms, had parted, from age to age, leaving vast fragments that 

 stand in every variety of grotesque form and combination, pillars, 

 and tombs, and towers. He also directed their steps to some 

 singularly wild and picturesque spots, and secluded and hence 

 little known cavenis. The majority of those who were present 

 ascend(;d the lighthouse, and were much gratified with the in- 

 spection of the apparatus and ('Icctrifal ni:i( hiiiciv fdi- tlic ro. 

 volution of the light. 



Although the weather for several days had been extremely 

 unsettled, and the morning was anything but propitious, fully 

 forty members and several ladies were present at tea, ample pro- 

 vision and ever}- comfort having been provided by Mr. Hawkes, 

 the enterprising proprietor of the grotto. Mr. George Lyall, of 

 South Shields, exhi))ited a i)hotograph of a grave, with skeleton, 

 found in the buriid giound of the Romans, at the La wo. South 



