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of the stones witli the curious circular sculptures, which were 

 figured some years ago by the late Mr. George Tate of Alnwick, 

 were found, but exposure to the weather is rapidly deteriorating 

 and obliterating them, and, in the case of some at least, it would 

 be hard, if they were now being viewed for the first time, to affirm 

 that they were really the work of men's hands and not of Xature. 

 A swift descent, through fir trees, fox glove, and bracken, soon 

 brought the party to the little chapel, restored by Mr. Lan glands, 

 and which well repaid inspection. Near the monument, erected 

 at the junction of the road leading from the chapel with the main 

 road fi'om Alnwick to Wooler, the party rejoined their convey- 

 ances, and were soon at Hepburn Farm, where Mr. McKie was 

 in waiting for them, and escorted them through the Park to view 

 the celebrated wild cattle of Chillingham. Unfortunately a near 

 inspection could not on this occasion be obtained ; but this need 

 not be so greatly regretted as it otherwise might be, as the Club 

 possesses an excellent account of the distinctive features of this 

 interesting breed, in the sixth volume of the first series of its 

 Transactions, in the valuable Catalogue of the Mammalia of 

 Jforthumbcrland and Durham, by Messrs. Mennell and Perkins. 

 A visit was paid to the old Peel House in the south-east corner 

 of the Park, and to the village of Chillingham, whence the mem- 

 bers drove without further break to 'W'ooler, to the Black Bull 

 Inn, where an excellent dinner awaited them, and where a plea- 

 sant evening was afterwards spent, in sauntering in groups around 

 the tillage, admiiing the beautiful sunset, the darting flight of 

 the Swifts, and the quaint circling of the Bats. 



The following day, Friday, July 27th, tlie brakes were in rea- 

 diness by nine a.m. Tlie drive was by Humildon, Akeld, Yever- 

 ing, and Kirk-Newton, to the College Bum, which the party 

 ascended on foot, under the guidance of Mr. M. T. Culley of Coup- 

 land Castle, our fellow member. Hen Hole was the first spot of 

 special interest visited, a deep fissure in tlie west end of Great 

 Cheviot, retaining its origiiiid Keltic denomination, for Hen Hole 

 is evidently Hen liollt, " Old deft" (like Hen knowle near Hex- 

 ham, and again near Bishop Auckland, " Old hillock," and Hen 

 Gap, near Chollcrford, ''Old crown.*') The steep sides of the 



