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Haydon Bridge, and dined at the Anchor Inn. Five new mem- 

 bers were elected. 



Notwithstanding the giTat inclemency of the weather on the 

 previous day, the fifth was all that could be desired for the excur- 

 sion, with which all were delighted. 



The following Butterflies were noticed duiing the walk : the 

 Painted Lady, the Small Tortoiseshell, the Meadow Brown, the 

 Red Admiral, and the Small Heath; and the undermentioned 

 plants were seen : Helianthemuvivulgare, Viola tricolor, Epihhium 

 an(/tist (folium, Solidago virgaurea, Calluna vulgaris. Erica cinerea, 

 and E. tetralix, Gentiana campe&tris, Thymus Serpyllum, Poly po- 

 dium vulgare, P. dryopteris, Allosorus crispus, Aspidium aculeatum, 

 A. Jilix-mas, Asplenium Trichomanes, A. Adiantum-nigrum, A. 

 Ruta-mtiraria, and Cystopteris fragilis. 



Of Birds were observed a few Curlews, Bald Coots, Black- 

 headed Gulls, Chimney Swallows, Wheatears, "Whin Chats, and 

 Kestrels. 



The members retunied from Haydon Bridge by the 7-54 train. 



On Friday, the 23rd of Augiist, the Finn Field Meeting was 

 held at Prudhoe, Ovingham, and Whittle Dene, and proved to 

 be a most enjoyable one in very fine weather. 



A party of seventy ladies and gentlemen, several of whom 

 came from Sunderland and Shields, left tlic Central Station at 

 10*20 A.M., and on arri^^ng at Prudhoe Station proceeded to the 

 Castle, the ruins of which, under the polite guidance of C. U. 

 Laws, Esq., Agent of His Grace the Duke of Is^orthumberland, 

 were minutely explored. 



An hour was pleasantly spent in examining the gateways, 

 towers, and other defences, including the once deep fosse on the 

 south side, now transformed under tasteful hands into a deliglit- 

 ful ganlen. The keep, which rises out from the midst of an 

 accretion of modem buildings, more remarkable for domestic 

 convenience than architectural beauty, dominates the whole en- 

 ceinte, and affords from its summit chaiming ^news of the valley 

 of TynQ. The most curious part of this fortress is the smdl 

 chapel over the inner gateway, at the cast end of which is one 



