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stream were followed till the Bellin.gh.am road was met with, and 

 along this the Club returned fatigued but gratified to Wark. 



A very good dinner, well served, was in store for them, and 

 was greatly enjoyed. 



After dinner five members were elected, and Dr. Embleton 

 read a short paper by the Rev. "W. Greenwell and himself, on 

 an Ancient British Burial, and on the skull of the person interred, 

 at Ilderton, Northumberland. The Rev. G. R. Hall also read a 

 carefully prepared paper " On the Opening and Examination of 

 a Barrow of the British Period at "Warkshaugh." 



As these two contributions will be published in extenso in our 

 Transactions, it is unnecessary that I should further refer to 

 them here. 



Soon after the reading of these papers the train received the 

 party, who reached home full of pleasant recollections. 



The Fourth Field Meeting took place on the 17th of August. 

 The weather was unsettled, but thirty members started from the 

 Central Station at 5*15 for Leamside, and being joined there by 

 others from Sunderland, &c, proceeded by Durham and Bishop 

 Auckland to the charming vale of the Tees, and left the train at 

 Barnard Castle. After a substantial breakfast, some of the party 

 visited the ruins of the old castle, others the church : vehicles 

 having then been obtained, a small section drove off to see 

 the High Force ; while the rest, crossing the Tees, walked on 

 to Lartington Beck admiring the bold and commanding position 

 of Baliol's Castle seated on its high and rocky base, and the 

 splendid river and woodland scenery. Following the windings 

 of the beautiful Lartington Beck for three or four miles, and 

 visiting the remarkable and enormous granite boulder which is 

 supposed to have travelled from Shap Fell, they passed from the 

 western termination of the Coal Measures to the Millstone Grit, 

 huge masses of which, lying in the bed of the Beck, here and 

 there nearly bar its passage. They passed under the light and 

 elegant viaduct that spans Deep Dale, carrying high in air the 

 heavy railroad trains that, passing with speed, send scarcely any 

 vibration to the bases of the iron columns of support. Further 



