416 president's address. 



of the least imaginative of our party were roused to activity as we 

 passed over ground so rich in historic associations. 



The rise of rivers and their onward course is always an in- 

 teresting suhject of investigation. Under the guidance of Mr. 

 Shanks, of Park Head, we traced the origin of the pretty riveret 

 the Wansbeck, and especially noticed it at the point when, not 

 far from its source, it swells into the extensive sheet of water 

 called Sweethope Lough. By the margin of this lake, where 

 the true bulrush abounds, and in the contiguous defiles, the party 

 lingered for some time, procuring here and there botanical and 

 geological specimens of considerable interest, if not of excessive 

 rarity. Next we made for Woodburn. Our course thither lay 

 over the Wanny Crags, from the summit of which a magnifi- 

 cent view was obtained of the Cheviot Hills and the intervening 

 country. In crossing a railway cutting, near Woodburn, an in- 

 teresting section of the strata of this part of the country was 

 obtained, and the mode in which the ironstone of the district 

 was deposited was studied to advantage under the guidance of 

 Mr. Howse. At Park Head Mr. Shanks described the excava- 

 tions which had, at various times in his recollection, taken place 

 in the Poman station at Pisinghain, illustrating his observations 

 by plans and the exhibition of many of the objects of interest 

 which had been found in it. The remains of the Poman sculp- 

 ture, known as Pob of Pisingham, were very carefully scanned, 

 and the famous camp of Habitancum at length reached. Its 

 moats and ramparts, its gateways and streets, were examined 

 with interest ; and in places where the turf had been accidentally 

 removed, bones, tiles, pottery, and other relics of the Poman era, 

 were picked up in tolerable abundance. The dinner hour having 

 arrived, the well-supplied table of the host, at Brandy-bank, was 

 surrounded by an appreciative throng. 



After dinner Dr. Philipson read a short paper, by Mr. John 

 Hogg, of Norton, " On the production of a small cone of the Wel- 

 lingtonia gigantea" and one new member was elected. 



At the Fourth Meeting, which was held on Wednesday, the 

 15th of August, the Club penetrated into Yorkshire, the object 



