Durham. Hexam [sic] [Hexham]. Chollerford.
Aug. [August] 26.- Clear and cool with high
wind.
  C & E. [Caroline and Elizabeth] went to morning service at
Cathedral at 10 o'clock. I got out
later and bought photographs. We all
met at the hotel at 11 and took the
11.33 train for Hexam [sic] [Hexham] which we reached
at about 2 o'clock. After lunch we
went to the Cathedral Abbey; small
but very interesting. Early English. A
fine Saxon crypt of 7th century its
walls largely of slabs bearing Roman carving
& inscriptions, the arches, as in the Saxon
crypt at Ripon, are not on the true arch
principle but are formed thus. [diagram]
There is a fine Roman sculptured [sic] of
a mounted standard bearer attacked by a
Briton. At 4.45 took train for
Chollerford, arriving at 5.15. George Inn,
delightfully situated on bank of Tyne, a
beautiful river recalling Androscoggin.
Robins & Wrens singing in walled garden.
Alder trees by river 2 ft. [feet] in diameter at base.
Chollerford to Melrose
Aug. [August] 27. Early morning hazy, the sun shining
dimly. Clouds gathered rapidly & it rained
a little in forenoon and very heavily all P.M.
  Robins & Wrens singing freely at sunrise.
At 10 A.M. started in wagonette drawn
by pair of horses and drove out along
the famous Roman wall which crosses England
from sea to sea. In several places it
was quite distinct and in two was six to
eight feet high & in perfect preservation.
We also saw a Roman quarry & well.
While examining the wall we started
a Hare from its fosse among some
birch shrubs. It jumped up about
20 ft. [feet] away and taking at once to
the bottom of the fosse ran with
great speed until it disappeared
around a corner. In one place it
dashed through a pool of water. Its
gait was very unlike a Rabbit's
(which seems to me exactly like our
Hare's (l. [Lepus] sylvatiens)). It seemed to
strike the ground with all four