Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Volume 11 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1894 Excerpt: ... be imposed upon, and refused to feed after the proper time and ultimately died; and others, being suspicious that all was not as it should be, only got on slowly, some pupating successfully and others dying. By the end of September some twenty had pupated, and I got about ten more through during the next month. The first moths appeared in the first week in November, the rest coming out during the next four weeks, by which time I had about thirty fine specimens. XI.--On the Erosion and Destruction of the Coast Line from the Lotclightt to Tyntmouth and Cullercoats during the last Fifty Years. By Robeet M. Tate, North Shields. The recession of the coast line of the Borough of Tynemouth is a fact very apparent to anyone who has been accustomed, during the last fifty years or so, to visit the line of cliffs and banks extending from the Lowlights to Tynemouth and Cullercoats Bay. To commence at the Lowlights: I have known the outwork of Cliffords Fort, which consists of a thick and strong stone wall, to have been more than once broken through by the seas, and 1 saw, a few years ago, some strong timber breakwaters near the same place torn up by the waves and hurled up the Tyne. A little north of the Salt Works the bank extended much further out than at present. A house, which was never finished, but which stood on the cliff as a monument of the ill fortunes of its owner, fell a prey to the waves many years ago. The site of the Fever Hospital, a little further north, has been much encroached upon. The only thing that saves it from utter demolition is a low wall of good mason work at the foot of the cliff. This piece of wall is the only surviving portion of a large' and strong structure that extended for a long distance eastwards at the foot of the cliff. We now co...