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humidity of the morning had tempted from their lurking-places several 

 varieties of snail, and a few were gathered. The hawthorn, with its 

 beautiful white blossoms and rich scent perfuming the air, was gathered 

 in full blow in several situations — a proof of the forwardness of the sea- 

 son. The sand-martin was seen in great plenty, skimming over the 

 waters, and excavating its simple habitation in the banks which over- 

 hang the Tweed ; and the varied sweetness of the thousand warblers 

 trilling their songs of love, added a charm to the morning's ramble, 

 which the denizens of our crowded and bustling towns can but rarely 

 taste; and if this Club had no other or higher object than occasionally to 

 give such a delightful change and peaceful recreation to those whose oc- 

 cupation confines them to the desk, or the close and uninteresting mo- 

 notony of a town life, that object alone would render it a blessing to the 

 neighbourhood. The Club dined at the usual hour, and, despite a very 

 so-so entertainment, the evening was passed in the enjoyment of much 

 delightful and improving converse, each member willing to impart the 

 knowledge he possessed, and all rising from the board better and hap- 

 pier than before. 



A paper by Mr Hardy on the Waste of the Sea- Banks between Red- 

 heugh and Dowlaw, was read. 



I am indebted to Dr F. Douglas for the following minutes of the 

 Gordon meeting: — 



Berwickshire Naturalists' Club, Gordon, June 16. 1842. — Present. 

 — Dr Johnston, Mr CoUingwood, Dr Clarke, Dr F. Douglas. Mr 

 Home, solicitor, Berwick, visitor. 



The chief object of the Club's meeting at Gordon was to gather the 

 LinncBa borealis in the fir-woods of Lightfield, upon the Mellerstain 

 estate ; and thither, by a circuitous route over moss and muir, the 

 eager party bent their steps. The first object which attracted special 

 attention was an ancient and ruinous tower, situated to the west of the 

 village, and formerly occupied by the powerful family of Setons, who 

 were allied to the noble house of Gordon, formerly the proprietors of 

 that district of country. Near the old ruin Chclidonium majus was 

 found, furnishing another illustration to the opinion, that this plant was 

 introduced into horticulture at an early era. In the peaty muir on 

 the farm of Greenknow, were gathered Stellaria glauca and MyosoHs 

 palustris, while in the nearly stagnant waters of the Eden, was ob- 

 served another plant of rare occurrence in Berwickshire, viz., Sparga- 

 nium natans. After leaving the moss, every fir wood, and thicket for 



