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1856-62. — Anniversary address by Mr. J. C. Langlands, Pres., 

 on 29th Sept., 1859, pp. 127-131. A very good account of 

 St. Abb's Head, in which the local names of some of the 

 rocks and promontories are given, along with notices of local 

 traditions and legends, and the view from St. Abb's Head is 

 described. 



1863-68. — Anniversary address on 28th Sept., 1865. By Mr. 

 F. J. W. Collingwood, Glanton Pyke, Pres. A short account. 



Besides the above those who are interested in the wider district 

 of Coldinghame may be referred to a " History of Coldinghame 

 Priory," by A. A. Carr, Surgeon, Edin., 1836, in which a cata- 

 logue of its rarer botanical productions is given, and a chapter 

 upon the geology of Berwickshire. 



According to arrangement, a party of four, of which I was one, 

 paid a visit to St. Abb's Head, on the Berwickshire coast, on the 

 25th July, 1880, taking an early train from Edinburgh to Eeston 

 Junction, and driving three miles to Coldingham village. Erom 

 this we walked to the fishing village of Coldingham shore, a 

 short two miles further. There we secured the services of a 

 native fisherman, William Thorburn, an intelligent, active, and 

 obliging man. We first rowed round below the cliffs, to the 

 westward or " up the Firth," which are at no great distance from 

 the fishing village. 



What appeared to me the finest and most densely-populated part 

 of the range is a high, projecting, narrow peninsula of cliff, which 

 juts out into the sea at right angles with the shore, the most 

 populous face being that fronting the little village which lies within 

 the bay. This peninsula is accessible from the mainland by a 

 narrow ridge sloping steeply on the west side, but breaking into 

 sheer precipice — in places overhanging — on the side next the 

 village. At the narrowest part rises a curious pinnacled rock, which, 

 whether seen from the land or from the sea, appears extremely like a 

 shattered portion of some ancient keep ; and holes piercing it here 

 and there make the deception almost complete, especially when 

 viewed from seaward, along the westward shore. Upon the pre- 

 cipitous side were many Guillemots, occupying broad table-like 

 ledges, which sloped outwards and downwards. Some of these 

 would be most difficult to reach owing to the formation of the cliff 

 above, which projects many feet beyond. We had a good view of 

 this part afterwards from the shore, getting close in underneath 



