CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Journal of the Proce:-:dings ... ... ... ... 5 



Field Meeti.n'Gs of 1877 ... ... ... ... ... 11 



Field Meetings of 1878 ... ... ... ... ... 32 



The Origin of the Perjiian Basin of Thornhill. By Joseph Tuomson, 



Gatelawbridge ... ... ... ... ... ... 43 



The Occurrence of Melit.e Didyma near Dc.mfries. By W.m. Lennon 51 



A Tribute to the Memory op " Racky." By Dr Grierson ... 52 



CoLiAS Edusa in 1877. By Robert Service ... ... ... 5i 



Notes on Lincluden and Collegiate Church. By J. G. Anderson (50 



Notes on a Glacial Deposit near Thornhill. By Joseph Thomson 70 



The Rarer Coleoptera op the Dumfries District. By Wm. Lennon 71 



Special Report on the Geological Features of the Districts Visited 

 BY the Members op the Dumfries Natural History Society 



during their Su.mmek Excursions in 1878. By Dr Gilchrist ... 89 



