ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT, 

 Sir AV. JAEDINE, Bart, LL.I), F.E.S., F.L.S, 



ETC. ETC. ETC. 



%th December 1864. 



Gentlemen, — The printed proceedings which you have 

 had this evening laid upon your table will best inform you of 

 what has been done at the meetings of the past winter ; and 

 while these have not been without interest, and show a wish 

 from all the Members of the Society to enlarge our knowledge 

 in every depai-tment, we must not relax our exertions, and 

 because we have once gone over the ground, think that we 

 have nothing more to discover. 



It is one of the duties of your President to render some 

 account of what has been done during the Summer Meetings ; 

 and this is an important one, because, if done carefully, it should 

 be the record and authority for the facts and discoveries which 

 you have made ; and these, being authenticated, proved and 

 verified by the Members, either during the excursions or 

 by after-examination, will give you the foundation and yield 

 the materials for the natural histoiy and antiquities of our 

 district. 



The first summer excursion of 1864 had been arranged to 

 meet iu the Thornhill district, with the especial intention of 

 examining Tibbers Castle, the ruins of which were in progress 

 of being cleared out by his Grace the Duke of Buccleuch. 

 The meeting was well attended. 



Dr. Grierson's museum at Thornhill was first inspected by 



