CONTENTS. 



Journal op the Proceedujqs ..... 



List op Members ...... 



Accounts op Treasurer ..... 



Address op the President ..... 



Notes on Some Rare Minerals occurrinq in the District. By 



Patrick Dudqeon, Esq. ov Cargen ... 

 The Abbot's Stone in Dundrennan Abbey. By Jas. Starke, 



F.S.A. Scot. ...... 



On Certain "Markings" on the Druid Circle in Holy wood, 



By Dr. Dickson, the Secretary 

 Notes on the Druid Circles in the Neiohboubhood op Inver 



NESS. By Dr. Gilchrist .... 



The Regulation op Farm Servants in Dumfriesshire in 1751 



By W. R. M'Diarmid . . . . . 



Clerical Customs in the Olden Time — Preaching and the Pulpit, 



By Rev. D. Hogg, Kirkmahoe .... 

 A pew Dumpriesshire Words not in Burns and not Current in 



other Counties, e.g. Renfrewshire. By Mr. James Shaw, 



Tynron. ........ 



Poor Laws in Dumfriesshire in 1750. By W. R. M'Diarmid 

 The Appreciation op Beauty by Animals. By Mr. James Shaw, 



Tynron ........ 



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