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of Vol. V. of the Berwickshire Natural History Club, and 

 directed the attention of the members to the paper by Mr. 

 Tait, " On Ancient Sculptured Rocks," and to the importance 

 of the subject of sepulchral remains. 



Mr. Underwood presented to the Society a stone hammer 

 found in the parish of Irongray. 



Mr. Hastings, bird-stuffer, exhibited a specimen of a 

 hermaphrodite black grouse (Tetrao tetrix). 



This concluded the business of the meeting. 



April m, 1865. 



The Sixth Meeting of the Session was held in the 

 Assembly Street Club Room, 



Sir WM. JARDINE, Bart., in the Chair. 



The following new members were enrolled : — Ordinary — 

 Mr. Murray, manufacturer ; Mrs. Walter Scott, Castle Street ; 

 Mrs. Witham, Kirkconnell ; Mr. Wright, merchant, Dumfries. 



Corresponding — F. F. Abby, Huddersfield. 



Mr. M'Diarmid presented to the library of the society a 

 copy of his pamphlet upon " The Established Churches of 

 Dumfries ;" and Mr. Thorburn, Barnkin, to the museum a 

 granite ball found in Lochar Moss. Mr. Starke then read a 

 paper upon " The Nun Slab at Dundrennan Abbey," the 

 object of which was to show that the said stone or slab 

 marked the resting place of the last prioress of Lincluden 

 before the change of that Abbey into a college, and that the 

 abbreviated and partially obliterated epitaph inscribed upon 

 it might reasonably be conjectured to relate to that lady. 



Dr. Dickson, Secretary, read a communication upon 

 certain markings, described as hollows or cups, upon the 

 Stones of the Druid's Circle at Holywood, and directed the 

 attention of the Society to the resemblance which they bore 

 to the hollows or cups frequently found upon similar stones 



