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indeed, it be true), although he enters into the minor details of 

 tables and chairs, and bed and table linen. All that he refers to 

 is the defacing of the pictures by some liquid or other, and it is 

 evident from their present state that this damage was able to be 

 repaired, doubtless by some " skilful hand," in terms of the Duke's 

 instructions. At Druinlanrig there is a bed which is said to be 

 the one upon which Prince Charlie slept in Dumfries. It is a 

 four-posted bed, made of rosewood ; the foot is ornamented with 

 brass fiUagree work, and the posts are formed of alternate rings 

 of brass, and tastefully turned rosewood, joined together very 

 probably by an intei'nal iron rod. 



I6th April, 1895. 



A meeting, organised by the Society to welcome one of its 

 members, Mr G, F. Scott-Elliot, F.L.S., F.R.G.S., on returning 

 from Uganda and Central Africa, and to hear from him an 

 account of his travels, was held in Greyfriars' Hall, under the 

 chairmanship of Sir James Crichton-Browne, LL.D., F.R.S., the 

 president of the Society. The hall was crowded by members 

 and their friends. Dr Chinnock, hon. secretary of the Society, 

 read letters of apology from Mr Thomas M'Kie, who is one of the 

 vice-presidents, and Mr Maxwell of Munches. 



Sir James Crichton-Browne then proceeded to offer Mr Scott- 

 Elliot a cordial welcome on his safe return to his native country 

 and district from perilous wanderings, and in eloquent terms to 

 euloffise his work. We Dumfriesians were proud of Mr Scott 

 Elliot, and he thought we had good reason to be so. We were 

 proud of him because, although born to affluence, he early 

 determined to " scorn delights and live laborious days." We 

 were proud of him because he resisted the temptation to devote 

 himself to a great commercial career, which was spread out before 

 him and chose to devote himself to the less remunerative and 

 more arduous pursuit of science. We were proud of him because 

 he had followed out his scientific studies in no dilettante spirit, 

 but with such zeal and assiduity that he had already made his 

 mark upon the biology of the day. And, above all, we were 

 proud of him because, taking his life in his hand, he had gone out 

 into the wilderness amongst savage nature and far more savage 

 men to trace out for us some still undiscovered ups and downs on 

 the crust of this world of ouis, some still hidden mysteries in thut 



