20 Live of Macmillax. 



and senuoiis (1712). Especially cauiuus i-i the passage on page 

 38, in reply to the charge tliat he had excommunicated Queen 

 Anne. 



('). Lastly. I have brought here " MacmiHan's cup," at whose 

 appearance the Brownie of Blednoch was obliged to flee. The cup 

 dates from 1C15, and was constantly in use at Balinagliie Com- 

 munions up till 1795. Macmillan must have handled it hundreds 



of times. 



In the same volume with the Presbytery's •■ Answers '' and 

 the " Examination " are the following interesting prints relating to 

 Macmillan : — 



1. Act of Commission of Assembly against Macmillan and 



Macneil, 1st October. 1708. 

 ■2. Their Protestation sent to said meeting of Commission, 

 29th September, 1708. 

 This volume is the property of IJev. Mr Hutchison of New 

 Cumnock. The volume containing the •• Elegy " and the volume 

 of the '-Narrative" belong to Mr AVm. Macmath, Edinburgh. 

 The seal is the property of Mr Thomas Kouet. Newton-Stewart. 



13th necemher, 18i)o. 



Mr Philip Sulley, Vice-President, in the chair. 



New Members. — Mr Adam J. Corrie, Senwick ; Mr William 

 E, Malcolm, Burnfoot; Mr George Neilson, Glasgow. 



Donations. — The Proceedings of the East of Scotland Natural- 

 ists' Societies, 1891-95 ; The Common Crow of the United States, 

 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. 



Exhibits. — Mr James Barbour exhibited a piece of Eomau 

 <dass and a supposed dart, found at Birrens during the recent 

 excavations. Mr John Rutherford exhibited celts found at Tinwakl 

 and in New Zealand; an anklet found at Lochrutton, and a tripod 

 found at Glenlee. Dr Chinnock exhibited a bronze chisel belong- 

 iu"- to Mr Joseph Gillon Fergusson, of Isle, found in Dumfries. 

 He also read the following description : — 



