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been built into the gable of one of the farm cottages ; but through 
the kindness of Mr Lindsay, the farmer, the visitors were enabled 
to climb the loft and see there the top of the pointed arch of the 
chapel wall. Traces of foundations show that there had been 
extensive buildings adjoining the chapel, and it is said that the 
Templars possessed land for two miles up the valley, including 
Gardenholm, where their orchard was. They also had an estab- 
lishment at Frenchland, on the opposite side of the river and 
town. In a document of date 1355 the chapel is referred to as 
“Kyrkbride, in the tenement of Kirkpatrick-Juxta, Moffat, in 
Annandale,’’ and it is stipulated that the redemption money 
of a certain property, on which a “wadset’’ or mortgage had 
been granted, was to be paid on a green cloth before the high 
altar of the church so designated. The lands of Chapel were 
anciently known as the barony of Cuthbertrig. 
In the Council Chamber at Moffat, to which the party next 
proceeded, Dr Pairman exhibited a very interesting collection 
of articles from New Zealand (in which he was long resident), 
illustrative of the life and customs of the Maoris, and also a 
number of other curios; and Mr J. T. Johnstone, who had been 
the guide for the day, shewed some examples of worm burrows 
and castings from the shales of the neighbourhood. Tea was 
provided through the kindness of several members resident in 
Moffat. 
A short business meeting was held, at which the Rev. Mr 
Andson presided. Mrs Manson, Acrehead, Dumfries, and Mr 
William Miller, Moffat, were admitted as new members. 
Thanks were tendered to Mr Younger, Dr Pairman, Mr John- 
stone, and to their hosts. 
Field Meeting—28th July, 1906. 
BONSHAW TOWER. 
On the invitation of Colonel Irving a large party connected 
with the Dumfries and Galloway Natural History and Anti- 
quarian Society visited “the chief ’’ at his ancestral home on 
Saturday. Some went from Dumfries by train to Annan, and 
thence drove across the country. Others motored all the way, 
