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mitted for analysis was taken; the 6-inch deep bed of vegetable 
remains, and underlying this a 12-inch deep stratum of grey 
clay or earth, on which the plants had been nourished, and 
shingle of unknown depth, yielding an abundant supply of 
water. The level of the shingle of the bottom of the well 
corresponds approximately with the bed of the river, which is 
distant about 150 yards. The name of the place is seemingly 
fully accounted for. The hazels have been revealed, and the 
brae, the crown of which is occupied by the farm steading, begins 
to rise at the well. It is characterised as a “ Hazeliebrae.’’ 
I don’t pretend to account for the accumulation of 8 feet 
of earth over the stratum of vegetable remains at the bottom of 
the well. If due to silt from the overflow of the river, the floods 
mist have risen to a height of 12 feet or so above the present 
level, and have submerged a large area of land. A similar in- 
stance of long covered vegetable remains was exposed in the 
course of excavating the reservoir for Ruthwell Water Works. 
The strata consisted of (1) 2 feet of moss, (2) 2 feet of clay, (3) 
soil containing sprigs and hazel nuts, and again clay; and many 
years ago the late Mr Gibson, a member of this Society, re- 
ported to the Royal Geographical Society another find of the 
same kind in the excavations for a gasometer at the Dumfries 
Gasworks. ‘These circumstances are interesting, as going to show 
alterations of level of the surface of the ground, and prevalence 
of a brushwood covering. 
14th September, 1907. 
(From the Dumfries and Galloway Standard.) 
JARDINE HALL, SPEDLINS, AND CORNCOCKLE. 
The last field meeting for the season of the Dumfries and 
Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society was held on 
Saturday last, when on the invitation of Mr D. J. Jardine of 
Applegarth the members paid a visit to his seat, Jardine Hall, 
and viewed the romantic Spedlins Tower and the sandstone 
quarry on Corncockle Moor, features of the estate which appeal 
Strongly to the archeologist and the geologist respectively. The 
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