Anwoth Old Churchyard. 271 



was useti hy Colonel ^\'illiam Maxwell, founder of the Cardoness 

 family as a place of private devotion. Anwoth Church was dis- 

 mantled in 1826, when the new Church was completed. The new 

 Church is largely composed of stones from Bush o' Bield, the 

 manse in Rutherford's day. 



The most interesting tombstones are those to the members of 

 the Gordon family and to John Bell of Whitesyde (for transcript 

 of inscriptions vide Transactions, D. & G. Natural Historv and 

 Antiquarian Society, 1887-90, pp. 271-3. There art no other 

 stones to members of the Gordon family, nor, curiously, to any of 

 the M'Cullochs of Ardwall. John Bell of Arckland, Rutherford's 

 correspondent, and John Bell for long schoolmaster in the ruined 

 building opposite the Church, now used as a stable, remembered 

 for his ability and learning, lie not far from the martyr's stone. 

 Other monuments that may be noted preserve the memory of 

 " Archibald Faulds, gardiner at Bardarroch " (1724), who was 

 body servant to Colonel William Maxwell; of Elizabeth Latter- 

 thwaite, who lived to be 100 years, and Agnes Crawford, who 

 reached 103. One to Samuel Blyth, a tanner in Gatehouse, con- 

 sists of one of the stones on which tanners used to rub the skins. 

 A stone let into the south wall of the Church bearing the 

 Maxwell arms and motto, "Think on" and death's head and 

 scroll, is inscribed "Rebuilt anno 1710, W. M., N. S." It was 

 taken from the doorway leading down to the old Cardoness vault 

 which was rebuilt at the date given. The initials are those of 

 Colonel William Maxwell and Nicholas Stewart, his wife, through 

 whom the estates came to the Maxwell family.] 



A List of the Coleoptera of the Solway District. By Mr 

 Bertram M'Gowan. 



I. — To the end of the Carabid^e. 



The Coleoptera (or beetles) ha\'e been pretty well worked in 

 the district (though the individual collectors have been few in 

 number) during a period extending over a great many years, and 

 it has been suggested to me by our Secretary, Mr Shirley, that it 

 might be useful for any present or future Avorkers to gather 

 together all the records for the district and publish a complete 



