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The Secretary, Mr Arnott, moved the election of two 

 honorary members who had been nominated by the Council. 

 They were Mr James Murray, biologist to the recent Antarctic 

 expedition under Lieutenant Shackleton, whose scientific attain- 

 ments and his work in every way, Mr Arnott said, entitled him to 

 greater honour than that which they proposed to give him. The 

 other was Mr William Macpherson, a member of the Royal 

 Geographical Society, who had devoted a good deal of time to 

 the study of fossils in Kelhead quarry. — Agreed. 



Mr M'Kerrow proposed a very hearty vote of thanks to Mr 

 Wadd and to Mrs Hunter-Arundell for their great hospitality. 

 They had had a splendid day to begin with, and an exceptionally 

 fine reception at Barjarg. Mr Wadd had excelled himself as a 

 host, and iiad shown them all the beauties of the place, both 

 ancient and modern. The library was well known as being one 

 of the finest country collections in Scotland. They were very 

 much indebted to Mrs Hunter-Arundell for permitting them to 

 see the house and the relics it contained. He had known Mr 

 Wadd for some years, and he was sure they would agree that a 

 man who was a good cricketer would be good at anything. 

 (Applause.) 



Mr John Barker seconded the vote of thanks. 



Mr Wadd, in reply, said that Mrs Hunter-Arundell had ex- 

 pressed great pleasure at the thought the society were going to 

 visit Barjarg. She was sorry she was not at home to receive 

 them. (Applause.) 



Mr Robert J. Arnott afterwards gave a short account of the 

 history of Barjarg. 



After tea the majority of the party visited the limestone mine 

 which lies towards the Nith, and a number ventured, with the aid 

 of lamps, a considerable way along the tunnel. The mine is a 

 very extensive one, and was worked until a few years ago. It 

 yields a very good class of building material, but its position 

 renders the working of it rather costly. 



The library at Barjarg received a considerable amount of 

 attention from those members of the company who were interested 

 in books, and some valuable volumes were examined. Among 

 these was " The Romaunt of the Rose ' ' by Guillaume de Lauris 

 (circa 1240) and Jehan de Meun (1260-1320). The volume. 



