278 Charters Relating to Newabbey. 



granted to Sir John Spottiswode of Dairsie, knight, one of the 

 gentlemen of the King's inner bed-chamber, which possessions of 

 Newabbay the said Sir Robert the rest, the said Sir John have 

 resigned at Edinburgh ; moreover the King, for service rendered 

 to him by the said Robert in private and public affairs, has 

 suppressed the said monastery of Newabbay, and dissolved the 

 churches of Barro, etc., from the monastery of Holyrudehous 

 and has again given the above written to the said Robert with the 

 patronage of Barro, etc., and he has decreed that the vassals of 

 the said lands hold them of the said Robert, and he has released 

 them from the Act of Annexation ; which release he promised 

 that he would ratify in the next Parliament, and he has incor- 

 porated again all the above written into the free barony of New- 

 abbay, ordering that the place of the manor of Newabbay shall 

 be the principal messuage. To be paid £20 of white farm, and 

 stipends to the ministers of the said churches modified or to be 

 modified bv the Lords Commissioners. 



3rd March, 1911, 



Chairman — Mr W. Dickie, V.P. 



The Galloway Highlands. Lantern Lecture. By the Rev. 

 C. H. Dick, B.D., Moffat. 



The subject of Mr Dick's lecture was " The Galloway High- 

 lands." Beginning with St. John's, Dairy, as one of the best 

 centres from which to visit the country, the lecturer gave some 

 notes on the village and on the beautiful and varied scenery of 

 the Ken Valley. After pointing out some features of interest in 

 Balmaclellan and New-Galloway, including memorials of " Old 

 Mortality " and the Covenanters, the lecturer conducted the 

 audience along four routes to the Dungeon of Buchan (1) from 

 Dairy by the Polharrow Glen, (2) by Glentrool and Loch Enoch, 

 (3) by the head of Loch Doon and the Gala Lane, and (4) by the 

 Upper Bridge of Dee and Craigencallie. He gave the historical 

 traditions of the country in their topographical setting, especial 

 attention being given to the early adventures of Bruce. The 

 lecture concluded with an account of a journey from Barhill to 



