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depth of 312 ft., and i-ushed in with such rapidity that the 

 miners with the greatest difficulty escaped with their lives." On 

 Drumry farm a bore was put down 298 ft. through sand, gravel, 

 (fee, =230 ft. below sea level. This deep channel has been filled 

 up during the glacial period, and no trace of it is to be detected 

 on the surface. When the land began to be free of ice, and the 

 present drainage to be formed, the waters of the upper Kelvin 

 found a lower road by Killermont and Garscube than by their 

 previous direction, and so made a new course to the Clyde. They 

 gradually wore out the ravine that forms such a picturesque part 

 of Garscube, Kelvindale, Kelvinside, &c., and such a contrast to 

 the upper course of the river above Killermont. 



Johnstone Castle, 14th October, 1905. — This excursion was 

 arranged jointly with the Andersonian Naturalists' and West 

 Kilbride Natural History Societies, but owing to unfavourable 

 weather only about fifteen were present. 



On account of the coldness of the weather, comparatively few 

 species of the larger fungi were observed in the woods. A list of 

 those seen has been compiled by Mr. R. B. Johnstone, who acted 

 as conductor of the excursion; while the smaller fungi which 

 could be identified have been noted by Mr. D. A. Boyd, and the 

 mosses and hepatics by Mr. John R. Lee. 



DOONHOLM, AUCHENDRANE, AND DoONSIDE, 16th April, 1906. — 



Mr. John Renwick, conductor, who reports what follows. The 

 excursion upon the Spring Holiday, Monday, 16th April, was 

 to three estates on the Banks of the Doon near Ayr, viz. : — 

 Doonholm (James Kennedy, Esq.); Auchindrane (Miss Cathcart); 

 and Doonside (W. H. Dunlop, Esq.). 



In each case permission was kindly granted by the proprietor, 

 and the gardener or forester on the estate was waiting for us. 



Doonholm, which was first visited, is situated on the right bank 

 of the Doon, not far from AUoway The first point of interest 

 is what the gardener calls a " court-hill," the Ordnance Survey 

 map a " moat," but Dr. D. Christison in his " Early Fortifications 

 in Scotland" states that the word is properly " mote." He says, 

 " In treating of the motes, it is necessary at the outset to explain 

 what is meant by a mote. All idea of the modern signification 



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