70 Traiisaclions. 



Thomas Dewar, miller, was taken red-liauded stealing malt from 



tlie mill. It does not appear that he was in employment there 



at the time he committed the theft, and possibly his conduct in 



present circumstances contrasted with his behaviour when 



employed in the mills like that of Chaucer's miller — 



" For ther before ho stal but curtcysly, 

 But now lie is a thief outrageously." 



His punishment was severe and characteristic of the treatment of 



such cases at the period : — " 12th June, 1663 — The Counsell 



Ordains that Thomas Dewar be convoyit oute of ye Towne be 



the hand of the Hangman, and nevir to return therin, and a 



bank [drum] to be bait at his lieele that non resett him heirefter 



in their house, under ye paine of ten merkis toties qiioties, and 



Skurging of him out of the toun. Being taken red hand steiling 



malt out of the sek standing in ye Mylne." 



Wi February, 1885. 



Dr Gilchrist, Pre.sident, in the Chair. Thirty-two 

 members present. 



Deceased Members. — After the reading of the minutes of last 

 meeting, which were adopted, the Chairman moved "That this 

 Society record in its miiuites the loss which it has sustained by 

 the death of Dr Frank W. Grierson, and that the Secretary be 

 instructed to convey the sympathy of all present to his bereaved 

 parents." In doing so the President said — "Most of you must 

 be aware of the loss we have sustained in the early death, in a 

 far distant land, of an earnest and valued member of the Society, 

 Dr F. W. Grierson. His time, talents, acquirements, and 

 collections were ever at its service when an opportunity pre- 

 sented itself. The simplicity of his tastes, the amiability of his 

 disposition, the versatility of his talents, the unselfishness of his 

 character, the purity and goodness of his whole nature, were a 

 combination of graces and virtues rarely to be found in the same 

 individual. Though his college curriculum was passed in 

 quietude and without ostentation, he graduated with honours. 

 To his usual medical studies he added a knowledge of several 

 collateral subjects, by which his mind was broadened and 

 matured. With character, talents, and acquisitions such as we 



