Contents. v. 



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Baxter Bequest 126, Ul, US 



Stone Implements — /. B. Wilso7i ....... 129 



Relic of Burns — Portrait of Clarinda — J. Barbour ... 131 



Dumfries in the Past— P. Gray 133 



Fish Culture — /. /. ArviisUad 141 



Dumfries Words found in Chaucer, &c. — J.Shaw ... 148 



The Grave at Conchietown — F.R.Coles 152 



Dumfries of Burnside's History and Dumfries To-day — Iiei\ li. ir. 



Weir ... ... ... ... .. ... .. ... ... 153 



Field Meeting at Ruthwell 161 



Field Meeting at Crocketford .. 162 



Field Meeting at Whithorn .. 162 



Field Meeting at Graitney 169 



Minerals of Dumfries and Galloway — P. D%id(jeon 175 



Anatomy of Arion Hortensis — J. Rutherford 182 



Exhibition of Baxter Minerals, &c. ... ... ... 186 



Diamond Mines and Gold Fields of South Africa— ff. F. Scott Elliot 197 

 Dumfriesshire Antiquities in Edinburgh Museum (illustrated) — Dr 



O. F. Black 207 



Balance of Nature in regard to Fisheries — J. J. Armistead ... 216 



Succession of Plant Life — P.Gray 218 



Erection of Burns' Mausoleum and Origin of Burns Club—/. R. 



Wihon 220 



Flora of Madagascar — G. F. Scott Elliot 236 



Annan — Historical and Literary — F. Miller 240 



Dinwiddle Library ... 246 



Dumfriesshire Herbarium 246,269 



Temperature of the Nith — Rei: W. And-soii ... 248 



Seaweeds — /. Wihon ... ... 252 



Edgar's MS. History of Dumfries — /. Barbour ... . . 255 



Antiquarian Discoveries at Kirkcudbright (with a plate) — Dr E. J. 



Chinnock 263 



Field Meeting at Dalawoodie 267 



Field Meeting at Gatehouse 269 



Field Meeting at Moniaive 274 



Report on the Herbarium — G. F. Scott Elliot 275 



List of Members 277 



Rules of the Society vi. 



