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vessel lying on the bank, asked and obtained possession of it, and 

 the relic was presented to me by Mr Conchie the same night. 



The vessel measures 8^ inches in height, by 2^- inches across 

 the mouth, while the body expands to 5^ inches diameter. The 

 legs measure 2 inches in length, and they are turned outwards at 

 the end, forming small feet about three-quarters of an inch in 

 length. The spout appears to be hexagonal in fonn, and tapers 

 slightly to the mouth, where it has been worked into what may be 

 considei'ed a rude representation of an animal's head. By the 

 kindness of Mr Wilson a rough sketch of the vessel, which I made 

 at his request, was submitted to the experts in charge of the 

 National Collection at Edinburgh, and Mr Black, who replied to 

 Mr Wilson at some length, says : " The Moniaive vessel is a typi- 

 cal one of a class in use between the twelfth and sixteenth 

 centuries. There is hardly any difference in their general shape. 

 Their usual dimensions are about 9 inches in height by from 5 to 

 6 inches in diameter in the widest part, narrowing to about 3x3 

 across the mouth. There are in all twenty-one vessels of this 

 class in the National Collection in a more or less perfect state of 

 preservation. Of these, two are from Dumfriesshire, one from 

 Birrens, Aunandale, the other found in a moss near Closeburn 

 Hall, was presented to the National Collection in 1830 by Mr 

 (afterwards Sir) C. C S. Menteith. Tliis specimen is in the shape 

 of an ordinary jug, the spout not being separated from the body 

 of the vessel. It may be mentioned, he continues, that a brass 

 tripod was found on the site of the Lake-dwelling in the Loch of 

 Banchory, Kii'kcudbrightshire, and another on a Lake-dwelling 

 site in Loch Canmor, Aberdeenshire. This would lead one to 

 sup})osc that they must be of great age, but, he adds, it does not 

 follow, as we know that Lake-dwellings were used as places of 

 residence and defence down to the sixteenth century." 



6th of April. 

 Major BoWDEN, V.P., presided. Thirty-seven members present. 



Neiv Members. — Miss Hanuay and Miss J. Hannay, Victoria 

 Terrace. 



Donations. — The Annual Eeport of the British Association ; 

 the Essex Naturalist for Feljruary ; a Photograph of the Cup and 

 Ring Markings at Highbanks, Kirkcudbright, from Mr J. M'Kie ; 



