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Holnishaw, and inspected the Roman camp and supposed fort 

 there. The traces of the Roman road were also inspected with 

 great interest. Tlie fort on Chapel Hill, supposed to be British) 

 was next visited, and then the party drove to the site of the old 

 chapel, which is said to have belonged to the Knights Templar. 

 The Order was suppressed in 1316, so that, if this chapel belonged 

 to them, it must be at least 600 years old. A lai'ge part of the 

 east gable is still preserved, and of the west gable an entire 

 window, which would indicate that the chapel was a fine and 

 costly edifice. The " Thi-ee Stannin' Stanes " were next visited. 

 Some suppose that they are of Roman origin, the Roman road 

 having passed near this point. Others hold them to be of Druid 

 ical origin ; while a third supposition is that they commemoi'ate 

 the defeat at this place of Edward Balliol by Douglas and 

 Randolph. The next move was through the town of Moffat to 

 Alton Moat, supposed to mark the spot of the " auld toon " of 

 Moffat in veiy early times. After driving to the Well, the party 

 returned to Moffat, and paid a visit to the old churchyard, which 

 contains the tombs of John Louden Macadam, the improver of the 

 system of road-making, and of John Williamson, the discoverer 

 of the Hartfell Spa. It was suggested by Dr Chinnock that the 

 heritors of Dumfries might take a lesson from those of Moffat in 

 the way to keep a churchyard. The arrangements of the day 

 were under the management of Mr John Thorburn Johnstone, of 

 Moffat, a member of the Society. 



New Member. — Mr Samuel Macmillan, of Moffat. 



Eeport on Herbarium. By Mr G. F. Scott-Elliot, M. A. 



The herbarium is rapidly becoming one of the very best collec- 

 tions of British plants in Scotland. In fact, excepting Edinburgh 

 and Glasgow, I know of no Scotch public institution which 

 possesses so full a representation as that of the Society. I have 

 compared recently the earlier orders to the end of Cruciferse with 

 the British Museum, and named so far as I could every sheet 

 after the types in that collection. Where possible I have hunted 

 down every specimen to the nearest name in the London cata. 

 logue, and members of the Society may, I think, be pretty certain 



