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cockle Quarry, where two hours were spent in examining the 
different cuttings. Here a business meeting was held, when 
Captain J. J. Hope-Johnstone was elected a life member, and Mr 
J. Rae an ordinary member. This quarry has been fully 
described by the late Sir W. Jardine, Bart., and also the 
numerous footprints of the extinct tortoises which were discovered 
here. On three large slabs of the sandstone several of these 
impressions were noticed. 
Spedlins Tower was next visited, but owing to an oversight, 
only the exterior could be examined. It is situated on the bank 
of the Kinnel, and belongs to Sir A. Jardine of Jardine Hall. 
The tower is a square structure in the Scotch Border style, and 
has a turret at each of the four corners. The only entrance is 
on the north side, through an arched doorway, over which is a 
large square stone with the Jardine crest and the date 1605. 
Returning to the conveyance, which was left at the quarry, the 
party was forced to beat a hasty retreat to one of the sheds, for 
the rain and hail, driven by a strong north-west wind, was too 
much for even the nerves of the naturalists. Having waited for 
nearly an hour till the storm passed, it was decided to abandon 
the rest of the programme for the present, and to return to 
Dumfries by the way of Elshieshields and Kirkmichael. 
Owing to the lateness of the spring very few botanical specimens 
were collected ; however the following plants were picked up during 
the excursion :—Cardamine hirsuta, C. pratensis, Viola tricolor, 
Montia fontana, Alchemilla vulgaris, A. arvensis, Potentilla Fra- 
gariastrum, Chrysosplenium oppositifolium, Galium cruciatwm, 
Veronica hederifolia, Lamiwm album, Nepeta Glechoma, Luzula 
campestris, and Primula veris, which is not common in this 
district, found near Torthorwald Church. Asplenium Ruta 
muraria is plentiful among the stones of Torthorwald Castle, and 
Funaria hygrometica—a beautiful moss—covered large patches 
of the ground near Templand Village. 
Soutuwick GLEN anp Doueias Hatyt.—7Tth June, 1884. 
The second Field Meeting of the session was held on the 7th 
June, when Southwick Glen and the shore from there to Douglas 
Hall were visited. A party of thirty assembled at 9 a.m, at 
the Fountain, and having taken their seats in three waggonettes 
