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Field Meetings. 67 
ings in the neighbourhood of Kirkcudbright. At the hour of 
starting (9 A.M.) a small party assembled at the Dumfries station, 
but their number was increased on reaching Castle-Douglas and 
Kirkeudbright. On arriving at Kirkcudbright they were met 
by Messrs M‘Kie and Coles, who were to be the guides for the 
day, and also by Mr Hamilton of Ardendee and several members 
of the Kirkcudbright Naturalists’ Field Club. 
_ The first item on the programme was Loch Fergus, about three 
miles from the station. At a remote period a loch of the above 
name existed there, but it has long been drained, and what was 
once the bottom is now cultivated fields. In the twelfth century 
Fergus, Lord of Galloway, had his stronghold on one of the 
islands in the loch, and traces of this and another island were 
now observed above the level of the surrounding fields. From 
here the party walked through Glen Lag until High Banks was 
reached. On this farm a number of the cup and ring markings 
have been discovered, and were duly described by Messrs M‘Kie 
and Coles during the Winter Session. (See April Meeting.) 
_ From High Banks the walk was continued to the site of old 
Galtway village, but there is not even a house standing now to 
mark the spot of this once populous place. The next halt was at 
Low Milton, where the ring marks are different from those dis- 
covered at other places in the district. These markings were the 
first observed in the neighbourhood by Mr W. Thomson of Kirk- 
cudbright, and as that gentleman now formed one of the party 
he narrated the circumstances under which the discovery was 
made. On the motion of Mr Coles, the Society’s thanks were 
awarded to Mr Thomson for the action he had taken, and the 
great interest he had shown in bringing these markings under 
the notice of the public. In this difficult undertaking he was 
ably assisted by Mr Hamilton and Mr Hornel, as they took casts 
of the typical markings and forwarded them to the British 
Museum, to this, and other societies. 
Dunrod Churchyard was next visited, also Knockshinnoch and 
Balmae, where other markings were seen. A British camp at 
Drummore subsequently engaged the party, but while there 
the rain, which had been threatening for some time, began to fall 
heavily, and necessitated their returning to Kirkcudbright earlier 
q than they intended. 
