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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 83 inches in height, by 24 inches across 
the mouth, while the body expands to 54 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 form, and tapers 
slightly to the mouth, where it has been worked into what may be 
considered 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 haidly 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 3 x 3 
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, Annandale, the other found in a moss near Closeburn 
Hall, was presented to the National Collection in 1830 by Mr 
(afterwards Sir) C. G. 8. Menteith. This 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, Kirkcudbrightshire, and another on a Lake-dwelling 
site in Loch Canmor, Aberdeenshire. This would lead one to 
suppose 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 BowbEN, V.P., presided. Thirty-seven members present. 
New Members.—Miss Hannay and Miss J. Hannay, Victoria 
Terrace. 
Donations.—The Annual Report of the British Association ; 
the Essex Naturalist for February ; a Photograph of the Cup and 
Ring Markings at Highbanks, Kirkcudbright, from Mr J. M‘Kie ; 
