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slate, the principal rocks of the transition series. Thus, in the course 

 of less than two miles, the three great formations of Berwickshire maj' 

 not only be observed, but their junction — the junction especially of 

 the old red sandstone with the greywacke, may be very beautifully 

 and distinctly seen — even more distinctly, if that were possible, than 

 the same appearance at the celebrated Siccar Point. The hill of 

 Stainsheil is a huge mass of a very beautiful rock, the transition 

 granite or sienite, subordinate apparently to the greywacke. I shall 

 not at present, however, farther anticipate the fuller details, which 

 may, ere long, be read to the Club. 



The insects captured or observed were neither mimerous nor inter- 

 esting, and the only communication of any importance which was 

 submitted to the Club at this meeting, was a summary of observations 

 of the barometer, thermometer, hygrometer, &c. for the preceding 

 year, by the Rev. Mr AVallace, which, for the fulness and accuracy of 

 its details, called forth unanimous approbation. 



At our meeting in July, at the Lamb Inn, near to Haggerston, we 

 were favoured, as at all our preceding meetings of this year, with a 

 beautiful day, and a large party of members and visitors had assembled 

 to enjoy the excursion. There were here two objects ot: attraction, the 

 sea-coast and Kyloe Crags, and the members were divided in their 

 choice. One party, therefore, took the direction of the former, another 

 of the latter, and fortune smiled upon them both. The former party, 

 in the salt-marshes at Beal, met with in abundance Scirpus maritimus, 

 Artemisia maritima^ Chenopodium maritimiim, Poa procumbens, CEnanthe 

 crocata, Air a aquatica, and a plant new to the district, BIysmus rufus, 

 growing in abundance from four to eighteen inches in height. Eeturn- 

 ing from the coast, they observed near Kyloe Church Ranunculus 

 arvensis, Solanum dulcamara, and in Kyloe Dean Betonica offici^ialis, 

 Carex remota, Erythrcea centauria, JEupatorium cannabinum, and a rare 

 British species, the Kieracium molle. 



The other party was not less successful. On Kyloe Crags they 

 observed in great profusion Thalidrum minus, Cynoglossum officinale ; 

 and a plant new to the district, Asjilenium septentrionale, was gathered 

 in some abundance on the precipitous cliffs, where also, and in the 

 debris below, ^were seen Euonymus eiiropxEus, and our familiar friends 

 the holly and honeysuckle. On the moors Listera orata and Nartliecium 

 ossifragum were gathered, and returning by Fenwick Wood and the 

 village of that name, many of the plants already noticed, gathered by 

 the other party, were observed, besides a specimen or two of Trifolium 

 officinale, and of Vicia cracca, with j)ure white blossoms. 



The Kyloe Crags are a bold rocky hill, of no great altitude, with a 

 precipice to the west, from which descends a steep slope, composed of 

 the debris of the hill. It is now in great part clothed with wood, and 

 being seen from a considerable distance, forms rather a conspicuous 

 object in the landscape. It is composed of trap, as most of the other 



