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as we passeil. Gretna GroPi we certainly noticed, celebrated 

 for its runaway marriages. "We stop at " Ecclefecheu." We 

 step out on tire platfor:n and stand on " Old Scotia " after an 

 intervai of 17 years. A thrill pervades otrr nervouH system-^ 

 nia<Tnetic. Ecclefechen is celel)rat«'d as the Vjirthplace of, at 

 least, one giant — in literature — Thomas Carlylc. We now 

 career thiougli Lockerbie, Motfat ai^l Leadhills. The Geologi- 

 cal Formation is Lower Silnrian. Moffat rocks are known to 

 us by their (>raptolites. They resemble the Nova Scotian of 

 Arisaig and WcntworLh in the C()l>equid Mountains (4, 8) at 

 Isle Royal, (Quebec, and the Utica Slates above the Trenton 

 Limestone at Ottawa. We Hnd this by comparing specimens 

 from Moffat and all these localities, in our Museum. We cross 

 the Clyde, not far from its source. We traverse Carboniferous 

 Limestone and Coal-fii'Mf, and arrive at Stirling, the junction 

 of the Car1)omferous and old Red Sandstone. We intermit 

 Our Geology. Carriages are waiting us to take us to Howii'ton. 

 We drive throtigh Stirling amid no sm.idl excitement in the 

 quiet old town. We pass through Iknnockburn, noticing by 

 the way the place where the burner of JJruce was stationed. 

 We reach Ilowieton and receive a hearty welcome from Sir 

 James Maitland. Each of us is accommodated with a bedroom. 

 Shaking off the dust of our journey we meet in the drawing 

 room, and are intruduced to Lady Maitland and lady friends. 

 A dejeuner is prepared for us on the lawn. We recline around 

 and dispose of tire feast. Sir James and the coinmandant of 

 Stirling Castle, arrayed in a **garb of old Gaul," preceded us 

 for the inspection of his long series of extensive artificial ponds 

 for fi^4i breeding. Tiiese are all connectied. The first series 

 contain young salmon and trout which have reached their thi-rd 

 year. Here was a beautiful and interesting spectacle. The 

 attendants Were called with a supply of food. It was thrown 

 into the pond. Before, not a fish was to be seen ; now, all 

 was life — the fishes leaping oat of the water in all directiops 

 to catch the food ere it fell into the water. A scoop net was 

 used to catch soa^e of them. Such beauties in size and form ! 

 We went from .pond to pond and at last reached the hatcheries 

 at the foot of a liiil f4:om which flowed a beautiful cool stream 



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