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Dods, Wm. Drysdale, E. W, Dubuc, J. A. Forbes, William Forbes, 
Adolphus Graham, William Grey, James Hay, J. Hector, A. B. 
Nieser, Joseph Perry, Wm. D. Singer, Francis Skae, V. E. 
Walker, M. Whitfield, M. Yellowlees, John A. Yule, met at the 
North British Railway Station at 4 p.m., and proceeded to Ayton. 
Mr. Hector had preceded us for the purpose of examining geo- 
logically Siccars Point and other rocks near the sea. He met 
the party near Eyemouth. — Return tickets, 2s. 6d. 
On reaching Ayton the party were met by the gardener to 
Mr. Mitchell Innes and conducted to Ayton Castle, where 
strawberries and cream were provided on the grass, After par- 
taking of them the party visited the Castle under the direction 
of Mr. Mitchell Innes. The party then walked through the 
grounds of Ayton Castle and Netherbyres under the guidance of 
the gardener, and reached Eyemouth between 8 and 9g p.m. 
They were accommodated at Mr. William Paterson’s Ship Inn; 
some had beds in other places. 
Saturday, 21st July 1855. 
Breakfasted at 7 a.m. and then walked by the coast to 
St. Abb’s Head, and reached the shore near Fast Castle about 
3 in the afternoon. Observed the remarkable construction of 
the lower Silurian rocks—the old sandstone cliffs with the trap. 
Day was delightful, although oppressively hot. 
Among the plants gathered during the trip were the 
following :— 
Thalictrum minus ae Lychnis Githago | 
‘s flexuosum(Nether-| Cerastium tetrandrum 
byres) Alsine verna (St. Abb’s 
Ranunculus aquatilis Head) 
yhirsutus (near Geranium pratense 
Dunlow Farm rm) Acer campestre(Netherbyres) 
Glaucium luteum Astragalus hypoglottis 
Fumaria capreolata Vicia sylvatica 
Sinapis alba Agrimonia Eupatoria 
Cakile maritima Sedum Rhodiola 
Dianthus deltoides Epilobium angustifolium 
Silene maritima Conium maculatum 
