Crosses .vr Ri'tiiw ki.i. and Bkwcasi i.i;. 1 I 



Members interested in tliis \:ilu;iblc account of Robert 

 Ricklcll, of his family, rmd of the many curious notes with 

 which he annotated the first six volumes of 7V/<' SiaiisticaJ 

 Account of Scotland may obtain it, l)y the i;encrosity of the 

 President, at a special rate from the Secretar\. | 



31st October, 1913. 



Chairman— Mr S. Auxon , F.R.H.S., V.-P. 



The Literary Histories of the Crosses at Ruthwell 

 and Bewcastle. 



By the Rev. J. King Hkwiso.v, M.A.. D.D., F.S. A.(Scot.)■ 

 [l)r Hew i son dealt in an illuminative manner with the 

 sculpture, runes, symbols, and art of the Crosses, and showed 

 many fine lantern slides. His work", llic Runic k'ooJs o' 

 RntUwcU and Bewcastle, ivith a Short History of the Cros< 

 and Crucifix in Scotland (Glasgow, 1914), subsequently pub- 

 lished, covers fully the subject of his lecture, and preckules 

 the insertion of a lent^thier notice here.] 



14th November, 1913. 



Chairman — Mr James S. Tho.xisox, Proxost of Dumfries, 



\'.-P. 



The Geology of Lochrutton, with Special Reference 

 to Water Supply. 



By Robert Wallace. 



A careful study of the topog-raphy of that portion of 

 the Galloway uplands which stretches from the Xilh to the 

 Dee clearly shows that there ha\e been many changes in 

 the drainage system of that area. There is ample e\ idence 

 to prove that the arrang;emcnt of valleys at present existing^ 

 is a product of evolution, and represents the outcome of a 

 continuous and a prolongfed denudation. 



