EDITORIAL NOTE, 



The Editor again ackno\vIedg"es his indebtedness to Miss 

 Harkness for the careful typing of the Index, and thanks the 

 Editor of the Dumfries and Galloivay SiLUidard for permission 

 to reprint Dr Ncilson's article, " Dumfries : Its Burghal 

 Origin/' and the report of the Field Meeting-. 



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 possible, errors ha\e been corrected in the Index. 



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