OBSERVATIONS ON CULEX PIPIENS. 187 
shelter of grass or weeds near the sides, where the larve find 
protection from the attacks of small fish. Measures for de- 
struction to be economical must always be guided by a know- 
ledge of the character of the district and the haunts favoured 
by the insects. Otherwise there may be great waste of labour 
in draining or filling water containing areas which are for one 
reason or another innocuous. 
2ist December, 1917. 
Carlyle at Craigenputtock. 
By Mr D. A. Witson, M.A. 
[It is much to be regretted that this valuable piece of 
work, which will form a part of Mr Wilson’s forthcoming 
book on the Life of Carlyle, cannot, from limitations of space, 
be included here. A verbatim report of it appeared in the 
Dumfries Courier and Herald of December 26th, 29th, 1917, 
and January 2nd, 1918. | - 
Some Documents Relating to the Parish of Glencairn. 
~ By Sir Privipe J. HAMILTON-GRIERSON. 
1g 
The abstracts here printed have been made from tran- 
scripts of documents in the possession of Thomas Yule, Esq., 
W.S., and were made by him with a view to publication. 
Mr Yule lent the transcripts and permitted in cases of doubt or 
difficulty a comparison to be made of them with the originals. 
These documents—fifty in number—give a great deal of valu- 
able information regarding the families who inhabited the 
parish~“of Glencairn in the 15th and 16th centuries; and the 
Society is much indebted to Mr Yule for his courtesy in placing 
them at its disposal. 
