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Mr Francis Armstrong-—A Compilation of Papers re Dis- 
ruption, Sermons, etc., in paper covers, 1845. 
The Executors of the late James M‘Andrew—His MS. 
Notes re Plants and Mosses, which have been published in the 
Transactions. Bequeathed by will. 
Mr R. C. Reid —Edgar’s History of Dumfries, 1915; Parish 
Lasts of Wigtownshire and Minnigaff, 1684, Scots Record 
Society; Registers of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, St. 
Andrews, 1722-87, ibid. : 
Mr G. W. Shirley—Growth of a Scottish Burgh. 
M. Charles Janet—Various French Pamphlets and Papers 
on Botany, 1912-16. 
Mr James Calligan, Dumfries—A fine specimen of an 
Imperforate Stone Axe, found in the cave at Maidenbower Craig, 
8 inches long, 12 thick, and 23 at the widest part. The broad 
end is ground down to a rounded cutting edge, while the other 
end tapers to a point. The axe was found embedded in the 
soil, the sharp point alone being visible. 
22nd February, 1918.—Mrs Rogerson, Marchmount—Perforate 
Stone Axe, 114 inches long, 3 inches broad, and 3 inches thick, 
found whilst digging in the garden at Marchmount. 
Mr R. C. Reid——Part of a Stone Implement, probably an 
axe, dug up whilst replanting a hedge at Cleughbrae; 4 inches 
long, 44 broad, 21 thick. Framed and Glazed Coloured Plan of 
Dumfries and Maxwelltown, by James Halliday, 1886. The 
Practical Naturalist’s Guide, by J. B. Davies, 1858. The 
Ferns, of Wakefield, by T. W. Gissing, 1862. 
Mr H. Cavan Irving, Burnfoot—Two Pieces of Oxidised 
Iron, from the collection at Burnfoot, one of the pieces having 
part of a Roman pot attached to it. The specimens were sub- 
mitted to the National Museum of Antiquities, and Mr A. O. 
Curle expressed the opinion that the nuclei of these lumps have 
been pieces of bog iron, in one case at least, collected in a Roman 
pot. As in the course of centuries the iron oxidised, the oxide 
spread through the soil which had filled up the pot, and sub- 
sequently through the cracks in the vessel, as it now is in the 
bottom. There is no indication that the iron ever found its way 
into the. pot in a molten state, or that it was melted in it, 
otherwise the material would have undergone a change and 
have shown signs of the action of the great heat which would 
have been necessary. 
The KExecutors of the late Provost Lennox—The following 
seven items : — 
(1) Charter by Robert Douglas, provost of the collegiate 
church of Lineluden, with consent of the prebendaries of the 
said church and chapter for this purpose assembled, by which 
he grants in feu to John Johnstoun in Nunholm and Cristina 
Makkennand, his spouse, and to the longer liver in conjunct 
fee, and to the heirs procreated or to be procreated between 
