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indeed, it be true), although he enters into the minor details of 
tables and chairs, and bed and table linen. All that he refers to 
is the defacing of the pictures by some liquid or other, and it is 
evident from their present state that this damage was able to be 
repaired, doubtless by some “ skilful hand,” in terms of the Duke’s 
instructions. At Drumlanrig there is a bed which is said to be 
the one upon which Prince Charlie slept in Dumfries. It isa 
four-posted bed, made of rosewood ; the foot is ornamented with 
brass fillagree work, and the posts are formed of alternate rings 
of brass, and tastefully turned rosewood, joined together very 
probably by an internal iron rod. 
16th April, 1895. 
A meeting, organised by the Society to welcome one of its 
members, Mr G. F. Scott-Hlhot, F.L.S., F.R.G.S., on returning 
from Uganda and Central Africa, and to hear from him an 
account of his travels, was held in Greyfriars’ Hall, under the 
chairmanship of Sir James Crichton-Browne, LL.D., F.R.S., the 
president of the Society. The hall was crowded by members 
and their friends. Dr Chinnock, hon. secretary of the Society, 
read letters of apology from Mr Thomas M‘Kie, who is one of the 
vice-presidents, and Mr Maxwell of Munches. 
Sir James Crichton-Browne then proceeded to offer Mr Scott- 
Elliot a cordial welcome on his safe return to his native country 
and district from perilous wanderings, and in eloquent terms to 
eulogise his work. We Dumfriesians were proud of Mr Scott 
Elliot, and he thought we had good reason to be so. We were 
proud of him because, although born to affluence, he early 
determined to “scorn delights and live laborious days.” We 
were proud of him because he resisted the temptation to devote 
himself to a great commercial career, which was spread out before 
him, and chose to devote himself to the less remunerative and 
more arduous pursuit of science. We were proud of him because 
he had followed out his scientific studies im no dilettante spirit, 
but with such zeal and assiduity that he had already made his 
mark upon the biology of the day. And, above all, we were 
proud of him because, taking his life in his hand, he had gone out 
into the wilderness amongst savage nature and far more savage 
men to trace out for us some still undiscovered ups and downs on 
the crust of this world of ouwis, some stall hidden mysteries in that 
