PEL MEE TING: 
30th May.—Eskdatlenvuir. 
The start was made first to Lockerbie by rail, when about 
twenty members turned up to take part in the expedition. At 
Lockerbie the party was joined by Dr Macdonald, vice-president 
of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, and Mr Cunningham, 
0.E., its treasurer, who had come from Edinburgh for the purpose. 
From Lockerbie a large drag was engaged to convey the excur- 
sionists to Raeburnfoot, in the immediate vicinity of which the 
Roman camp is situated. The route taken was up the valley of 
the Dryfe for a considerable part of the distance. The first object 
of antiquarian interest which attracted attention was a carved 
stone over the doorway of a cottage at Berryscaur. This stone 
was said to have been brought from some old castle in the 
vicinity, but tradition did not give ita name. There was engraved 
upon it from left to right first a St. Andrew’s Cross, then a holly 
leaf, and next the Royal Arms of Scotland, followed by the letters 
A.B. The curious thing about it was that it should have been 
marked with the Royal Arms, which seemed to point to the castle 
from which it came having been a residence or hunting lodge of a 
Scottish king or of some member of the royal family, although 
this, of course, is only the purest conjecture. The Parish Church 
of Eskdalemuir was at length—after a drive of nearly three hours 
—passed ; and Raeburnfoot, a short distance beyond, at the junc- 
tion of the Rae Water with the White Esk, where the ancient 
camp, which was the object of inquiry, is to be found. It may be 
mentioned, however, that between these places a monument to 
one of the martyrs who suffered in the times of the persecution in 
the 17th century was pointed out. His name was Hyslop, and he 
is said to have been put to death in 1685 as a follower of the 
Covenanters. The monument is a plain stone, with the usual 
inscription, and is said to have been originally erected in 1702, but 
more than once subsequently renewed. At Raeburnfoot the party 
