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among the Cheviots, have their openings to the east. May 

 there not be in this some indication — it may be faint— of the 

 worship of the Sun — a fragment of Eastern superstition, which 

 regarded light, and the Sun, the greatest of all lights, as the 

 type of the good Spirit ? 



These sculptured rocks are near to camps, but others have 

 been found connected with sepulchres. Captain Carpenter dis- 

 covered that the cover of a Celtic cist at Ford West Field was 

 incised similarly to the Routin Linn rock ; and Dr. Wilson has 

 figured, in his e Archaeology of Scotland/ another remarkable 

 incised cist cover from Coilsfield in Ayrshire, the chief form on 

 it being; a series of concentric circles verv like those at Routin 



Linn ; beneath this slab was an urn filled with incinerated bones. 

 Incised stones, having a like character, have been observed at 

 places far distant from each other, but which had been peopled 

 by the Celtic race ; they have been found at Annan Street, and 

 near Craigiehall in Scotland, in Ireland, and even in Brittany. 



Independently of their meaning, these relics cannot be viewed 

 without interest, as the earliest examples of sculpture in our 

 island. I cannot regard them as the amusements of an idle 

 soldiery, nor as plans of camps, nor as exercises of incipient en- 

 gineers ; for their wide distribution, and, notwithstanding dif- 

 ferences in detail, their family resemblance, prove that they had 

 a common origin, and indicate a symbolical meaning, repre- 

 senting some popular thought ; and though I cannot spell the 

 rude lettering, I fancy, since they are associated with the last 

 remains of Celtic heroes and sages, they tell of the faith and 

 hope of the aboriginal inhabitants of Britain. 



From Routin Linn the Club proceeded to traverse the Horse 

 Bog, which they did throughout its entire length, but without 

 making any discovery of novelty. A pleasant and varied con- 

 versation was the sole refreshment they had on their walk, and 

 they returned to their inn without a feeling of fatigue. The 

 plants actually examined — for many besides were noticed and 

 praised — were Bryum punctatum, Bryum hornum, Adoxa moscha- 

 tellina, Myrica Gale, Juniperus communis, and Callitriche verna. 

 No insects nor other animals were captured. After dinner there 

 were read, — "A Note on the Habits and (Economy of the 

 Long-eared Bat," by Mr. Selby ; ". A Notice of the Capture of 

 Atelecyclus heterodon in Embleton Bay," by Mr. Emblcton ; and 



