220 Anniversary Address. 



Mr. Stevenson, and Mr. Embleton. After breakfast the Members 

 took the road leading to St. Abb's Head, which they reached 

 about one o'clock ; the day was all that could be wished for, 

 and the pleasing change which had taken place in the weather 

 enhanced the pleasures of the walk. Our intention was to have 

 visited the Caves in a boat ; but a heavy swell from a north-east 

 wind on the previous day rendered it extremely hazardous. One 

 was visited from the mainland, and amply repaid the trouble we 

 had in reaching it, from the many beautiful species of Actinia 

 and Sponges which were profusely scattered around. Although 

 nothing new was observed, yet many of our favourite plants 

 were in beauty and profusion. The snow-white blossoms of 

 Arenaria verna, mixedwith the yellow Cistus, and purple blossoms 

 of Thymus Serpyllum and Vicia lathyroides, formed a carpet of 

 nature's blending far superior to man's handiwork ; whilst the 

 murmur of the waves mingled with the screams of the Gulls and 

 Guillemots, whose young peopled the ledges of the bold and 

 magnificent rocks, tended to wean the mind from everything 

 but what immediately surrounded us. On our way home, Orchis 

 conopsea and Sinapis alba were found in profusion ; and the 

 following Lepidoptera were seen and captured, viz. Polyommatus 

 Alsus, P. Alexis, P. Artaxerxes, Lasiommata Algeria, Hipparchia 

 Semele, and Apamea oculea, a common Moth. After dinner, a 

 paper was read by Dr. Hood on the Abbey, which was made 

 doubly interesting from the many plans and drawings shown by 

 Mr. Gray, the architect, in illustration. The Abbey was visited, 

 and the improvements which have been so judiciously carried 

 out, reflect the greatest credit on the architect. — The Rev. T. S. 

 Goldie was elected a Member, and Mr. Charles Watson of Dunse 

 was proposed by Dr. Stuart and Mr. Stevenson. 



The Meeting at Dunse, on the 30th of July, was, I am sorry 

 to say, a blank. An unexpected professional visit to Edinburgh 

 prevented mybeing present; and on reaching the Berwick station, 

 on my return, I met the Revds. J. D. Clark and Wm. Darnell, 

 who informed me, that on their reaching the place of meeting, 

 they neither found any one, nor, what was worse, anything 

 prepared to sustain their failing strength. Mr. Stevenson, our 

 worthy associate, writes, and says : — " I regret much that not 

 one Member of the Club appeared here on Wednesday. I called 

 at the Swan Hotel in the morning, but found that none of our 



