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The Twinlaw cairns, on the top of a hill, also on Spottis- 

 wood, were opened by Mr. Spottiswood, and in each a stone 

 cist was found. A cairn was also opened in a field at Spottis- 

 wood (Brotherfield), in which was a cist, an urn, and some 

 curious bronze weapons. Lady John regrets not being in 

 Scotland, but has written to desire that every attention 

 should be paid to the visitors in all ways. The curious 

 plants are few now. There used to be plenty of Trientalis, 

 Pyrola, Moonwort, Sundew, and of Gentian, but they have 

 all become scarce in Lady John's recollection." 



Under the guidance of Mr. Milne, Lady John Scott's bailiff, 

 the members proceeded first to a bog, occupying the site of 

 an ancient lake, near the Three Eyes of the Whiteburn. 

 A considerable portion of the peat was sometime ago re- 

 moved, and at the depth of three feet from the surface, a 

 number of small stems of trees were found in the peat, lying 

 parallel and horizontal, and were supposed to be the floor of 

 a lake dwelling, but the evidence for this did not seem suffi- 

 cient ; for relics were not seen, nor were there any piles or 

 substructure to support a hut. The party then rambled 

 through the woods and gardens of Spottiswood, which are 

 laid out with much taste, and present many scenes of great 

 beauty ; and that is the more remarkable from their elevation, 

 being eight hundred feet above the sea level. The members 

 were conducted through Spottiswood House, which is a fine 

 specimen of modern Scottish architecture, and were shewn 

 several objects in art, natural history, and antiquity of con- 

 siderable interest. Before leaving the house the party were 

 hospitably entertained. 



Harefaulds camp was next visited, situated on a high hill, 

 where the highly inclined Greywacke strata protrude through 

 the thin covering of sand. Those members who recently saw 

 the excavations at Edin's Hall viewed, with great interest, 

 this large camp or Ancient British oppidum or town ; for with- 

 in the thick wall enclosing the inner area, there are cells 

 similar to those in the wall of Edin's Hall. The structure, 

 however, both of the wall and the cells is much ruder. There 



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