289 Anniversary Address, 



you a brief account of our Proceedings for the year 1872 ; 

 and in doing so, I crave your utmost indulgence, while trying 

 to fulfil the last and most important portion of the duties 

 imposed by your kindness, when you did me the great honor 

 to appoint me your President. 



The anniversary meeting of last year was held at Berwick, 

 on Thursday, 28th September. 1 was not present ; but Mr 

 Robert Middlemas has kindly furnished the following notes. 



The party breakfasted at the King's Arms Inn. After 

 breakfast, Mr Robert Middlemas read a memoir of our late 

 worthy Secretary, Mr G. Tate, F.G.S. A vote of thanks was 

 unanimously passed to Mr Middlemas for his paper, which 

 was ordered to be printed. The meeting was addressed by 

 Mr D. Milne Home, who called attention to the action taken 

 by the Royal Society of Edinburgh for the conservation of the 

 " boulders " of the district, and the necessity of preventing 

 their removal or destruction. Mr Home ably explained his 

 views respecting certain ancient sea-clifFs observed by him in 

 the district ; and the evidences afforded of the several agencies 

 at work in the transportation of large boulders from their 

 native beds. Mr Stevenson, of Dunse, produced several 

 specimens of boulders of a very remarkable shape, which he 

 stated were found about three miles from what he considered 

 the parent rock, of which he produced specimens. Mr 

 Stevenson was of opinion, that the boulders referred to by 

 him, had been transported by the agency of water. This led 

 to an interesting discussion ; and it was found that there 

 were boulders, some of immense size, which had been borne 

 some seventy miles from their native bed. 



The meeting was adjourned until 3 o'clock, to give mem- 

 bers from a distance a better opportunity of being present, and 

 taking part in the business arrangements for the ensuing year. 



The principal part of the members paid a visit to the local 

 museum of natural history, to which several interesting addi- 

 tions had been made ; and afterwards visited the vitriol works 

 of Mr Wilson, and were shewn the machinery and process 



