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party the profane idea that it had simply been the flag of 

 the weavers, and not a trophy taken from the English foe. 

 Others held that the shuttles had been added after the pen- 

 nant came into the possession of the craft. Another, at 

 least, equally authentic relic of Flodden's field, was seen by 

 some of our members, in the possession of Mr Brydon, 

 formerly tenant of Mount Benger, in Yarrow, and now living 

 in comfortable retirement at Selkirk. It was a sword with 

 an Andrea Farrara blade, borne in the fatal fray by the 

 Town Clerk of Selkirk, who was knighted by King James 

 before the battle, and was one of the few survivors among 

 the " Flowers of the Forest." 



Captain Elliot Lockhart who had intended to have been 

 present to make some remarks on the field voles, sent a letter 

 of apology, in which he stated that these animals had for the 

 present deserted Howpasley. He further said, that Mr Mof- 

 fat of Craik had .told him, he thought they had been about 

 five years in arriving at the numbers they were in, at the time 

 of the great damage being done by them in the early spring. 

 The Eev. Mr Ritchie of Whitekirk presented some curious 

 extiacts from the Parish records of Tynninghame, which, it 

 is hoped, may one day be printed. A biographical notice of 

 Sir Andrew Smith (a native of Kirkton, Roxburghshire), 

 who was Director General of the Medical Department of the 

 British Army, and a distinguished naturalist, was laid before 

 the Club. It is from the pen of his nephew, Bailie Michie 

 of Hawick, and will appear in our Proceedings. A perma- 

 nent place will also be found there for some valuable notes 

 on the Flora of Selkirkshire, which were in part read to the 

 meeting by the Eev. Mr Farquharson. In connection with 

 this subject, the following may be stated as the result of this 

 day's explorations by the botanical section of our body : — 



In going up the Ettrick to Philiphaugh, a number of 

 plants were found, including Lepidium Smithii, Teesdalia 

 nudicaulis, Hypericum, dubium, Myriophyllum alternifio- 

 rum, Hieracium collinum, Symphytum tuberosum, Lysim- 

 achia nummularis, Carex remota, and many interesting 



