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J. Hill Scott, J. H. Walker, and G. J. Young ; Messrs J. B. 

 Boyd, W. B. Boyd, F. J. W. Collingwood, Wm. Currie, F. B. 

 Douglas ; Professor Veitch ; Captain Forbes, R.N. ; Messrs 

 T. Arkle, A. H. Borthwick, A. Broth erston, John Clay, A. 

 Currie, J. S. Dudgeon, W. Elliot, A. H. Evans, John Freer, 

 J. B. Kerr, John Manuel, Robert Renton, John Scott, A. E. 

 Scougal, Douglas Simpson, J. Smail, Addison Smith, W. 

 Stevenson, John Thomson, T. Turnbull, C. Watson, C. M. 

 Wilson, and James Wood. 



After breakfast, three large waggonettes having been 

 chartered from Melrose, the party drove off to Bowden 

 Church, the burial place of the Roxburghe family ; there is 

 also a well-kept aisle in which are interred the Carres of 

 Cavers Carre. Near the entrance to the latter is a tomb- 

 stone, evidently erected by a ripe scholar, proud of his 

 Latinity. It is headed by the inscription — 

 " Hie Depositi 

 Sunt Jacobifilii 

 in longa parte." 

 Which being translated reads, " Here are laid the Jamiesons 

 in (or of) Langside." In the church there is a very old oak 

 gallery belonging to the Carres, covered with heraldic em- 

 blazonment. In the adjacent village was born the poet, 

 Thomas Aird. 



On leaving Bowden, the route was taken for Cavers Carre. 

 Passing Kippilaw, the Utricularia vulgaris was gathered 

 in a pond near the road side, but not in flower ; it had, how- 

 ever, been gathered before and identified by Dr Dewar, who 

 was of the party. Arriving at Cavers Carre, where we were 

 joined by the occupants of a fourth waggonette, we were 

 politely shewn the different objects of interest about the 

 fine old place by Mr Riddell Carre. Most conspicuous there 

 were four huge silver firs — at 3 feet from the ground the 

 circumference of two was found to be 16| feet each, and 

 their height ascertained to be about 90 feet ; the girths of 

 the other two were found to be 14 feet 10 inches, and 13 feet 

 4 inches respectively. Attention was attracted to old 



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