412 Meetings of Berwickshire Naturalists' Club, by J. Hardy. 



Miss Langlands being at Florence saw these circles at Fiesole, on 

 the capital of a column in an ancient church. The columns 

 originally formed part of a pagan temple ; but about A. D. 1010, 

 they were built into the church, and are now in its crypt. The 

 circles are on only one capital. 



The fourth meeting was held at Embleton, on August 29th. 

 The weather was all that could be desired. There were present 

 — Dr F. Douglas, Secretary ; Mr Pobert Middlemas, Treasurer ; 

 Sir George H. Scott Douglas of Springwood Park, Bart., M.P. ; 

 Eevs. M. Creighton, Embleton; J. E. Elliot, Whalton ; J. 

 A. Sharrock, Newcastle ; and John Walker, Whalton ; Dr Wil- 

 son, Alnwick ; Messrs Thomas Allan, Horncliffe House ; Charles 

 Anderson, Jedburgh ; C. B. P. Bosanquet, Pock, and Holford 

 Bosanquet ; W. S. Douglas, Springwood Park ; Albert Grey, 

 Howick ; James Heatley, Alnwick ; Thomas Henderson, Middle- 

 third, Gordon ; John James Horsley, Alnwick ; J. B. Kerr, 

 Kelso ; Capt. F. M. Norman, E.N., Berwick ; George Pea, Dod- 

 dington ; Adam Pobertson, Alnwick ; J. Tait, Eglingham ; Geo. 

 H. Thompson, Alnwick; John Thomson, Kelso; W. Topley, 

 F.G.S., Alnwick; William Weatherhead, Berwick; William 

 Wilson, Berwick. 



For notes on the events of the day I am indebted to the report 

 of Mr John Thomson, supplemented by our Secretary, Dr F. 

 Douglas. Fourteen were hospitably entertained at breakfast by 

 the Eev. Mandell Creighton, at the Vicarage, who gave the 

 members a very interesting verbal account of the connection of 

 Merton College, Oxford, with the patronage and tithes of Emble- 

 ton, which had existed since about the year 1300. Mr Creighton 

 promised to supply the Club, from documents belonging to the 

 College, with the history of its relations with the living. A 

 letter was read from Canon Greenwell regarding the dilapidation 

 of the Tower of Queen Margaret at Dunstanborough Castle, over- 

 hanging the sea-cliff, and it was resolved to make application to 

 the Trustees on the estate to execute such repairs as would pre- 

 vent further injury to the tower. 



The parsonage showed many indications of the artistic taste of 

 the vicar — in particular a small Corinthian vase was much ad- 

 mired ; also some fine old engravings, and an oak bookcase made 

 up of bed-posts of the Jacobsean period, and a very handsome 

 walnut and oak chimney-piece manufactured at Alnwick, 



