On Hawick and its Neighbourhood. 71 



He had a taste for pictures, and was himself a fair 

 draughtsman. He was a friend of Horatio Macculloch, who 

 painted some pictures for him. He had also several good 

 pictures by R. T. Ross, Sticks, Williams, and Train. 



Mr. Greet was elected a member of the Club, October 28, 

 1857. He contributed to Vol. iv., p. 218 of the " Hist, of 

 the Club," two plates of " Saxon Sculptured Stones at 

 Norham "; and to Vol. v., p. 289, " Notes on Ancient Relics 

 found in the neighbourhood of Norham, " with a plate. 

 There is also a notice of his, with figures, in the " Border 

 Magazine," 1863, p. 245, " On Ancient Rings and a Bronze 

 Pin, found near Norham." 



On Hawick and its Neighbourhood. 



Geology of the Hawick District. By Professor James 

 Elliot, Goldielands. 



The geology of upper Teviotdale is very simple. Down the 

 whole valley above Hawick, and to a distance of four miles 

 below it, the rocks are all of the Silurian system ; and 

 further down the Devonian commences, that is the Old Red 

 Sandstone. The following brief remarks are limited to the 

 former, including only the district immediately around 

 Hawick : — 



The Silurian rocks are all stratified. The strata, which 

 originally must have been deposited in nearly horizontal 

 layers, have subsequently been turned on their edge, being 

 now nearly vertical, dipping at Hawick to the south-east, 

 and further north to the north-west, the great anticlinal 

 axis passing about a mile to the N.W. of Hawick. On the 

 Hawick side of that axis the strata have those, which were 

 originally the upper surfaces, now facing the south-east, but 

 on the other side of that axis the upper surfaces face the 

 north-west. The strata immediately north of Hawick are 

 probably the oldest in the south of Scotland. The numer- 

 ous foldings of the strata, so remarkable on the coast of 

 Berwickshire, do not appear to exist here, having been caused, 

 there, by volcanic action probably confined to the localitj r . 



