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head, or " elfshot," from the farm of Greenwood. Sir Walter 

 Elliot had brought from Wolfelee, near which it had 

 been picked up, an oblong slate implement, perforated at the 

 two ends for insertion of a thong, which is said to have been 

 employed to protect the wrist from the bow string. Mr. 

 Brotherston was the bearer of some interesting plants, which 

 will be recorded in the " Proceedings." 



The fourth meeting of the season had been arranged for 

 Bothal. The members assembled for breakfast at the 

 Queen's Head Inn, Morpeth. There were present : — Dr. 

 Robson Scott, President ; Mr. P. Middlemas, Treasurer ; Sir 

 Geo. S. Douglas ; Captain Gandy ; Messrs. Brown and Arkle ; 

 Revs. Geo. S. Thomson, W. L. J. Cooley, W. J. Meggison, A. 

 Jones, P. G. McDouall, J. F. Bigge, and E. L. Marrett ; Mr. 

 C. B. Bosanquet, &c. Visitors : Messrs. Blair, G. M. Tate, 

 Bigge, and Kite. 



After having partaken of breakfast, the members started 

 for Bothal, taking the path through the woods down the 

 valley of the.Wansbeck. The scenery is rich, and varied 

 by large masses of limestone rock, crowned with great forest 

 trees. It was noticed in the deep still water near the mill, 

 that the Anacharis alsinastrum was growing in great 

 quantity. At about half-way between Morpeth and Bothal 

 we came upon the massive ruins of a small square building, 

 said to have been an oratory connected with the Church at 

 Bothal. So lately as 1809 a great part of it was standing, 

 as is shown in a drawing of that date in the possession of 

 the Rev. M. Roberts, curate of Bothal, and exhibited to the 

 members at his residence. During our walk, the Broom- 

 rape was looked for, but no specimen could be discovered, 

 though at one time it grew abundantly by the banks of the 

 river. The party proceeded onwards to the Castle. A 

 massive gateway still exists, and some of the old walls have 

 been repaired and it now forms a residence for the agent of 

 the Duke of Portland, lord of the manor. Part of the outer 

 walls, now in a fragmentary condition, also remain, and are 



