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her pigs the morn." This was sufficient ; Phemie ran into 

 the house, and a row was the result. The superstition was 

 that the line the girl was baiting would not catch a fish 

 after the word " pigs " had been used. The fishermen in fine 

 weather place their crab creels in shallow water near the 

 rocks, but in stormy weather they are sunk as deep as 16 

 fathoms ; and from this depth they are often moved from 

 their places and cast ashore — proving that the surface action 

 produced by a storm does act to a considerable depth be- 

 neath the surface. Before I conclude these notes about the 

 Island, I must not omit to describe a very strange way in 

 which rabbits are sometimes made to bolt from their holes, 

 and this mode is also used in the Channel Islands. A good 

 strong large dog-crab is selected, and a piece of tallow 

 candle, about an inch long or less, is stuck on to the back of 

 the crab. A suitable rabbit-hole is selected, the candle is 

 lighted, and the crab sent on his travels down the hole with 

 his light. The rabbits are said to bolt out into the net, as 

 if a ferret had been sent in. 



Soon after two o'clock the members left the Island for 

 Cheswick House, where they were most sumptuously and 

 hospitably entertained at dinner by Mr. Crossman. Between 

 fifty and sixty dined. Dr. F. Douglas brought from Lurgie 

 Loch specimens of Car ex filiformis, and a Myriophyllum of 

 an undetermined species, both found by Mr. Brotherston, of 

 Kelso. The following were proposed as new members : — Mr. 

 David Watson, Hawick ; Mr.. Adam Robertson, Alnwick ; 

 Mr. James Allan, Ava Lodge, Berwick; Mr. Charles Erskine, 

 of Shielfield, Melrose ; Mr. Arthur H. Evans, Scremerston. 

 The day was very fine. 



The third meeting of the Club for the season was held at 

 East Linton, on Wednesday, July 28th, Dunbar being too 

 full to afford accommodation. The day was perfect. There 

 were present — Rev. J. F. Bigge, President; Mr. James 

 Hardy, Secretary ; Sir Walter Elliot, Dr. Robson Scott ; 

 Messrs. J. B. Boyd, W. Stevenson ; Dr. R. Hood ; Captain 



