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trees are found here, and growing so very near the rough 

 blasts from the German Ocean. 



At Whitberry Point, a geological party, headed by Mr. 

 Stevenson, were shown the outburst of trap rock through 

 sandstone, which has caused an alteration in its structure. 

 Another party went along the links towards Ravensheugh. 

 Great quantities of caterpillars of the Cinnabar Moth 

 (Callimorpha Jacobcea) were here feeding on the ragwort. 

 The sea- view was very beautiful and extensive, with the 

 Bass to the north — the Towers of TantallonCastle — North 

 Berwick Law — the ridge above Whitekirk — the Garleton 

 Hills and the Lammermoors, which terminated in the 

 Downhill of Spot, the bay being bounded on that side by 

 Dunbar point occupied by the town. 



Mr. Hardy there read a very interesting account of the 

 first Battle of Dunbar, between the English and Scots, in 

 the time of Edward I., 28th April, 1296. 



The course now led up the Binning wood. This wood 

 was first enclosed and planted in 1707, by Thomas, sixth 

 Earl of Haddington, to whom there is an obelisk erected in 

 the woods, which he may be said to have created. The 

 Club were extremely obliged to the Earl of Haddington, 

 who kindly allowed its members to wander through his 

 grounds and woods, which contributed greatly to the 

 pleasure and amusement of the day. They then came to the 

 North Berwick road, and thence returned to dinner, where 

 we mustered about twenty. The following gentlemen were 

 proposed as members : — Mr. John Bertram, Howpark, Grant's 

 House; Mr. John Hood, Townhead, Cockburnspath ; Rev. 

 Joseph Hunter, Cockburnspath ; Mr. John Johnson, Tweed- 

 bank, Kelso ; Rev. A. I. Ritchie, Whitekirk ; Rev. John 

 Methven Robertson, Stow. A paper by Dr. John Stuart, 

 Secretary to the Scottish Society of Antiquaries, was read, 

 entitled " The Early Ecclesiastical History of Dunbar." In 

 a note Dr. Stuart mentioned that members might aid in indi- 

 cating " Patron Saints," if there were any such in their 



