166 Annicersary Address. 



Ellamford and Abbey St. Bathans, June 28th, 1860. 



At this gathering I was able to bear a part and to enjoy a 

 long drive and subsequently a walk through a country al- 

 together new to me. The afternoon, however, was very 

 showery, though it ultimately cleared up and left us all in 

 cheerful mood, rewarding our perseverence by the most beau- 

 tiful lights of a declining sun over the fine landscape which 

 lay before us as we returned homeward to dinner at Dunse. 

 Of that social repast I was very much concerned not to be 

 able to take my share, nor to be forthcoming in my official 

 capacity, being obliged like my friend Mr. Dickson to take 

 some refreshment an hour earlier, in order to be able to catch 

 the train for Newcastle, on account of business quite beyond 

 my control. 



To the Secretary and to Mr. Langlands the club owes the 

 following valuable memorials of the day's proceedings : — 



" Ellamford being situated among the Lammermuir Hills at 

 some distance from the railway, it was found necessary to 

 alter our ordinary arrangement, to enable the club within a 

 limited time to examine the district selected for the June 

 meeting. Accordingly it was agreed that the rendezvous for 

 breakfast should be Ellamford, but for dinner, Dunse. Not- 

 withstanding the difficulty of reaching the place of meeting 

 and the threatening state of the weather, there was a fair 

 muster of members at Dunse on the 28th of June. Some, 

 indeed, had arrived on the previous day, that they might be 

 ready for an early start for Ellamford ; and some too, in con- 

 sequence of there being no later train from Dunse than that 

 which leaves at 5 p.m., remained there till the following day. 



There were present — the President, Messrs. Embleton, 

 Langlands, Home, Dickson, Pat. Dickson, TurnbuU, F. R. 

 Wilson, Stevenson, Watson, Douglas, Macbeath, Sanderson, 

 Tate, and Dr. M^Watt ; and as visitors, the Rev. Mr. David- 

 son of Abbey St. Bathans, and Mr. Peat of Dunse. 



Only five of the members, Mr. Embleton, Mr. Stevenson, 

 Mr. Turnbull, Mr. Langlands, and Mr, Wilson ventured as 

 far as Ellamford. Most of them, however, visited Abbey St. 

 Bathans and Edins Hall. Mr. Langlands has furnished the 



