330 Anniversary Address. 



Lady's yard, formerly the property of the Abbey ; and here 

 were seen several ancient pear trees which had been planted 

 by the monks, and which are still producing fruit in their 

 old age. 



Under the guidance of Mr. Jeffrey, the fine old Abbey was 

 examined with great interest, and the age of the several 

 parts of the venerable structure was discussed. Situated near 

 the Borders, it was frequently more or less damaged by 

 Border warfare, but having been at different times repaired, 

 the building presents the architectural features of several 

 different ages. The oldest portions are in the late Norman 

 style of the 12th century, of a highly ornate character ; 

 the doors, especially the northern one, are remarkably rich in 

 their sculptures. Some other portions are Transitional and 

 Early English ; but the principal restorations are in the 

 Decorated style of the 14th century. In Saxon times a church 

 stood here, subject to the see of Lindisfarne : and two sculp- 

 tured stones, which very probably formed part of that older 

 structure, are built into the walls of the present Abbey — one 

 of them forming the lintel of a window in the second story 

 of the chancel. A relic of the same period, the base of a 

 cross, which had been removed from Jedburgh, is now in the 

 Hartrigg grounds. Though much decayed by time, there can 

 still be traced the rude figure of an animal and some inter- 

 lacing work. 



Leaving the Abbey, the party walked up the Jed, and 

 examined with great interest the geological formations ex- 

 posed in the channel and banks of the river. Opposite to 

 Allars Mill is the instructive section to which Dr. Button's 

 description has given a world wide celebrity; for here is 

 seen an unconformable junction of the Cambro-silurian and 

 old red sandstone formations ; the former rocks are thrown 

 into a vertical position, and on their upturned edges, the 

 sandstone rocks are deposited in nearly horizontal beds. 

 Such junctions had been observed before, but Hutton was 

 the first who rightly unfolded their meaning. He saw that 

 these primary strata, (the Cambro-silurian,) after having been 



