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Professor Campbell Swinton; Rev. P. Mearns; and as visitors. 

 Lord Polwarth, Major M. Campbell; Messrs. Tlios. Tate, 

 Bilton House, G. M. Innes, and Master Fryer. 



Tlie principal object of the day's proceedings was to ex- 

 amine the remarkable ridges of sand and gravel, called 

 "Kaims," at Bedshiel, at Oxendeanand in the Dunse woods. 

 The party were guided by Mr. D. Milne Home and Mr. 

 Wm. Stevenson, both of whom are well acquainted with the 

 locality and its geological features. Unfortunately the day 

 was unfavourable to minute observations, for the party, 

 during the whole of their walk, were exposed to drenching 

 rains. 



After dinner, Mr. Geo. Rea, who was proposed at last meet- 

 ing, was elected a member ; and the following nominations 

 were made : — Mr. David Ferguson, Dunse ; Mr. James Wood, 

 Dunse ; John Lait, M.D., Dunse ; James Falla, M.D., Jed- 

 burgh. 



Admirably executed military sketches, taken by Mr. Smith 

 of the Royal Engineers, of Odin's or Edin's Hall, and of the 

 encampments on Bunkle edge, were laid before the meeting, 

 accompanied by a descriptive account from Major Hope 

 Smith. 



The following are Mr. D. Milne Home's notes on this meet- 

 ing : — The chief object of this day's meeting was to inspect 

 the Kaims, which had been referred to in the President's 

 address of last year, when he described the view from the top 

 of Cockburnlaw where the club held a meeting last year. 

 These Kaims consist of elongated ridges of drift, standing up, 

 on the general surface of the country, with steep sides, and 

 attaining sometimes a height of 50 or 60 feet. There being 

 a number of these remarkable objects in the neighbourhood of 

 Dunse, it was intended, according to the programme, to visit 

 those in the woods of Dunse Castle, and also the more exten- 

 sive development of them on a moor about six miles west of 

 Dunse. At breakfast Mr. D. M. Home, by means of a series 

 of plans hung up on the walls, gave a verbal exposition of 

 their physical features and their internal structure, and also 



