12 Anniversary Address, 



lesser elevation called the Mote, at the base of the Standard, and 

 close to the Capehope burn, on which there is a large Camp, 

 situated on a level half way-up, and the steep apical portion 

 above that is fortified with upright and cross ramparts. It is 

 ascended by a road which is protected by standing stones, and 

 these erect projections continue round part of the top, and 

 strengthen most of the transverse terraces. Similar upright 

 stones are well known to accompany British roads and walls 

 among the Cheviots near Wooler. The Mote will be noticed in 

 subsequent articles. The rock we had been travelling over, is a 

 red, brown, or grey, porphyrite, or a variation of it, up to the 

 English border. Leaving the conveyance, there now mustered a 

 walking party of eight, under Mr Simson's guidance, which 

 could only be extended a short way, it being the anxious season 

 of sheep-shearing. We crossed the hay-field which contained 

 among the pasture grasses rather a curious mixture of plants ; 

 wild and zigzag red clover {Trifolium ptatense et medium) ; Lotus 

 corniculatus ; Orohus tulerosus ; much yellow-rattle [RMnardhus 

 crista-galU); hop-clover [Trifolium procicmhens) ; Tormentil; 

 Milkwort ; earth-nut ; and in the marshy spots, Eagged Eobin ; 

 Orchis laUfolia 0. palmata ; Lysimacliia nemorum and Ajuga reptans. 

 In a rocky raviiie of the Capehope, above a water-fall, a wild 

 rose, Teucrium scorodonia, and the obiquitous yellow pansy were 

 remarked. Looking down the glen about two or three miles a 

 slated house or houses on- the right side of the stream was sup- 

 posed to be Yett ; a quarter mile below it is the Duke of 

 Eoxburghe's shooting lodge, Greenhill. The common trout pene- 

 trates above Bughtrig. The bed of the stream furnishes a fine 

 sharp sand adapted for building purposes, which was being util- 

 ised when we passed; very suitable stones of grey porphyrite 

 were also being quarried from the hill side. The day now be- 

 came so extremely sultry, that we almost expected a catas- 

 trophe akin,^to that of the famous tramp to Yevering Bell, June 

 26th 1878, when so many fell out of the ranks. However, on 

 the present occasion, although the journey extended to twice its 

 reputed length, 6 miles instead of 3, and there was a consider- 

 able lagging^behind, the labour was cheerfully undergone, and 

 the distance accomplished. Pipits and wheat- ears were the only 

 birds among the ferns ; the whin-chat was expected, but it could 

 not be recognised ; nor even the ring-ouzel in what is known to 

 be its summer resort. Three black-cocks were seen on the wing. 



