Anniversary Address. 21 



of the company obtained shelter in the hospitable manse till it 

 was over, and the rest rapidly drove out of it. 



LONGFORMACUS MEETING. 



The third meeting of the Club was held on Wednesday, July 

 26th. The principal object of the meeting was to visit Longfor- 

 macus, a point in the Lammermoors farther than the Club had 

 previously penetrated. The place of assembly was Dunse, 

 whither several members made their way on the previous even- 

 ing, the trains both for arrival and departure not being very con- 

 venient for making the journey to and fro on one day. Most of 

 the members in attendance breakfasted in the White Swan Inn, 

 and the following were present during the whole or part of the 

 day — Eev. Jas. Farquharson, M.A., Selkirk, President; the two 

 Secretaries, Dr. Douglas and Mr Hardy ; Eevs. Paton J. Gloag, 

 D.D., Galashiels ; George Gunn, Stitchill ; Joseph Hunter, Oock- 

 burnspath ; Peter M'Kerron, Kelso ; William Snodgrass, D>D., 

 Canonbie ; and William Stobbs, Gordon; Dr. Denholm of 

 Broomhill ; Messrs John S. Bertram, Cranshaws ; James Bogie, 

 Edinburgh ; T. Craig-Brown, Selkirk ; William Crawford, 

 Dunse ; William Currie of Linthill ; William Gunn, Chief Magis- 

 trate of Dunse ; James Heatley, Alnwick ; Andrew Ker, New- 

 town St Boswells ; Peter Loney, Marchmont ; J. S. Mack of 

 Coveyhaugh; George Muirhead, Paxton; Eichard Stephenson, 

 Chapel, Dunse ; Charles Watson, Dunse ; Joseph Wilson, Dunse ; 

 Mr Williamson, Dunse ; James Wood, Galashiels. 



It had been arranged that those, who were disinclined for the 

 longer journey to Longformacus, should visit Langton House, 

 which had been kindly thrown open to the Club by the Hon. E. 

 Baillie Hamilton. Two parties were therefore formed, and I 

 append to my record of the day's proceedings a short note by Dr. 

 Douglas concerning the doings of those who visited Langton 

 House. Having accompanied the party which went to Longfor- 

 macus, I confine my observations to their portion of the day's 

 work. I omit all reference to historical and antiquarian points, 

 as I understand Mr Hardy is to deal with these in a separate 

 paper. 



The party, occupying two waggonettes, left Dunse about 1 1 

 o'clock. The general direction of the road to Longformacus is 

 north west, and the distance upwards of seven miles. Amid 

 much that is featureless and uninteresting in the surrounding 

 scenery, several points deserve notice. First and chief of all is 



