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Langton Estate, was handed round. 



Mrs Essex Thompson sent specimens of AnagalUs tenella, from 

 East Bolton, near Alnwick ; and it was reported that Dr Stuart, 

 Chirnside, had found Torilis nodosa, a plant new to Berwickshire, 

 on a bridge at Bogend. In the morning Mr Muirhead had ex- 

 hibited a vasculum full of beautiful rarities from his garden at 

 Paxton, conspicuous among which was a fine spike of Epipactis 

 palmtris in full flower. 



A copy of the Club's '* Proceedings " for 1881 was laid on the 

 table. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. On the Effects of Lightning in Smelting and Altering 

 Gravel at Ohapelhill, Cockburnspath, 10th July, 1882. By Mr 

 Hardy. 



2. On Marine Shells and Fragments of Bones found at the 

 Base of Hutton-Hall Oliff , opposite Edington Mill. By the Eev. 

 George Wilson, Glenluce, Corr. Mem. of the Scottish Society of 

 Antiquaries. 



3. On examples of the Wood-Ant {Formica rufa), sent by Mr 

 Arkle from Yardhope Wood-foot, Northumberland. 



4. Analysis of a "Black Eain" which fell on the farm of Black- 

 adder West Ma,ins, by Dr Stevenson Macadam, with a letter from 

 Mr Young, Dunse, relating the circumstances. 



5. List of Hill Forts, Intrenched Camps, Standing Stones and 

 Tumuli on the Scotch side of the Cheviots, By Professor James 

 Geikie, LL.D. 



Interesting discussions followed the reading of some of these 

 papers, most of which will find a place in the "Proceedings" for 

 1882. 



The following were proposed for members : — Eev. William D. 

 Herald, Dunse ; Mr Eobert Eoberton, Lady rig, Eoxburgh ; Mr 

 John S. Bertram, Cranshaws ; Mr William Gunn, Dunse ; Mr 

 Andrew Ker, St Boswells ; Eev. Arthur Gordon, Greenlaw ; and 

 Mr J. P. Simpson, Alnwick. 



The party broke up about seven o'clock, after a long and plea- 

 sant day, most of it spent on ground new to the Club. 



COEBRIDGE MEETING, 



Corbridge, the scene of the fourth meeting of the Club, is a 

 village, or rather small town, with a population in 1881 of 1187, 

 on the north bank of the river Tyne, about seventeen miles west 

 from Newcastle. It is a place of great antiquity, and its own 



