42 Anniversary Address. 



James Farpuharson, M.A., Selkirk, President ; Dr. F. Douglas, 

 Kelso, and Mr Hardy, Oldcambus, Hon. Secretaries ; Eevs. T. 

 S. Anderson, Crailing ; J. E. Elliot Bates, of Milburn Hall ; 

 John F. Bigge, Stamfordham ; J. Hill Scott, Kelso ; John 

 Walker, Whalton ; Geo. P. Wilkinson, Harperley Park ; E. H. 

 Williamson, Whickham ; Sheriff Eussell, Jedburgh ; Dr. H. 8. 

 Anderson, Selkirk ; Dr. William Blair, Jedburgh ; Dr. Alex. J. 

 Main, Alnwick ; Dr. J. Eobson Scott, Belford ; Dr. M. J. Turn- 

 bull, Coldstream ; Messrs James Bogie, Edinburgh ; A. Hay 

 Borthwick, Melrose ; Fred. J. W. CoUingwood, of Glanton Pyke ; 

 James Gumming, Jedburgh ; Jas. T. S. Elliot, yr. of Wolf elee ; 

 Wm, Elliot, Sheriff Clerk, Jedburgh ; John Freer, Melrose ; 

 Douglas Govan, Fife ; Wm. T. Hindmarsh, Alnwick ; W. H. 

 Johnson, Edinburgh ; E. D. Ker, Edinburgh ; John McDougall, 

 Jedburgh ; Frederick L. Eoy, of Nenthorn ; Thos. Eobson Scott, 

 of Newton ; David M. B. Watson, Hawick ; and James Watson, 

 Jedburgh. 



After breakfast at the Eoyal Hotel all turned towards the 

 Abbey. It is not necessary to describe this stately ruin. Details 

 concerning it may be found in many easily accessible publica- 

 tions ; and the Proceedings of the Club in former years record 

 much concerning it. What calls for notice now is that, since 

 the Club last visited Jedburgh, by the munificent liberality of 

 the Marquis of Lothian, to. whom the Abbey now belongs, it has 

 been put in a condition more worthy of the noble architecture it 

 exhibits. The old Parish Church which encumbered and dis- 

 figured the interior of the nave has been entirely removed ; por- 

 tions of the fabric which threatened to give way have received 

 support ; and when it could be done judiciously, decayed stones 

 and fragments have been removed, and new stones, fac-similes of 

 of the old, have been substituted. The accomplished architect, 

 Mr Eowan Anderson, to whom the work of restoration, or rather 

 of preservation, was entrusted, has also erected in the old en- 

 trance from the cloisters a copy of the famous west doorway, 

 which in its sharp freshness gives an idea of what the whole 

 Abbey Church must have been when it rose under the hammer 

 and chisel of those wonder-working mediaeval masons, and stood 

 in untarnished richness, a goodly house of God. The visitors, 

 besides enjoying the impressive view of the interior now obtain- 

 able from the site of the grand altar, inspected with interest 

 various objects brought to light during the process of restoration. 



