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length, portraits of George II., and Queen Caroline, and of 

 George III., said to be by Gainsborougb ; and reported to have 

 been brought from Government House in America, during or at 

 the close of the war of Independence. The gardens are exten- 

 sive, and in this upland region each spring must prove how 

 wisely they have been laid out on 



" slopes that, slanting south, 

 " Breathe off the snow, and show a warming green." 



A beautiful double-flowering variety of Pyrethrum inodorum 

 attracted notice in the garden ; and among the shrubs beside the 

 house a Golden- Crested Wren was seen by some of the party. 



Bidding farewell, with thanks, to the proprietor, the representa- 

 tive of an ancient Border race, on whom we had so unceremoni- 

 ously intruded, we drove back to Jedburgh, and reached the 

 Hotel at 4 o'clock, after paying a short visit to the handsome 

 new Parish Church, erected by Lord Lothian in lieu of the old 

 structure, which had been removed from the nave of the ruined 

 Abbey Church. 



Thirty -two sat down to dinner, and after dinner the following 

 objects were exhibited and examined. 



A fine specimen of the Wild Cat, showing the abrupt tail and 

 other marks of the genuine Felis Catus, shot a few years ago at 

 Wolf elee, and brought for exhibition by Mr J. T. S. Elliot ; who 

 also showed a massive upper-stone of a Quern, found recently on 

 Bonchester Hill, and remarkable as having the hole for insertion 

 of the driving handle in the side, instead of in the usual place 

 on the upper surface. 



Mr Gumming, Jedburgh, exhibited a fine specimen of Ache- 

 rontia Atropos, CDeath's-Head Moth) found this summer on Lan- 

 ton Moor ; a Mecca Peggum, a roll of narrow parchment, 1 8 feet 

 long, beautifully covered with Arabic characters in red, black, 

 and gold ; the intention of the quotations from the Koran being 

 to incite Mahommedans of the fanatical Wahabee sect to a religi- 

 ous war against Great Britain ; and a leaflet 7 inches by 4f , 

 being a handbill of the Kelso Paces run on Oct. 12th, 1781. A 

 very large Fungus, probably Lycoperdon giganteus, was also laid 

 on the table ; it measured 3 feet in circumference, and weighed 

 4^ lbs, and was found by Sheriff Pussell growing near Timpen- 

 dean Castle on Sept. 25th. Pev. G. P. Wilkinson exhibited the 

 beautiful Jet ring, of which he had previously shown a gold fac- 

 simile, as noticed in the Proceedings, vol. viii., p. 28. 



