Notes on the Ettrich. By James Hardy. 597 



" The pow or "head of the axe, when found was on a level with 

 the short grass of the hill, and I have often wondered that it 

 was not found sooner, as this level place on the hill-top, in my 

 younger days, was our usual plaj -ground, and a very common 

 practice it was with us to pick up all the stones to be found for 

 rolling down the steep hill side." 



The length of this small socketed celt is 4 inches ; the breadth 

 at the upper end is 2 inches ; and the neck If inches; at the 

 cutting edge 2|- inches. 



One of these tiny celts, of a slightly different type, was 

 found, in 1864, along with a collection of thin bronze fittings 

 with nail-holes in them as if for plating some vehicle, along with 

 1 larger, and 14 smaller but not all of one size, stout, smooth 

 bronze rings, all of which were detached, under a stone on the 

 Horsehope-Orag, Posso. The collection was presented by Sir 

 John Naesmyth, Dalwick House, to the museum of Chambers' 

 Institution, Peebles, October 1879. Did a prowler on some 

 pre-historic battle-field carry off these as a booty, and hide 

 them there, and be unable again to recognise the spot where the 

 plunder was concealed? The association of the small celt 

 chopper with the other fragments is worthy of record. 



3. List of Articles exhibited to the Club on their visit to Thirlestane ; 

 drawn up by the Eight Hon. Lord Napier and Ettrick, K.T. 



The cap, handkerchief, and stockings, worn by the Great 

 Marquis of Montrose at his execution, the handkerchief and 

 stockings bearing the stains of blood. 



The original editions of the works of John Napier of Mer- 

 chiston, viz. : — 



A Plaine Discovery of the whole Eevelation of St. John. 



Edinburgh, 1593. 

 Mirifici Logarithmorum Canonis Descriptio. Edinburgi, 1614. 

 Mirifici Logarithmorum Canonis Constructio. Edinburgi, 



1619. 

 Eabdologise. Seu Numerationis per virgulas, Libri Duo. 

 Edinburgi, 1617 ; with the early foreign reproductions 

 and translations into English, French, and other foreign 



