CONTENTS. 



PAET I.— 1885. 



PAGE 



1. Address delivered to the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club, at 



Kelso, October 14th, 1885. By the Rev. Thomas Leishman, 

 D.D., F.S.A., Scot., Linton, President ... ... ... 1 



2. Report of Meetings of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club, 



for the year 1885. By James Hardy ... ... ... 10 



3. Notices connected with the Parish of Oxnam. By James Hardy 93 



4. On a Roman Patella and a Leaden Vessel found in Redesdale. 



By the Rev. Thomas Stephens, Vicar of Horsley by Ofcterburn 128 



5. On a Roman Bronze Patella from Palace near Orailing, Roxburgh- 



shire, and some other examples from Scotland ... ... 130 



6 Armorial Bearings and Interesting Inscriptions in Jedburgh and 



its Vicinity. By Walter Laidlaw ... ... ••• 135 



7. Historic Notices of Haughton Castle, North Tynedale. By the 



Rev. G. Rome Hall, F.S.A., Vicar of Birtley and Chaplain of 



Chipchase Castle Chapel, Wark-on-Tyne ... ... 145 



8. On some British Remains near Oldcambus. By James Hardy 159 



9. Additions to the History of Oxnam Tower. By the Same ... 162 



10. Plenderleith and the Selbies. By the Same ... ... 1G3 



11. Wedderlie House, Berwickshire. By Robert Murray, Architect, 



Edinburgh. Plates I., II, III. ... ... ... ... 164 



12. The Edgars of Wedderlie. By the Rev. J. H. Edgar, M.A., 



Temple, Sheen, Middlesex ... ... ... ... 166 



13. Double-handed Sword preserved at Wedderlie House ... 169 



14. A few Notes on the Damage to Trees caused by the Frosts of 



1879-80, and following years, in the Merse, Berwickshire, after 

 five years' observation; with four drawings of Frosted Oaks. 

 By Charles Stuart, M.D. ... ... ... ••• 170 



15. Woodhouses Pele, Coquetdale, Northumberland. By D. D. Dixon, 



Rothbury, Plate TV. ... ... ... ... ... 174 



16. On a Cinerary Urn at Otterbnrn, Morebattle, Roxburghshire. 



By James Hardy ... ... ... ■•• ••• 177 



17. Notes on the opening of a Stone Cist near Eckford Village, in the 



Parish of Eckford, Roxburghshire. By John C. Winning ... 179 



18. Report for Wm. Eliott Lockhart, Esq., Chamberlain to His Grace 



the Duke of Buccleuch, etc., as to Stones, etc., found in a field 



at Eckford. By the Same ... ... ... ... 182 



19. On an old Grave containing two Skeletons covered by a Slab at 



Ladykirk Church. By the Rev, William Dobie,M.A. ... 185 



