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to the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club" and "The Lady Mem- 

 bers," both of which were duly honoured. The Chairman said 

 that these were the only toasts allowed by the Club, but on this 

 occasion he thought they might make an exception. He 

 proposed " The health of the Provost of the Burgh." The 

 members had been greatly delighted with their visit to the 

 ancient town, and had admired the beautiful scenery of the 

 neighbourhood, and he was sure they would join him in drinking 

 to the health of the Chief Magistrate. (Cheers.) 



Provost Hilson, in acknowledging the compliment, said it 

 had given him the highest pleasure to see so many gentlemen 

 visiting the town on an occasion like that, and he was glad to 

 know that they had enjoyed their visit ; and he concluded by 

 inviting them to make an early return to Jedburgh. 



The following new members were proposed : Col. Charles 

 Elliot, C.B., E.A., Hazelbank, Murrayfield, Midlothian; Mr Jas. 

 Dand, Field House, Lesbury ; Eev. James Stark, St Cuthbert's 

 Church, North Shields ; and Mr Thomas Elliot Boog, Spylaw, 

 Kelso. Mr Walter Laidlaw, the Abbey, Jedburgh, was pro- 

 posed as an associate. 



Mr Hardy then read a paper by Professor Geikie, LL.D., 

 F.B.S.E , &c, Edinburgh, on "The Geology of the Oxnam 

 Valley ;" one by Mr Walter Laidlaw, the Abbey, Jedburgh, on 

 "Armorial Bearings and Interesting Inscriptions in Jedburgh and 

 its Vicinity;" and a third by himself, on "An Urn found near 

 Lilburn, Northumberland." A letter from Mr Thomas Simson 

 was read, on some stag and wild (?) boar remains, (antlers and 

 tusks), from rubbish of Jedburgh Castle. One of the Alnwick 

 members mentioned the prevalence of the Pied Flycatcher in 

 the Duke's Park during the month. Dr Hume exhibited a 

 triangular stone a foot long, closely marked longitudinally with 

 glacial scratches, and there were also on it some irregular cross 

 marks. It was a fine clean blue-grey piece of greywacke as if 

 from a sea-coast. He had pnlled it out of the boulder-clay by 

 the side of the public road. Mr Hardy showed a number of 

 photographs and plates of urns, crosses, &c, found on the 

 Borders. A drawing of the old Lilliard stone, which had been 

 broken up to be nsed as road metal, attracted great interest. A 

 number of the members then adjourned to an adjoining room to 

 inspect several casts of interesting objects, including the Roman 

 Altar and Saxon Cross in the Abbey ; the inscription on the Bell 



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