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General Index. 



burgh, 327 ; Sir Robert, 411 ; Sir 

 Wrn., English ambassador, 454. 



Bowsden, land in, 403 ; plea about a 

 pasture in, 415. 



Boyd, W.B., Obituary Notice of 

 Francis Douglas, M.D., 538-41. 



Brachycephalic people, their tombs, 

 48. 



Braes of Br.inksome, 389. 



Braidwoodshiel, 353. 



Brandon White House, Cist, Urn 

 and Iron Spear at, 283; Hill, 

 Bronze Swords found at, 283-4. 



Bransley Hill, 79. 



Branton, Celts, Stone and Bronze at, 

 287. 



Branxholme, Club's visit to, 330 ; its 

 History, 331, 387-8-9; Cist and 

 Camp near, 389 ; Lochs, E. and 

 W., 392 ; Town, 394 ; Park, 387 ; 

 Glaciation and Crag and Tail at, 

 390. 



Branxholme, Branxholm, Brank- 

 some, Bransam, Historical Notes 

 relating to, 421-60 ; Owners of 

 421 etc. ; Raid on and burnt, 436 ; 

 ravaged and barmekyn burnt, 439; 

 not to be taken without cannon, 

 441 ; blown up and burnt, 449-50 ; 

 rebuilt, 450-1 ; old map of vicinity, 

 notice of ; orchards at, 450-61 ; 

 Park and Braes, 461 ; woods 

 round, cut down, 461 ; official 

 residence of Chamberlains. 461 ; 

 old Arched Doorway at, 462-3 ; 

 Inscription over, 463-4; Nebsie 

 Tower and Tentifute, 465 ; Lady 

 Margaret's Bower, 465 ; Duletree, 

 466 ; Old Breech-loading Cannon 

 at, 466 ; Banquet at in 1839, 466. 



Brass Pot, Alnwick District, 37 ; at 

 Stotheld, 115-6; Brass Ring at 

 Riccarton, 118 ; Brass Pots at 

 Knaresdale, 125 ; Brass Spur, 

 278 ; Brass Pans, 287 ; flagon at 

 Dreva, 494. 



Bread offeringsof, to Water-gods, 263. 



Brewster, Sir David, 10. 



Bride of Lammermoor and the 

 Edgars, 168. 



Brighaugh, and Bridge haugh and 

 Mill, 353-4 ; Camp, 354. 



Brinkburn, 41, native woods of, 

 36 ; Brinkburn Hope, Castle at, 

 174. 



British Goblins by Sikes, referred 

 to, 263. 



British Graves at Tosson and 

 neighbourhood, 48 note ; at 

 Gunnerton, 53. 



Brittany, Rude Stone Antiquities of 

 in connection with those of Scot- 

 land, pp. 505-29. Summary. 

 Dolmens like Picts Houses; under 

 protection of French Government; 

 Dolmen signification of, 505. 

 Dolmen at Crucu.no, 506. Rows 

 of standing stones near Carnac, 

 Erdeven, Penmtrch, 506-7 ; stone 

 material for tbeir construction, 

 turf -fences; Scotchfail-dikes;dead- 

 hedges; Quikheg, 507; palisades 

 on old Scotch forts ; hedges in 

 those of New Zealand ; fences of 

 standing stones joined by wattles; 

 Stonehenge, structure of; avenues 

 of standing stones, 508. Dolmens 

 of Dol ar Marchand, and Mane 

 Lud near Lo^mariaker and at 

 Roche Guyon ; rude holes in lines 

 on dolmens and stones at Erdeven 

 509 ; North American circles and 

 'dots ; no sculpturing of circles in 

 Brittany ; Horse-shoe the chief 

 pattern; Horns of Kneph on 

 water-jugs, 310; Analogy be- 

 tween Etruscan Mystic Eye and 

 Cup and Ring cuttings in British 

 rocks ; superstition of Evil Eye ; 

 Marks on Stone Monuments may 

 denote dates and numbers, 510-11; 

 lines of holes suggestive of 

 amber-beads ; axe a favourite 

 symbol in Brittany ; collection 

 of stone -axe heads in the cairn of 

 Mane H'rock ; Celts keep off 

 lightning, 512 Slab in Argyle- 

 shire engraved wth seven axe 

 heads ; gigantic axe of Dol ar 

 Marchand ; scrolls on Gavr Inis 

 slabs intersected by narrow 

 wedges ; zig-zag lines on a slab 

 of Grotto des Fees ; rude stone 

 agricultural implements offering 

 to god of harvest ; cairns of Clava, 

 513, etc. Cairns at Les Rochers 

 called sepulchres of Early Iron 

 Age ; stone, bronze and iron 

 implements mixed together ; 

 manufactured articles of Dolmens 

 resemble those of Swiss Lake 

 Dwellings ; skeleton in one of 

 the Roche Guyon dolmens, 514. 

 Under-ground chamber near 



