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On the 14th June following, Captain Logan Home wrote to 

 me : — 



"I hope you will succeed in finding out from old Mr Brown, at Anchen- 

 craw, the exact spot where De la Beante's cairn was. If the spot can be 

 found, I will he very glad to mark it, by placing a stone or pillar there. 

 Stone coffins with skeletons were found in the field to the N.W. of ' De la 

 Bat's,' but the skeletons all had heads on them. Several skeletons were 

 also found under the old oak tree at Broomhouse." 



Having occasion to visit the farm of Sum^'side, near Auchen- 

 craw, on the 9th of February, 1887, I met there Mr Walter Brown, 

 the former tenant of Swallowdean, and his brother, thelate Mr John 

 Brown. They informed me, that when they became tenants of 

 Swallowdean, in 1834, a very deep bog extended along the lower 

 part of the " De la Bate," or " Battie's Bog" field, and that, on 

 the northern edge of this morass, there stood a cairn of stones 

 until about 1850, when the bog was drained, and the cairn re- 

 moved. At my request, they marked upon the 25 inch Ordnance 

 plan of the parish of Edrom, the site of the cairn. 



Mr John Williamson, Bookseller, Duns, who is interested in 

 antiquarian matters connected with that neighbourhood, having 

 mentioned to me sometime afterwards, that he and the late Mr 

 William Stevenson, accountant, Dans, had given some attention 

 to the site of the grave of De la Beaute at the time when the bog 

 was finally drained, I visited the " De la Bate" field with Mr 

 Walter Brown and Mr Williamson, on the 16th of July, 1888, 

 when they pointed out on the ground, the spot where the cairn 

 formerly stood. This spot is shown on the two accompanying 

 sketches of the " De la Bate " field, taken respectively from the 

 6 inch and 25 inch ordnance plans of the district. It coincides 

 exactly with the site marked on the 25 inch plan in February, 

 1887, by Messrs Walter and John Brown at Sunnyside. 



Alnmouth Marine Algae. By Andrew Amory, Alnwick. 



Since my last communication, I have been able to add the following 

 species to my Alnmouth List, my thanks being due to Edward A. L. 

 Hatters, Esq., F.L.S., for his aid in their identification. 



Conferva aerea. Myriotrichia filiformis. 



Calothrix confervicola. Melobesia polymorpha. 



Chorda lomentaria. laminariae. 



Sphacelaria radicans. Petrocelis Hennedyi. 



Desmarestia ligulata. Delesseria hypoglossum. 



Ectocarpus fasciculatus, NitophyUqm punctatum, 



