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in the village (about 1794) ; a rapier from the district ; several 

 coins ; and a brass mortar-gun from Hermitage. Here are kept 

 two flags of the Castleton Friendly Societies, inscribed : 

 " By Friendship nnited, 

 In Affliction supported." 



One of the carriages was utilised to take a party to Ettleton 

 Churchyard, which opened up a view of a well cultivated country 

 divided into fields stretching up towards the gradually lowered 

 hill ridge on the south. Carbie Fell was in the distance, and 

 the scarp of a sandstone quarry, said to yield good stones. The 

 Geranium pratense grew by the wayside as it does up to Saughtree, 

 and there was a wealth of blooming wild roses. The Ettleton 

 stone cross was passed, and then the steep bank to the church- 

 yard was climbed. The tomb-stones were in excellent order. 

 We did not persevere to visit the site of the tower of the famed 

 " Jock o' the Syde," nor Mangerton tower on the opposite side of 

 the river. There was time after returning to see Newcastleton. 

 Flower cultivation in front of the houses, and visible at the 

 windows, and the fine wide streets, make it a model village. 



To enable the company from the north to reach home, the 

 North British Eailway Company kindly allowed the Pullman to 

 pull up for a few minutes. 



There were present at this meeting, Mr William T. Hindmarsh, 

 F. L.S. ; Mr James Hardy, Secretary; Mr Middleton H. Dand, 

 Hauxley Cottage ; Mr Wm. A.. Hunter, LL.B., Duns ; Mr 

 Alexander Bowie, Priory Hill, Canonbie ; Mr John Elliot, Sand- 

 holm, Castleton; Mr J. A. Vernon, F.S.A. Scot., Hawick; Mr 

 Charles Watson, F.S.A. Scot., Duns; Mr Adam Cochrane, jun., 

 Galashiels ; Mr James Woods, Galashiels ; Eev. Alex. Wilson, 

 M.A., Saughtree ; Mr Edward J. Wilson, Saughtree School ; 

 Mr J. C. Hodgson, Low Buston ; Mr Michael Muir, Fernlea, 

 Selkirk ; Mr F. E. Rutherford, Hawick ; Mr David Watson, 

 Hawick ; Mr John Turnbull, Selkirk ; Eev. Prof. Pollok, D.D., 

 Halifax, Nova Scotia ; Eev. Dr. Snodgrass, Canonbie ; Mr 

 William Doughty, Byres-foot Cottage, Canonbie ; Mr J. D. 

 Murray, Journal Office, Newcastle ; Mr John Hogg, Quixwood ; 

 Mr Andrew Currie, Darnick ; Mr Mark Turnbull, Dingleton. 



The following were proposed for membership : Eev. James 

 Steele, Vicarage, Heworth, Gateshead ; Mr William Doughty, 

 Byreburn-foot, Canonbie ; Mr Mark Turnbull, Dingleton Mains, 

 Melrose. 



