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Morton, Dnustan, Lesbury, probably introduced with wood from the 

 Norwegian coast or Scotland. It is Acanthocinus cedilis, L. It is said 

 by the late Mr Murray to be "not scarce in Rannoch." — (Cat. of 

 Scottish Coleoptera, p. 84.) It was addressed to Mr Hindmarsh, who 

 consigned it to me. 



6. Anthemis Cotula, not recorded in the Alnwick Flora, was found in 

 July in a field at Low Bnston, when I was visiting Mr J. C. Hodgson. 



7. A. tinctoria was found by one of our members on the railway banks 

 near Berwick, but, although I saw the specimen, 1 have not the 

 particulars. 



The Rev. John Walker had brought from Whalton a stone — a mixture 

 of sandstone and limestone — shaped like a goose, taken at 4 feet depth, 

 out of a drain when digging. The eyes and a slit for the opening of the 

 month were shown on it. Some thought that it might have been a 

 heathen god that had been dropped into a well-head ; others more 

 rationally opined that it was a concretion — a " freak of Nature." An old 

 man on his death-bed had presented it to Mr Walker, and was uneasy 

 until he had relieved his mind about its future safe custody. 



In the farm-house Mr Bertram showed Old Farm-Books previous to 

 1745, and others ; Old Family Bible printed at Amsterdam ; a copy of 

 Extracts from the Presbytery Records and Law Proceedings concerning 

 an Excambion and transfer of Manse, Glebe and Church, 1710 to 1730; 

 Mr Campbell Swinton's " The Swintous of that Ilk and their Cadets." 

 Mr Bertram mentioned that he had found a brass-pot in the Cruel Sykes 

 on Cranshaws, which he had presented to the Scottish Antiquarian 

 Museum. 



There were present at this Meeting — John Scott Dudgeon, 

 LongnevTton, President ; James Hardy, Oldcambus, Cockburns- 

 path, Secretary ; Edward Johnson, M.D., Tweed Villa, Kelso ; 

 Rev. John Walker, Whalton, Morpeth ; Rev. Macduff Simpson, 

 Edrom ; Joseph Wilson, Duns ; Rev. Thomas Martin, Lauder ; 

 Dr. David Skinner, Lauder ; Rev. A. P. Hogarth, Moonzie, 

 Cupar-Fife ; Dr. Robert Shirra Gibb, Boon, Lauder ; John S. 

 Bertram, Cranshaws ; David Watson, Hillside Cottage, Hawick ; 

 Charles Watson, F.S.A. Scot., Duns ; Thomas Darling, junr., 

 Berwick ; Rev. David Workman, Stow ; Stewart Stirling, M.D., 

 Clifton Terrace, Edinburgh ; Capt. Arthur J. Forbes, R.N., 

 Berwick ; John Turnbull of Abbey St. Bathans, W.S., F.S.A. 

 Scot. ; John S. Wilson, Australia ; J. J. P. Storer, Alnwick ; 

 Charles Stuart, M.D., Hillside, Chirnside ; John Turnbull, 

 Ettrick View, Selkirk ; James Wood, Woodburn, Galashiels ; 

 Alexr. Murray Dunlop, Ashkirk ; George Tancred of Weens ; 

 John Williamson, Duns ; George Fortune, Duns ; James Watson, 

 Duns; H. J. Birch, Hillside, Hampstead, London; Dr. James 



