140 REPORTS OF MEETINGS FOR 1910 



Dalhousie." The Earl of Northumberland was at this time 

 Warden of the East Marches, and Sir Robert Ogle, junior, 

 from the later accounts, broke away without authority. The 

 Ogles were men of note on the Borders, the older one being 

 some time governor of Roxburgh and Berwick castles. 



To the South of the mansion rises Pawston Hill, whose 

 summit (755 feet) is crowned with a circular camp. In a 

 hollow behind it lies a small sheet of water, which has been 

 artificially dammed to form a picturesque lake with an island 

 dotted here and there to enrich its surface. A visit to its 



neighbourhood formed an item of the day's 

 Pawston proceedings, and to reach it the direct route lay 



Lake. over the shoulder of the hill ; but as carriages had 



been requisitioned for the drive to Yetholm, it 

 was found convenient to proceed about two miles along the road, 

 and walk up the outlet from the lake, thereby securing a more 

 gradual ascent, as well as a pleasant shelter from the mid-day 

 sun. This small stream is wooded on both banks, though a 

 considerable number of mature forest trees have been cut down 

 in recent times. There is a small amount of natural wood, 

 but the bulk of the timber which completely surrounds the 

 lake has been planted. On its margin were gathered Phalaris 

 arundinacea ; Carex disticha ; G. paniculata ; C. ampuUacea ; 

 and C. vesicaria ; and in the shade of the plantations, into 

 which the exigencies of game preservation did not allow mem- 

 bers to penetrate, large quantities of Myosotis sylvatica and 

 Scilla nutans mingled their delicate hues with clumps of Lastrcea 

 dilatata and L. Filix-mas. To examine what has been regarded 

 an example of water or ice action on the shore of a marsh 

 lying between Pawston and Harelaw, the party were conducted 

 Eastward to a rising ground beyond the lake, whence the 

 billowy character of the Border hills unfolded itself, their soft 

 grassy slopes descending from Kilham (1,108 feet) to Milfield 

 Plain, and terminating in Flodden Edge and Ford Common, 

 From this point one member of the party elected to proceed on 



foot over Harelaw to Yetholm, but the majority, 

 Harelaw. returning by the burn, rejoined the carriages and 



di-ove Southward, dismounting to examine the 

 two-storey house of Harelaw, originally built in the reign of Queen 



