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shilling per day is paid quarterly to each beneficiary, with coal 

 to the value of ^2 los. in the course of the year ; and the 

 conditions of admission require that applicants shall have 

 attained the age of fifty-four years, shall have borne through 

 life a good character, and shall possess a private income of not 

 less than ;^io yearly. 



Diverging to the left, the party then proceeded by the road 

 leading to Bowden ; and on reaching the high ground near 

 Kippilaw, they were favoured with a charming view of the 

 Cheviots, Dunion, and Ruberslaw, bathed in sunlight, and 

 rendered enchanting through the fleeting shadows 'driven across 

 them. A short drive Northward brought them to Maxpofifle, a 

 modern mansion above the course of the Bowden burn, where 

 our esteemed member, Hannah, Lady Eliott of Stobs, generously 

 entertained them to light refreshments, and exhibited a number 

 of antiques. Among these may be mentioned : — A Norwegian 

 reindeer sleigh, with high-pitched beak and embossed panels, a 

 relic of three hundred years : a miniature copy of the 

 Lord's Prayer, the Apostles' Creed, and the Ten Command- 

 ments, dated 1672 : and a silver medal, struck in 1688, 

 commemorative of Archbishop Bancroft's committal to the 

 Tower of London for refusing to read the Declaration of 

 Indulgence in 1687, whose portrait, as well as those of the 

 Bishops of Chichester, St. Asaph, Bath and Wells, Bristol, 

 Peterburgh, Ely and London, who were associated with him, 

 it bore on its obverse and reverse sides respectively. Having 

 acknowledged their hostess's warm interest in the Club, and kind 

 hospitality to the members present, the President led the way 

 through the private grounds to the Church of Bowden, which 

 had recently come prominently into public notice through its 

 admirable restoration from designs prepared by Mr P. Macgregor 

 Chalmers, Glasgow. The Club was fortunate in 

 Church of having the parish minister. Rev. John Burr, 

 Bowden. M.A., to whose zeal the success of the under- 



taking was largely due, as their guest and guide 

 in examining the much improved place of worship. In the 

 course of his remarks regarding the Church, he explained at the 

 outset that the restoration had been greatly facilitated by the 

 approval and personal interest of individual heritors, particularly 



