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ashlar, and its floor paved with tiles. The nave is furnished 

 with pews, pulpit, lectern and baptismal font of solid oak, its 

 barrel-vaulted roof being of timber relieved by massive mould- 

 ings and carved work. The 15th century transept arch, nearly 

 four feet thick, remains an object of peculiar interest to the 

 antiquarian, as does the quaint ''laird's loft" which originally 

 concealed it, but which has been removed to a position on the 

 North wall farther East (Plate XIV.). At the top of its gable 

 are inscribed the initials S.T.K. (Sir Thomas Ker), and D.G.H. 

 (Dame Grizell Halkett), and beneath, on a blue scroll, is painted 

 the Scripture text : — " Behold the axe is lyed unto the 

 root of the trees." It was the original Cavers-Carre pew, and 

 bears the date 1661. In offering thanks to Rev. Mr Burr for his 

 interesting account of the Church, the President complimented 

 him on the wonderfully successful restoration he had been the 

 means of effecting, and intimated that his own church at Linton 

 was then undergoing a somewhat similar alteration. 



On driving through Bowden on their way back to St. Boswells 

 Newtown, the members had an opportunity of viewmg the birth- 

 place of Thomas Aird, the Border poet (1802-1876), now occupied 

 by the Post Office, and the base of the old market cross near the 



middle of the village. Returning to the Station 

 Club Hotel, they dined together at 4.30, and pledged 



Dinner. the usual toasts. The Secretary reported that 



the addition to the inscription upon the tomb- 

 stone of the late Dr. Hardy had been engraved with the 

 concurrence of his widow. 



The following nominations were intimated : — Mrs Josephine 



A. Hogg, Castle Vale, Berwick ; Mr Adam 

 Nomina= Brack Boyd, Cherrytrees, Yetholm ; Mr Robert 



tions. Harper, Friar House, Dunbar; Miss Susan Maud 



Brunton, Broomlands, Kelso; and Mrs Hectorina 

 E. Pearson, Otterburn, Morebattle. 



