feEPOUT OE^ MEETINGS FOR 1906 i^ 



gables.* The bastle is reached by a footpath through the 

 Park adjoining the "Yaxes Plantation." 



At 3 o'clock the members reassembled at the church, where 

 the carriages were in readiness to convey them homewards 

 by another route ; but the weather having become very 

 boisterous and disagreeable, it was agreed to proceed by 

 the road traversed in the morning, which enabled them to 

 gain the Blue Bell, Belford, by the advertised hour of 



dinner (4-15). The excursion proved generally 

 Club. successful, but would have afforded greater 



Dinner. pleasure had not the day been so dismal and 



wet. A large company sat down to dinner ; 

 and after the usual toasts were given, the following motions 

 by Captain Norman, R.N., of which written notice had been 

 given, were unanimously approved: — (1) That a contribution 

 of £5 from the funds of the Club be given to the Newstead 

 (Roman) Excavation Fund; and (2) That a like sum be 

 granted to the Berwick Historic Monuments' Committee. 



. The following were duly nominated: — Mr 



Alexander Malcolm, Southview, Duns; and Mr 



Andrew Brown, Dunreay, Selkirk. 



* Border Holds, pp. 303-304. 



