198 REPORT OF MEETINGS FOR IflO^ 



Club is strongly of opinion that steps should at once be 



taken to mark the spot where King James IV. of Scotland 



fell so heroically at the battle of Flodden, and much 



regrets that so long a period has elapsed without any such 



memorial having been erected." la furthering this scheme, 



Mr Ferguson proposed, and Mr A. L. Miller seconded, 



that "a provisional Committee be formed for the purpose of 



ascertaining whether a site can be liad ; and if it can, of 



forming a general representative Committee (with power to 



add to their number) from both sides of the Tweed, and 



from the Club and outside of it, to carry out the work." 



Mr Wm. Maddan further proposed that "the provisional 



Committee consist of the President, Secretary and Treasurer ; 



Mr John Ferguson, Dr Hodgkin, Mr Wm. Maddan, and Mr 



A. L. Miller." These several resolutions were unanimously 



adopted. 



It was agreed to appoint Mr George P. Hughes, Middleton 



Hall, Wooler, to represent the Club at the 



next meeting of the British Association in 

 Association, r, , i- 

 Dublin. 



Dr Caverhill, Edinburgh, intimated tliat the building in 



Jedburgh known as "Queen Mary's House" 



Queen was about to be exposed fur sale, and with 



Mary's the object of preserving it as national property 



House. moved that "the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 



cordially approve of the movement to preserve 



Queen Mary's House at Jedburgh as a National Monument." 



• This was cordially agreed to. 



He also presented to the Club a pamphlet entitled 



"Exhibition of Old Prints, etc," illustrative 



. " of a pictorial scheme of teaching history. 



ions. Captain Norman likewise presented a copy of 



his " Gruide to the Fortifications of Berwick." 



Thereafter tlie Club dined in the King's Arms Hotel, 



Club under the presidency of Mr Henry Rutherfurd, 



Dinner. when the usual toasts were duly honoured. 



