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Reports of the Meetings of the Berwickshire Naturalists' 

 Club for 1908. 



Kelso, for Hume Castle and Newton Don. 



The first meeting of the year was held at Kelso on 

 Wednesday, 27th May, when in the unavoidable absence of 

 the President, Captain Norman, R.N., Mr Henry Eutherfurd, 

 Fairnington, took his place. Among those present were : — 

 Rev. J. J. M. L. Aiken, B.D., Interim Secretary ; Misses Aiken, 

 Ayton ; Mrs Anderson, and Miss Anderson, The Thirlings, 

 Wooler ; General J. J. Boswell, C.B., Melrose; Miss Boyd, 

 Faldonside ; Rev. J. Burleigh, Ednam ; Mr R. Carmichael, 

 and Mrs Carmichael, Coldstream ; Mr Robert Carr, Grindon ; 

 Mr David Craighead, Galashiels; Mr William Dunn, Redden; 

 Dr. R. Shirra Gibb, Boon ; Mr Arthur Giles, Edinburgh ; 

 Mr J. Lindsay Hilson, Kelso ; Mr G. P. Hughes, Middleton 

 Hall, Wooler ; Rev. William McConachie, B.D., Lauder ; 

 Dr. James McWhir, Swinton ; Mr James Romanes, Melrose ; 

 Mr F. Eliott Rutherford, Hawick; Mr Henry Rutherfurd, 

 Fairnington ; Mr Adam P. Scott, Amble ; Mr T. B. Short, 

 Berwick; Mr R. Colley Smith, and Mrs Colley Smith, 

 Ormiston ; Provost T. D. Crichton Smith, Kelso ; Mr Andrew 

 Thomson, Galashiels ; and Mr. H. G. Wilkin, Alnwick. 



The rendezvous was Kelso Station on the arrival of the 

 train from Berwick at 940 a.m. Two brakes were sufficient 

 to convey the party, as several members were accommodated 

 in private motor-cars. The day was all that could be 

 desired, the sunshine being continuous, and a gentle breeze 

 from the West rendering the drive particularly enjoyable. 

 Proceeding down Maxwellheugh, a fine opportunity was 

 afforded of viewing the Border town decked in all the 



