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to antiquarians and military students, as it is, almost certainly, 

 the only example remaining in the world of what a Flanker 

 was in the 16th ceutury. 



A tour of inspection was thereafter conducted along the 



Promenade. Arriving at the King's Bastion 

 Inspection the President explained that the huge elevated 

 of Walls. mounds which are inside all the Bastions (except 



King's), called Cavaliers, did not exist at first, 

 but were subsequently added for the purpose of covering 

 a wider range for the guns, the earthen banks which back 

 the walls being heightened at the same time. He further 

 pointed out that from King's Mount away round by the 

 river to Meg's Mount, near the Old Bridge, no limestone 

 whatever exists, the walls consisting exclusively of sandstone, 

 the explanation being that that stretch of river wall, which 

 walls in or encloses the Ness, was not originally included in 

 the Elizabethan circuit. In course of time, however, it was 

 found that an error had been made in» not including it, 

 so it was determined to heighten and strengthen the ancient 

 Edwardian river wall which Elizabeth found there but did 

 not utilise, and to make battei-ies with the same material, 

 namely sandstone. All this will be better understood by 

 reference to the plans (Plates XII., XIII., and XIV.), where it 

 will be seen that this range of wall is named post-Elizabethan, 

 though popularly it is considered to form part of the 

 Elizabethan Rounds. 



Diversity was given to the day's enjoyment through the 

 inclusion in the programme of a drive in the direction of the 

 Whitadder. Members who wished to participate in the 

 excursion assembled at the Ked Lion Hotel, where brakes 

 were in readiness, and left at 1-30 for Edrington Castle, the 

 Southern and easier route by High Letham and Balders- 

 buryhill being selected on account of the excessive heat. On 

 arriving at the Castle, the following descriptive paper was 

 read by the President : — The Bounds Eoad, along which it 



was at first intended to have driven from the 

 Edrington site of the Starch House toll, so called because 

 Castle. there was formerly a starch manufactory in 



the immediate vicinity, has the reputation of 

 being a very ancient road indeed, and is now jointly rnaiu^ 



