Ristorp or the Beru)icksl)ire naturalists* Club. 



CONTENTS OF VOL. XV. 



PART I. — 1894. 



PAGE 



Address delivered to the Berwickshire Naturalists' Clab, at 

 Berwick, October 10th 1894. By the Rkv. (Ieouge Gun\, 

 M.A., Stichill and Hume. .. ... ... ... I 



The Early History of Stichill, pp. 2-22. Appendix I. Dates 

 of Name, p. 22. Appendix II. The Cler^3Mnen of Stichill, p. 

 23. Appendix III. The Gordons of Stichill, p. 23. Appendix 

 IV. Master William de Stechil, p. 25; Master Robert de 

 Stichill, Bishop of Dnrham, p. 25. 



Report of the Meetings of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club, 

 for the year 1894. By the Rev. George Gunn, M.A., Stichill 

 and Hume ; and revised by Dr Hardy. ... ... ... 30 



(1) Addinstone and Longcroft. Visit to the llill Forts above 

 Lander, p. 30. List of Antiquities in possession of Mr 

 William Dickinson, Longcroft, Lauder, p. 32. Dr Christison's 

 Notes, p. 33. Mr F. Lynn's Investigations, p. 34. Messrs 

 Scott and Dunn's Collections of Antiquities, p. 35. Mr 

 Romanes on the Toliieshill or " Midside Maggie's Girdle," pp. 

 37-38. Cists at Stichill, p. 38. Appendix I. Itinerary. By 

 RoBKRT Romanes, F.S.A. Scot., p. 39. Appendix II. On the 

 Injuries done to Gardens by Frost, May 1894. By Rev. 

 David Paul, LL.D., Roxburgh, p. 41. (2) Cockbnrnspath, p. 42. 

 Visit to the Coast, from Ramsheugh Bay to Billsdean Bay 

 and the old Salt Pans, and thence to Innerwick Castle, 

 including Patten's account of its siege in 1544 ; the Geology, 

 Botany, and Entomology, pp. 42-47. Edincain's Bridge, and 

 other ancient means of Communication, with their Anti- 

 quities, pp. 47-50. Dunglass Dean and its Botany ; Mr 

 Ferguson's List of Birds seen, and notice of the Great 

 Spotted Woodpecker, pp. 50-52. (3) Spindleston and Bam- 

 burgh, p. 53. Trade at the Port of Waren Mouth, p. 54. 

 Visit to Bamburgh Castle, pp. 55-58. (4) Morpeth and 

 Bothal, by various Reporters, p. 58. I. Morpeth and Bothal. 

 By James Fergusson, Morpeth, pp. 58-68. II. Church and 

 Castle of Bothal. By the Hon. and Rev. W. C. Ellis, M.A., 

 Rector of Bothal, pp. 69-74. III. List of Trees, Shrubs, etc., 

 grown at Bothal Haugh. By Arthur Thos. Bowles, Gardener, 

 pp. 74-76. lA^. Report of the Meeting by the President, pp. 

 7G-77. Appendix I, Localities for Pimpinellq macjna (L.) By 



