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fields on his farm. But the members of the Club found 

 another bridle-road bridge here, crossing Thornton burn on 

 a level with the surface at the two ends. It was mostly 

 constructed of sandstone. The rough arch that spans the 

 burn lies low down beneath the cope, and resembles an old 

 one of similar structure, still remaining at the foot of 

 Billsdean burn. 



The farm village of Thornton lies in a hollow, under a 

 steep bank, by the side of the burn. Some of the gardens 

 have been scooped out of the banks above. There is much 

 Wormwood visible about them ; a distinguishing mark of 

 old hamlets. It is farmed from Thornton-loch. 



After gaining the height on which stands Branxton, a place 

 with an extensive view, the aspect of the surface to the N.E. 

 is remarkably diversified by heights and hollows. Passing 

 down a lane margined with broom, then in full blossom, 

 the Oldhamstocks road, with its fine hedges, is joined. 



By and bye our homeward way brought us to Dunglass. 

 It is unnecessary to describe it at length here, as Records of 

 previous visits of the Club to these grounds will be found 

 in Vol. VII., p. 187, and Yol. viii., p. 409; while at p. 480 

 may be read Dr Hardy's Paper '* On the Border Family of 

 Papedy of Ancroft, Dunglas, Manderston, and Berwick." 



With the permission of Sir Basil Hall, a visit was rapidly 

 made to the old Collegiate Church of Dunglass, which stands 

 quite close to the Mansion House. It is a Collegiate Church, 

 which was built in the cruciform style, somewhere during the 

 latter half of the fifteenth century. The structure is ruinous. 



In Dunglass Dean the following plants were gathered or 

 observed. Lamium galeohdolon (Crantz), Anagallift arvensis (1^.), 

 Gnaphalium uliginosum (L.), Papaver Argemone (L.), Snnicula 

 Europaa (L.), and also, as a planted shrub, the yellow flowered 

 Buddlea glohona. Ferns were growing in great luxuriance. 

 Large plants of Scolopendrium vulgare were seen on the 

 Calciferous Sandstone banks in the ravine. Anplenium Adiantum- 

 nigrum was growing on the walls of the church and Thornton 

 Bridge, and A. Trichomanes on Thornton Bridge. 



Leaving Dunglass, we returned to Cockburnspath by a 

 footpath, locally known as the " Eild Banks or Baulks." This 

 grass field, Dr Hardy says, had originally been cultivated, 

 as it still shows, on the ridge and bauk system ; and preserves 



