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near by. Mr Lynn has furnished an informative and excellent 

 paper upon them, to which I refer for fuller details. The 

 ancient approaches to the fortification attracted some attention, 

 especially the curious and unusual duplication of the road as it 

 crosses the stream at the foot of the hill. 



It will be of pathetic interest to read a vivid account by Dr 

 Hardy of the adventures of another company of the members, 

 who waited in vain at the Windy Gyle to shake hands with the 

 Kelso contingent, who were prevented going that distance 

 by the fog. Dr Hardy writes to the Eev. Mr Gunn : — 



"These had come from Coquetdale, having got a long cart 

 from Burradon, and under the guidance of Captain Huggup 

 went up by Linnshiels, Shilmore, the Windyhaugh, Barrow, 

 Rowhope, and the Trows. Leaving the horse or horses at 

 Trows, they begged a few peats, and resumed the ascent, 

 telling the driver to get a few trout if possi})le from one of the 

 burns. The fog was so dense that they got bewildered, but 

 the cairn in the Gyle became visible and they steered to it by 

 compass, Captain Huggup being at the helm. Finding no one 

 from the North they returned to their peat store, and, with 

 the assistance of some ladies, fried the trout their driver had 

 caught, and took their luncheon. The mist increased, they 

 saw a wool packing and rolling up at one place, and shepherds 

 playing at quoits at another while delayed by a shower. They 

 arrived at the Gyle about half-past one, and waited till nearly 

 3 o'clock. The return journey was in much finer weather, but 

 finally the mist closed in. Fortunately the party all got 

 safely home." 



Other members of the party proceeded to botanize up Calroust 

 Burn, while a third party made an excursion to the famous 

 ravine at the back of Cheviot, known as the Henhole. 



Mr Boyd, Dr Paul, Mr Gunn, and Mr Wood reported that 

 the following plants had been gathered amongst many others 

 during the day. Carex muricata L., C. pallescens h., C.flava L., 

 C. binervis Sm., C. ovalis Good., C. stellulata Good., C. panirea L., 

 C. curta Good., C. Goodenowii J. Gay, and C. praecox Jacq., 

 Saxifraga granulata L., S. stellaris L., and S. hypnoides L., 

 Lycopodium sdago L., Cochlear ia officinaUs L., Lysimachia nem- 

 orum L., Epilohium angallidifolium Lam., Sedum villosum L., 

 Melampyrum pratense var. montanum Johnst., Goody era repens R., 

 Br., Anchusa sempervirens L., Teesdc^lea nudicaulis E,. Br., 



