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Sherardea arvensis L., Vicia angustifoUa L., V. lathyroides L. 

 A big patch of Mercurialis perennis L., at a height of 1200 feet. 

 Symphytum oflcinale var. patens Sibth., Callitriohe verna L., 

 Montia fontana L., Cystopteris frngilis Bernh., Phegopteris dry- 

 opteris Fie., P. phegopteris L., Cryptogamme crispa Br. 



At Cocklaw-foot the main body of the members was joined 

 by Captain J. E. Carr-Ellison of Hedgeley and a party which had 

 come over from the English side. Several members ascended 

 the Cocklaw, and examined another series of ancient defensive 

 works there. There was some rain on the hills, but before the 

 members assembled for the return, the mists had considerably 

 cleared, and the drive back to Kelso was accomplished without 

 any inconvenience ; and a delightful excursion was brought to 

 a close by a substantial dinner at the Queen's Head Hotel. 

 During dinner, Mr Hughes of Middleton Hall, Wooler, made a 

 statement respecting a photograph of some large horns ( Cervus 

 elephas) a copy of which appears in the first part of the Club's 

 Transactions for 1896. 



Mr Tom Scott exhibited a stone axe found at Calroust fort by 

 Mr Adam Oliver, and now in the collection of Bailie Duns, 

 Galashiels. Mr Scott explained that the axe was unique in 

 shape, being thicker than most implements of the same kind 

 found in the district, and it bore slight traces of having been 

 used as a hammer at one end. Another curious stone axe was 

 also shown by Mr Hill, the landlord of the hotel. 



