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II. — From Dtjnbar to the White Well, Contributed at 

 the request of the late Dr Hardy. By Edward J. 

 Wilson, Abbey St. Bathans. 

 On the arrival of the morning trains at Dunbar, this second party 

 assembled at the St, George Hotel, where Mr Leach, proprietor, 

 served breakfast to a small company, which included Dr Hardy. 

 The unusually bright and airy morning, so inviting to a 

 meeting which included a pleasant drive through a most 

 interesting district, the latter half of which was entirely 

 new to the Club, made conflicting claims on those who had 

 still outstanding grain crops, the more especially as the 

 barometer was a falling one. Shortly after 9-30 a start 

 was made in a large brake and a waggonette supplied by 

 Mr Horn, coach-proprietor. The route was by Westbarns, 

 Stenton, and Whittingehame Woods to near Papple. There- 

 after a direct line was made towards the hills by Garvald 

 village and Castle Moffat. As the party passed from the High 

 Street into the Belhaven road and met the full western breeze, 

 the graphic introduction of Carlyle to his *' Battle of Dunbar " 

 was forcibly recalled to mind. The ' high and windy ' 

 situation, the * projecting rock promontories with which that 

 shore of the Firth of Forth is niched and vandyked as far 

 as the eye can reach,' the ' good land, too, now that the 

 plougher understands his trade,' 'the deep bay and little 

 village of Belhaven ; the gloomy Bass and other rock-islets ; 

 and farther the hills of Fife and foreshadows of the Highlands 

 are visible as you look seaward.' On the immediate left when 

 clear of the town are the wooded surroundings of Lochend 

 House (Sir George Warrender, Bart.) It was burned down in 

 March 1859 and has never been restored. It was at Halhill 

 on this estate that Dr Hamilton first introduced the Ruta haga, 

 or Swedish Turnip, in 1784, popularly called Baigies. 

 The seed produced he generously sent to particular agricul- 

 turists in various parts of the country. His son-in-law, 

 Mr Ealph Annett of Alnwick, was at the same time intrusted 

 with its introduction into Northumberland. On the higher 

 land towards Doon Hill are the farms of Easter and Wester 

 Broomhouse,and the small well-wooded estate of Bowerhouse. On 

 our right Knock-in- Hair, surmounted with its stunted watch 

 tower interposed itself between us and the sea. In 1803, the 

 ground on the seaward side of the ridge was occupied by the 



