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for damage to the salmon fisheries, the river having been 

 poisoned by the loch being drained into it.* 



Before leaving the estate the Club will pass close to 

 Hartwoodburn, a forest steading mentioned in the list of 

 those forfeited by the Earl of Douglas to the Crown in 

 1455. It is interesting to note how many names recall 

 the pastime of the chase in olden times — Hartwood, Huntlee, 

 Hindhope, Buckcleuch, etc. ; and many a gallant and royal 

 company has no doubt started from the Castle, on the site 

 of which we are now standing, 



" When the mavis and merle were singing 

 When the deer swept by, and the hounds were in cry, 

 And the hunter's horn was ringing," 



Appendix II. 



Botanical Notes on the Selkirk Meeting. — By the 

 Rm. David Paul, LL.D. 



In the Lang Moss on Clarilaw Moor, which was first 

 visited by the Club, the only plants of special interest found 

 were Cicuta virosa Linn., Hanunculus Lingna Linn., Carex 

 teretiuscula Good., and Carex filiformis Linn. The last was 

 found in considerable abundance, and more of it was in 

 flower than is usually the case. In the Murder Moss these 

 two Sedges were also found, along with C. disticha Huds. 

 Search was made there for Potamogeton plantagineus Ducros, 

 and Utricularia intermedia Hayne, but unsuccessfully, owing 

 to the wet state of the bog. Both these plants are said to 



* I well recollect that, in 1846, when walking round the loch, my 

 attention was arrested by several trout, in a dying condition, gathered 

 round the mouth of a very small runner which entered the loch, as 

 though they were seeking fresh water. — J.S. 

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