198 REPORT OF THE MEETINGS FOR 1900 



Colonel Milne Home, in accepting office, stated he could 

 not bind himself to do so for more than the current year, 

 and expressed a hope that a younger member would, before 

 its close, be fixed on to succeed him. 



ANCIENT CIST AT COCKLAW. 



Captain Norman reported that an ancient British Cist had 

 recently been found on the farm of High Cocklaw, within 

 the liberties of Berwick. This was the fourth that had been 

 found on the same farm. This one, however, was almost 

 of special interest, inasmuch as it was found to contain an 

 urn inside, with a large number of jet beads, and also two 

 flint beads. 



On hearing of the discovery. Captain Norman lost no time 

 in visiting it. It was composed on the usual type, having 

 a large slab on top, stone sides, and an earth bottom. In 

 the course of centuries the whole of the bones had disappeared, 

 and the action of the worms had filled the whole of the 

 cist with soil. Captain Norman communicated with Canon 

 Greenwell, who informed him that undoubtedly the cist was 

 the burial place of a female of the bronze age. The type 

 was very well known, but at the same time it was not a 

 common one, and might be regarded as a distinctly interesting 

 find. Captain Norman hoped to obtain the urn for preservation 

 in the Museum. 



NEW HABITATION FOR " LINNEA BOREALIS." 



Mr Boyd exhibited a splendid specimen of the plant 

 Linnea Borealis, which, it was stated, is a purely Highland 

 Alpine plant, and one that is rarely, if ever, foimd in these 

 parts. Mr Boyd discovered the plant at Wooden Hill. 



On the motion of Mr Campbell-Swinton, a hearty vote of 

 thanks was accorded to the Chairman for presiding. 



The members afterwards dined together in the King's 

 Arms Hotel. 



