228 REPORT OF THE MEETINGS FOR 1900 



A. D. Darling, Berwick ; Hon. and Rev. Canon Ellis, Bothal 

 Haugh ; Captain Forbes, R N., Berwick ; Mr Goodchild, 

 Edinburgh ; Mr W. T. Hindmarsh, F.L.S., Alnwick ; Rev. 

 Ambrose Jones, Stannington ; Mr J. S. Mack, S.S.C., Covey- 

 heugb ; Captain Norman, R.N., Berwick; Mr J. L. Newbigin, 

 Alnwick; Mr J. A. Somervail, Broomdykes ; Dr Stuait, 

 Chirnside ; Rev. Dr Sprott, North Berwick ; and Mr Joseph 

 Wilson, Duns. 



The majority of the company assembled at Berwick, and 

 drove to the place of rendezvous. The road traversed 

 presented many interesting features. Little over a mile from 

 Berwick, the foot of Halidon Hill was noted, and further 

 on the trim well-kept grounds of Marshall Meadows were 

 passed in view. Captain Norman, R.N., who was responsible 

 for the meeting, took charge of the company, and called 

 their attention to the various points en route. Lamberton 

 Toll, the scene of so many runaway marriages, was seen, 

 but the house and surroundings of the cottage in which the 

 nuptial knot has been tied in so many cases, have altered 

 greatly in appearance of late years, and now wear a neat 

 and modern look. Nearing Burnmouth, Ross Dean (iu 

 which some interesting botanical specimens are to be found) 

 was noted in passing, and further on Chester Hill, rising 

 500 feet above the sea-level, and topped with red sandstone, 

 was pointed out. On the arrival of the Berwickshire train, 

 the company set out down the brae in the direction of 

 the village of Partonhall. 



About mid-way down, Mr Goodchild gave a brief address, 

 which he illustrated by diagrams, and reviewed all the 

 salient features to be found within reach of the ground to 

 be covered in the day's excursion. He said : There is no 

 part of the Berwickshire coast, full of interest as it all is, 

 which has preserved records of so many geographical changes 

 as the coast at Burnmouth. If for no other reason than 

 this, the Berwickshire Naturalists have done well to act 

 upon Captain Norman's suggestion that it should be made 

 the chief object of one of the excursions this year. 



The oldest rocks seen here are exposed in the railway 

 cutting on both sides of the station, and are most 

 admirably displayed along the cliffs to the north. They 



