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meeting of 1885, where, from page 77, is an elaborate 

 account by the late Dr Hardy of the " Aikengall Eavines," 

 bringing out the geological as well as the botanical features 

 thereof, with which all at to-day's meeting were much 

 impressed. 



On return to Stottencleugh, the party were most hospitably 

 "refreshed" by a light luncheon, which Mrs Wilson had 

 most thoughtfully sent up from Chapelhill. They were 

 here met by the President, who had walked across the hills 

 from Dunbar. 



Hitherto the weather had been forbearingly fair, but 

 soon after return to Stottencleugh the clouds oould contain 

 themselves no longer, and rain began to fall, increasing in 

 quantity and coolness, for a stiff easterly breeze set in as 

 evening approached. The party were not sorry to leave their 

 carriages on the road to Cockburnspath and take advantage 

 of the shelter of the thickly wof)ded " Dunglass Dean," 

 througli which, by Sir Basil Hall's kind permission, they 

 filed to the inn at Cockburnspath, staying a short while to 

 view the ruined remains of the ancient church near the 

 Mansion House. 



During the Club dinner in the inn. Col. Milne Home read 

 extracts from an interesting letter he had received the day 

 before from Mr G. G. Butler, the Editing Secretary, written 

 at Glacier, Selkirk Range, British Columbia, on 9th Sept., 

 dwelling chiefly on the enormous "Ice Area" of bypast 

 ages in the regions through which his route had been from 

 the mouth of the St. Lawrence, and the tremendous power 

 of the Ice Motor, as shown by its tracks. 



Glacier Honse, 



Glacier, 



(Selkirk Range), 



September 9fch 1900. 

 My dear Colonel Milne Home, 



I have had the pleasure of meeting Mr and Miss Fisher 

 at Vancouver, and very pleasant it was to be able to chat about 

 Berwickshire and Tweedside with them, at so great a distance from 

 home. I saw them on my way throuirh, just after crossing the continent 

 by the Canadian Pacific Railway, and before starting northward for a 

 atearaboat journey of XOOO miles up the Pacific coast, from Vancouver 



