98 REPORT OF MEETINGS FOR 1901 



Eobson ; Dr Skinner, Lauder ; Mr Andrew Smith and Mrs 

 Smith, Whitchester ; Mr J. A. Somervail, Hoselaw ; Kev. 

 G. W. Sprott, D.D., North Berwick ; Mr and Misses 

 Stephenson, Chapel; Mr A. M. Small, Melrose; Mr A. 

 Thomson, Galashiels ; Mr John Turnbull, Galashiels ; Mr 

 D. McB. Watson, Hawick ; Mr Joseph Wilson, Duns ; Dr 

 J. Wood (Mus. Doc), Mrs and Miss Wood, Exeter. 



It had been arranged that most of the time of this meeting 

 should be occupied at Spottiswoode, which possessed special 

 interest as having been the much-loved home of the Club's 

 revered member, the late Lady John Scott, during her long 

 widowhood, till the day of her death. Mr Walter Lockie, 

 formerly schoolmaster in Lady John Scott's school, had 

 consented to conduct the party, and Mr and Mrs W. H. 

 Verdin, who had newly become tenants of Spottiswoode, 

 kindly ofiPered the Club fall facilities for visiting house and 

 grounds. On the way to Spottiswoode House, Thornydykes 

 lay conveniently for a passing inspection, and later in the 

 day Wedderlie and Westruther were to be objects of this 

 day's excursion. 



Assembling, therefore, at Gordon Station in the early fore- 

 noon, we started, a procession of seven horse vehicles and five 

 cycles, passing between Green Knowe, with its old peel tower 

 on the left, and some of Mr W. Askew Robertson's property 

 on the right, along a road trending northerly and north-westerly ; 

 noting that the walls which fence the fields were of a black 

 whinstone, which Mr Boyd described as " pitchstone porphj'ry," 

 much resembling that of Yetholm ; but further on we came 

 to a region of flaggy sandstone walls, alternating with green 

 hedgerows ; the sandstone seen in the walls and, in situ, in 

 a roadside ravine being of salmon-red brick tint. We had 

 a view of the Eildon Hills to our left rear, and to our right 

 front, beyond Wedderlie, the Twinlaw Cairns on the sk3'liue 

 some twelve miles away, and the smooth green dome of Boon 

 Hill to our left front, with Crosby Farm and its woods near 

 at hand. 



The weather was dry and seasonable, with a sharp bracing 

 air, and the drive was greatly enjoyed, the clear atmosphere 

 giving us a wide prospect of Lauderdale, its corn-fields, 

 pastoral uplands, and woods backed by heath-clad hills. 



