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COCKBURNSPATH. 



The Second Meeting of the Club for 1902 was held at 

 Cockburnspath, on Thursday, July 10th. 



Those present were: — Sir Archibald Buchan-Hepburn, 

 Bart., Smeaton Hepburn, President; Captain Norman, R.N., 

 Cheviot House, Berwick, Organizing Secretary ; Mr George 

 Bolam, F.Z.S., Berwick, Treasurer; and the following members 

 and friends : — Mr William B. Boyd, Faldonside, and Miss 

 Boyd; Rev. John Burleigh, Ednam ; Mr Robert Carr, Hetton 

 Hall, Belford; Mr F. C. Crawford, Edinburgh; Mr Allan 

 A. Falconer, Duns; Mr Arthur Giles, Edinburgh; Mr J. G. 

 Goodchild, F.G.S., Edinburgh; Mr George Hardy, Oldcambus 

 Mr James Hood and Miss Hood. Linnhead ; Miss Milne Home 

 Caldra; Rev. Joseph Hunter, FS.A. (Scot.), Cockburnspath 

 Mr John Lawrie, Duns; Mr W. Maddan, Berwick; Mr J 

 L. Newbigin, Alnwick; Rev. David Paul, LL.D., Edinburgh 

 Rev. Evan Rutter, Spittal ; Mr David Simpson, F.R.A.S., 

 Denmark Hill, London ; Mr J. A. Soraervail, Broomdykes 

 Mr T. B. Short, Berwick ; and Mr James Todd, Peebles. 



The weather, dull in the early morning, later became fine, 

 with a fairly strong breeze which did not mar the pleasure 

 of the day. The members of the Club assembled at Cockburns- 

 path shortly before nine o'clock, and, fortified by breakfast, 

 sallied forth. The main object proposed was a study of the 

 geology of this pnrt of the Scottish coast, and the expedition 

 was made entirely on foot. Mr J. G. Goodchild, F.G.S., 

 who has so often before given his valued help to the Club 

 in its geological researches, acted again as their guide this 

 day, stopping at various points to explain, in his lucid manner, 

 the evidence of past history which the rocks of the site afforded. 

 This famous Mecca of geologists, Siccar Point, where the 

 Old Red Sandstone lies unconformably on tilted and denuded 

 Silurian strata, possesses a geological meaning of the utmost 

 importance. Thither the naturalists wended their way, in the 

 desire of understanding its meaning, passing, as they did 



