REPORT OF MEETINGS FOR 1902 281 



Captain Norman also called attention to the ruins of Twizel 

 Castle, which stands on high ground between the courses of 

 the rivers Till and Tweed. It is a modern ruin for all its 

 venerable appearance. The remains of the castle were visited 

 by those who walked through the fields to Twizel Station, 

 amid the in-gathering of the harvest. 



The large concourse of the members of the Club, which 

 had already somewhat dwindled, was reduced to only ten by 

 the time they met at five o'clock for the Club dinner in the 

 Avenue Hotel, Berwick. Besides the usual toasts, this nucleus 

 of ten cordially drank the health of Dr Hodgkin. 



Names of some new members having been brought forward 

 for election, Captain Norman concluded the business of the 

 day by producing for inspection a leaden ball, weighing 1 lb. 

 3 oz., scored and pitted, and bearing undoubted signs of 

 antiquity. This had been found a few years ago, about 250 

 yards east of Branxton Church, and was now brought to the 

 notice of the Club by Mr James Matthewson, of East Money- 

 laws, and Mr A. L. Miller, J. P. It has always been held 

 that in Flodden fight leaden balls were tired by the Scottish 

 artillery, and iron by the English, so that this one, being 

 found on the ground occupied by the English lines, would 

 seem to be a missile fired from a Scot's cannon. 



Captain Norman also showed a photograph of Twizel Castle 

 taken when it was still standing as a new building, before 

 it was demolished by orders of its late proprietor. 



KK 



