50 Re'port of the Meetings for 1892. 



to Tester and the Lammermoors in the background. From 

 Gladsmuir a grand view of the Lammermoors above Tester is 

 obtained, and when the people observe a mist on the top of the 

 hills, they remark, " There is Tweed looking over to Tyne," and 

 they know it to be a sure sign of rain within twenty-four hours. 

 There were present at this meeting : — The Rev. Ambrose 

 Jones, Stannington Vicarage, Cramlington ; Mr Dickson, Duns ; 

 E. Stephenson and Son, Duns; William B. Boyd, Faldonside, 

 Melrose, and friend ; George Henderson, Upper Keith ; Dr E,. 

 S. Gibb, Boon ; George Fortune, Duns ; William T. Hindmarsh, 

 F.L.S., Alnbank, Alnwick ; W. H. Johnson, Edinburgh ; Robert 

 Romanes, F.S.A., Scot., Lauder ; J. L. Newbigin, Green Bat 

 House, Alnwick ; Dr Stewart Stirling, Edinburgh ; Edward J. 

 Wilson, Bolton; James Wood, Galashiels; Rev. Thomas Martin, 

 Lauder; Peter Loney and Son, Marchmont ; C. Stuart, M.D., 

 Hillside, Chirnside ; R. S. Weir, Burnmouth, Ay ton ; Rev. 

 Robert Paul, F.S.A., Scot., Dollar; John Turnbull, Ettrick 

 View, Selkirk ; Rev. John Walker, Whalton Rectory, Newcastle- 

 on-Tyne; Rev. J. Hunter, F.S.A., Scot., Cockburnspath ; 

 William Little, Galashiels; Provost Craig-Brown, Selkirk, 

 President; J. Cairns, Alnwick; Andrew Waugh, Hawick; J. 

 D. McB. Watson, Hawick ; John Ford, Royal Bank, Duns ; 

 Captain Forbes, West Coates, Berwick; A. H. Evans, Cheviot 

 House, Berwick ; Rev. Dr Gloag, Galashiels ; Mr Caverhill, 

 Berwick ; Rev. David Paul, Roxburgh , Rev. Mr Smith, 

 Haddington; Rev. Mr Herald, Duns; Dr Hardj', Secretary; 

 Councillor Davie, David Croall, and Dr Martine, Haddington. 



Duns, Nisbet, and Fogo. By John Ferguson, F.S.A., Scot. 



The fifth Meeting for the season was held at Duns, on 

 Wednesday, 14th September. The weather was favourable, 

 and there was a large turn out of members. The company 

 breakfasted in the Swan Hotel (Mr Mc Alpine's) and thereafter 

 drove in brakes to Nisbet (properly West Nisbet) which was 

 the estate of the Nisbets and the Kers, and now belongs to 

 Lord Sinclair. Passing Cheeklaw, where a fine old Cedar was 

 observed in a garden on the light, Langton Burn was crossed 

 about a mile from Duns. A few hundred yards from the 

 bridge is the site of a mineral well, formerly known as "Duns 

 Spa." The spring rose at the base of a wooded bank behind 



