84 Report of the Meetings for 1892. 



MISCELLANEOUS EXHIBITS. 



Mr R. G. Bolam exhibited some old fashioned clay pipes, 

 "Fairy Pipes," which were found at the King's Bastion, on 

 Berwick Ramparts, where excavations are being made for the 

 erection of houses for married soldiers. The Ramparts were 

 built in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. The pipes are the 

 property of Mr R. Gray, builder, who sent them to the meeting. 

 Mr Bolam also showed a dagger found on Flodden Field ; a 

 handkerchief commemorative of the Reform Bill of 1832; and 

 a fine Berwick seal, of white wax, attached to an ancient 

 document of the date 1576. On one side was a representation 

 of the Berwick armorial bearings, and on the other the Royal 

 Coat of Arms of Queen Elizabeth. 



The Secretary displayed examples of the Field Voles {Arvicola 

 agrestis) which are committing such ravages amongst the 

 pasturage of the South of Scotland ; and specimens of the 

 Common and Water Shrews {Sorex araneus and Sorez fodiens) 

 all from Duns Castle Woods ; also examples of Lycopodium 

 alpinum, variety decipiens from the Lammermoors. 



A paper by Mr Ferguson on the injury done by the Field 

 Voles to young plantations at Duns Castle, accompanied the 

 specimens. 



Photos of 2 Urns, 1 from near Callaly Castle Camp, the 

 other said to have been found in a Camp near Howick ; — 

 both from Major Browne. 



Major Browne said, that at one of his cottages, a Partridge 

 laid its eggs in a nest it had made in the garden, and that the 

 old bird allows the children to lift it up, that they may show the 

 eggs. Major Browne also stated that he had recently got a 

 specimen of the Osprey from Elsdon. 



Mr Adam Anderson sent specimens of Featuca loliaeea and 

 Bromus diandrus, growing near Cumledge Mill. The Festuca is a 

 common wayside grass between Swinton and Ladykirk. The 

 Bromus is the Madritensis of Linnaeus — a native of Spain and 

 Portugal. Mr Anderson states that Lepidium Draha has been 

 observed for several years growing about Manderston. 



The Secretary also exhibited the late Dr Johnston's MS. 

 Flora, a green book entitled "Natural History of the Eastern 

 Borders," and an autograph book (in which members were 

 asked to write their names) from Mrs Barwell Carter, the 

 Anchorage, Woolmarket. 



