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the Castle, Captain Norman pointed out, inside what is now 

 known as the White Wall, the original steps by which access 

 was obtained to the main building, as well as the wholly 

 defaced exterior of the Edwardian Wall connecting it with 

 the river. At one or two points Eastward well preserved 

 portions of the same were seen, faced with a pinkish sand- 

 stone — the original material of which the whole ashlar work had 

 been composed. In passing under the handsome Railway via- 

 duct which spans the Tweed at this point, attention was directed 

 to its combined grandeur and elegance, though its immense 

 proportions are somewhat diminished by the proximity of 

 other outstanding buildings. The members were delighted 

 to learn that, in the interest of art and antiquarian research, 

 a Society had been formed in the neighbourhood to acquire, 

 if possible, the custody of all ancient monuments and land- 

 marks, so that the perpetration of further acts of defacement 

 may be effectually and for ever prevented. 



On assembling in the Museum, the company were favoured 



with a suggestive and able address by the 

 President's President, who took for his subject what is 

 Address. known to Geologists as the Ewart Lake, 



extending over a wide area between the Tweed 

 and the Cheviots, and including the land now designated by 

 that name, explaining by means of diagrams the possible 

 damming up of water in that district by the pressure of a 

 glacier in the valley of the Tweed, and the consequent 

 submersion of the courses of the Till, Glen, and Oolledge. 

 On the motion of Mr Hughes, a very cordial vote of thanks 

 was accorded him for his lucid and interesting address. 

 Thereafter he nominated Mr Wm. B. Boyd, Faldonside, 

 Melrose, as his successor in the chair, an honour already 

 conferred upon him in 1871. 



The Editing Secretary read a summary of the meetings 



held at Ysavering Bell ; Kielder ; St. Mary's 

 Annual Loch ; Eslington ; and Traquair, all of which 



Reports. had been favoured with fine weather, and 



proved successful. Mr G. P. Hughes gave 

 in his report as delegate to the British Association at Cam- 

 bridge, and named as his successor Mr A. H. Evans, M.A., 

 Cambridge, whose appointment was unanimously sustained. 

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