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adjoined the church, but the stones belonging to it have 

 wholly disappeared, perhaps to provide building material 

 elsewhere, or to allow of the cultivation and improvement 

 of the adjacent ground. For many of the points of interest 

 referred to, the Secretary intimated his indebtedness to a 

 paper lent by Eev, Joseph Hunter, senior minister of Cock- 

 burnspath, which had been prepared by Mr Thomas Ross, 

 F.S.A. (Scot.), one of the joint authors of "Castellated and 

 Ecclesiastical Architecture of Scotland." During their examin- 

 ation of the building the party were joined by Sir Basil 

 and Lady Hall, who afforded them interesting information 

 regarding some of the natural features of the grounds, and 

 to whom a vote of thanks was accorded for their kind 

 permission to inspect them. 



It now appearing that refreshment was requisite, a move 

 was made towards the East Lodge, where water could be 

 obtained ; and lunch was partaken of on the neighbouring 

 bridge, which spans the burn by a single arch at 90 feet 

 from its bed, and forms the junction on the main road of 

 the counties of East Lothian and Berwick. Nearer the sea, 

 and within sight of this modern structure, stands a very ancient 

 and picturesque bridge crossing the same water, the intervening 

 ravine being beautifully wooded on both sides, and providing 

 a charming vista. On the West of the Lodge two specimens 

 of the Cluster Pine (Pinus Pinaster), and a healthy clump 

 of Thuja occidentalis, var. Vervoineana, were noted. Moving 

 Westwards along the road a few hundred yards, the attention 

 of the members was directed by Captain Norman, R.N., to 

 six specimens of the Stone Pine (Pinus pinea) 

 Pinus bearing fruit, which are remarkable for having 



pinea. attained maturity in this Northern latitude, their 



natural habitat being the shores of the Mediter- 

 ranean, and for their having escaped the notice of so observant 

 a naturalist as the late Dr Hardy, who must have passed and 

 repassed them times without number. To our late Treasurer, 

 Mr George Bolam, is due the credit of discovering them, 

 and, with the aid of a reference to Kew, establishing their 

 identity. From a paper already published,* it will be seen 



* Ber. Nat. Clab, Vol. xix., Pt. ii., pp. 173-7. 



