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RECORDS OF MEETINGS. 
a fine glacial overflow cutting through tlie watershed was ex- 
amined. Between Heriot and Fontanhall sections in the Moffat 
shales were examined and the associated chert beds with jasper. 
The General Meeting was held at the King's Arms Hotel, 
under the presidenc}^ of Mr. J. H. Howarth, F.G.S. 
The following new members were elected : — 
Professor G. R. Thompson, B.Sc, Yorkshire College. 
Mr. Alfred Sykes, Woodville. Thongs Bridge. Hudders- 
field. 
Mr. John Ibbotson,' Bradfield. near Sheffield. 
Letters of regret for non-attendance were read from Messrs. 
G. Bingley. J. Xevin, W. Whitaker. F. L. Bradley, T. Sheppard, 
R. Kidston. F. F. Walton, and W. H. Crofts. 
A paper was read by the Rev. W. Lower Carter, M.A., F.G.S. , 
on The Old Red and Carboniferous Volcanoes of Southern 
Scotland." 
A discussion followed, in which the Revs. E. Maule Cole and 
J. Hawell, Messrs. J. W. Stather. P. F. Kendall and the Chairman 
took part. A vote of thanks was passed to the reader of the paper. 
Saturday, July 12th. — Tlie party proceeded by wagonette 
to Fans, where two masses of olivine dolerite were examined, 
and also a small neck of agglomerate, on the road to Smailholm. 
The programme was cut short by steady rain. 
The General Meeting was resumed after dinner, when Mr. 
P. F. Kendall, F,G.S., gave an address on " The Glacial Problems 
of the Tweed Valley." A conversation followed, during which 
several points were discussed and explained. A hearty vote of 
thanks was passed to Mr. Kendall. 
Monday. July 14th. — Train was taken to Earlston and the 
Black Hill ascended. The sanidine-trachyte was seen in a quarry 
lying on the top of the O.R.S. Thence the i^arty took train to 
Duns, and went by wagonette to Cockburn Law, where the granite 
was examined. At this point an interesting instance of river- 
diversion was seen, the Whiteadder cutting through the igneous 
mass in a deep gorge. 
Tuesday, July 15th. — A visit was paid to Dryburgh Abbey, 
and a boss of dolerite in the vicinity was examined. On the way 
back to Melrose a mass of platy trachyte, near Bemerside. was 
examined. 
