HISTORY

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BERWICKSHIRE

NATURALISTS' CLUB.

INSTITUTED SEPTEMBER 22, 1831.

"MARE ET TELLUS, ET, QUOD TEGIT OMNIA, CŒLUM."

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History of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club.

CONTENTS OF VOL. XV.

PART I.-1894.

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1. Address delivered to the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club, at

Berwick, October 10th 1894. By the REV. GEORGE GUNN,

M.A., Stichill and Hume.

The Early History of Stichill, pp. 2-22. Appendix I. Dates

of Name, p. 22. Appendix II. The Clergymen of Stichill, p.

23. Appendix III. The Gordons of Stichill, p. 23. Appendix

IV. Master William de Stechil, p. 25; Master Robert de

Stichill, Bishop of Durham, p. 25.

2. Report of the Meetings of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club,

for the year 1894. By the REV. GEORGE GUNN, M.A., Stichill

and Hume; and revised by DR HARDY.

(1) Addinstone and Longcroft. Visit to the Hill Forts above

Lauder, p. 30. List of Antiquities in possession of MR

WILLIAM DICKINSON, Longcroft, Lauder, p. 32. Dr Christison's

Notes, p. 33. Mr F. Lynn's Investigations, p. 34. Messrs

Scott and Dunn's Collections of Antiquities, p. 35. Mr

Romanes on the Tollieshill or "Midside Maggie's Girdle," pp.

37-38. Cists at Stichill, p. 38. Appendix I. Itinerary. By

ROBERT ROMANES, F.S.A. Scot., p. 39. Appendix II. On the

Injuries done to Gardens by Frost, May 1894. By REV.

DAVID PAUL, LL.D., Roxburgh, p. 41. (2) Cockburnspath, p. 42.

Visit to the Coast, from Ramshengh Bay to Billsdean Bay

and the old Salt Pans, and thence to Innerwick Castle,

including Patten's account of its siege in 1544; the Geology,

Botany, and Entomology, pp. 42-47. Edincain's Bridge, and

other ancient means of Communication, with their Anti-

quities, pp. 47-50. Dunglass Dean and its Botany; Mr

Ferguson's List of Birds seen, and notice of the Great

Spotted Woodpecker, pp. 50-52. (3) Spindleston and Bam-

burgh, p. 53. Trade at the Port of Waren Mouth, p. 54.

Visit to Bamburgh Castle, pp. 55-58. (4) Morpeth and

Bothal, by various Reporters, p. 58. I. Morpeth and Bothal.

By JAMES FERGUSSON, Morpeth, pp. 58-68. II. Church and

Castle of Bothal. By the HON. and REV. W. C. ELLIS, M.A.,

Rector of Bothal, pp. 69-74. III. List of Trees, Shrubs, etc.,

grown at Bothal Haugh. By ARTHUR THOS, BOWLES, Gardener,

pp. 74-76.
IV. Report of the Meeting by the PRESIDENT, pp.

76-77. Appendix I. Localities for Pimpinella magna (L.) By

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