History of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club, Instituted September 22, 1831, Volume 18[publisher not identified], printed for the club by Martin's Printing Works, Spittal, 1904 Contains it's Proceedings. |
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Autres éditions - Tout afficher
History of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club, Instituted ..., Volume 13 Berwickshire Naturalists' Club (Scotland) Affichage du livre entier - 1892 |
History of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club, Instituted ..., Volume 10 Berwickshire Naturalists' Club (Scotland) Affichage du livre entier - 1885 |
History of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club, Instituted ..., Volume 8 Berwickshire Naturalists' Club (Scotland) Affichage du livre entier - 1879 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
Alnwick ancient Archibald Buchan-Hepburn ballad bank Bart Bass Bass Rock Berwick Berwickshire BERWICKSHIRE NATURALISTS Biddleston Bolam Border Branxton Captain Norman century church Club Cockburnspath Coldingham Colonel Cragside Craig Brown David Douglas Duns Earl east Edinburgh Editing Secretary Ewart F.S.A. Scot feet Flodden formed Foulden Galashiels geological Goodchild ground Hill Holystone interesting James Jedburgh John Spottiswoode Kelso King Kirk Lady John Scott laird land Lauder Lauderdale Linton Longformacus Maitland Manse meeting miles Milne Home Miss NATURAL HISTORY Northumberland Old Red Sandstone Organizing Secretary parish Peebles Philógar planted PLATE present probably Proceedings Red Sandstone Report river road Robert Roman Scotland Scottish Sept Session Siccar Point side Silurian Sir George Society Somerville Spottiswoode stone strata thickness Thirlestane Castle Thomas Tower Transactions trees Tweed Upper Old Red valley volcanic wall Wedderlie Welsh Westruther William Wooler
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Page 85 - To this period also I can trace distinctly the awaking of that delightful feeling for the beauties of natural objects which has never since deserted me. The neighbourhood of Kelso, the most beautiful, if not the most romantic village in Scotland, is eminently calculated to awaken these ideas. It presents objects, not only grand in themselves, but venerable from their association. The...
Page 58 - This ground she desired to enclose and plant. It seemed too great an attempt, and almost everybody advised her not to undertake it, as being impracticable, of which number, I confess, I was one. But she said, if I would agree to it, she made no doubt of getting it finished. I gave her free leave.
Page 272 - You'll grant to ride wi' me." " Thou sail hae thae, thou sail hae mae ; I say it sickerlie ; And I mysell, an auld gray man, Array'd your host sail see." King Edward rade, king Edward ran — I wish him dool and pyne ] Till he had fifteen hundred men Assembled on the Tyne. And thrice as many at...
Page 58 - I will be bold to say that planting was not well understood in this country till this century began. I think it was the late Earl of Mar tbat first introduced the wilderness way of planting amongst us, and very much improved the taste of our gentlemen, who very soon followed his example.
Page 272 - Wi' mony a heavy peal ; But he threw ower to them agen Baith pitch and tar barrel.
Page 59 - I now took pleasure in planting and improving; but, because I did not like the husbandry practised in this country, I got some farmers from Dorsetshire. This made me divide my ground; but, as I knew the coldness of the climate, and the bad effects the winds had, I made stripes of planting between every enclosure, some forty, fifty, or sixty feet broad, as I thought best From these Englishmen we came to the knowledge of sowing and the management of grass-seeds.
Page 58 - I had no pleasure in planting ; but delighted in horses and dogs, and the sports of the field ; but my wife did what she could to engage me to it, but in vain. At last she asked leave to go about it herself, which she did, and I was much pleased with some little things which were well laid out and executed. These attracted my notice, and the Earl of Mar, the Marquis of Tweedale and others, admired the beauty of the work and the enterprise of the lady.
Page 115 - Tea was introduced ia 1800, but thirty years later there were only three "tea-kettles" in the parish, viz., at Spottiswoode, Wedderlie, and the Mansa Then, too, a credible writer thus describee the accommodation : — " The houses of the hinds and labourers «onsist generally of but one apartment, which is kept in good order, and would be in most respects comfortable, were it not for want of chimneys. The fire is lighted on the hearth, and there being no outlet for the smoke but a rude crevice made...
Page 143 - Maitlan' to him, with which he was highly delighted, and asked her if she thought it ever had been in print? And her answer was, "O na, na, sir, it never was printed i' the world, for my brothers an...
Page 28 - ... throughout ; its length about a hundred and seventy yards. Not far from its western opening there occurs a beach of gravel, which, save when the waves run high during the flood of stream-tides, is rarely covered. Its middle space contains a dark pool, filled even at low ebb with from three to four feet water ; and an accumulation of rude boulders occupies the remaining portion of its length, a little within the eastern entrance. It is a dark and dreary recess, full of chill airs and dropping...