of a brook running there through a deep ravine. It also has several outward defence trenches. May we not be allowed to conjecture that this name represents, through tradition, or translation, the original one, and also the object of the structure? Supposing so, we can look back to the earliest known applications of the term "Maidens' Castle," and observe two meanings, one equivalent to inviolate fortress, and the other a stronghold for the protection of females. Accepting in this case the latter sense we are led to infer that the Roman soldiers, stationed at the Meikle Rieve outpost, were allowed to have their female connections, dependants, or followers, located near them in a building more or less fortified, and conveniently situated for purposes of domestic economy, personal seclusion, and escape from danger in the event of a hostile attack. Farther, we may suppose, from the other name, "Rieve," that after these two forts had served their original purposes, and the Roman soldiers had been withdrawn, the larger one had been at some time occupied by persons who plundered their neighbours and stored the spoil there. Words corresponding with this meaning are found in the AngloSaxon and all other languages of the Teutonic family, and likewise in those of the Persian, Roman, and Celtic kindreds.

MACNAB, PRINTER, MILLER STREET.

LIST OF DONATIONS TO THE GLASGOW ARCHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY SINCE ITS FOUNDATION IN 1856.

1. Piece of Pinewood, found six feet below the surface of the ground in Candleriggs, Glasgow, presented, on November 2, 1857, by Gabriel Neil, Esq.

2. Impressions of a Roman signet, presented, on 1st March, 1858, by John Buchanan, Esq.

3. Plans of Willowbank (1801), presented, on 1st March, 1858, by Mrs. Alderson, Rothesay.

4. "Poetry and traditions of the Highland clans," presented, on 6th December, 1858, by the author, Donald Campbell, Esq., late Lieutenant, 57th regiment.

5. Indenture betwixt Robert Stewart and William Lang (1724), presented, on 6th December, 1858, by James Reid, Esq.

6. Two pairs of silver shoe buckles of the eighteenth century, presented, on 3rd January, 1859, by James Hutton Watkins, Esq. 7. Four copper Roman coins, presented, on 3rd January, 1859, by James Hutton Watkins, Esq.

8. A Chair of the sixteenth century, said to have belonged to George Buchanan, presented, on 3rd January, 1859, by Dr. Stewart, Kirkintilloch.

9. Bond (1686), and Letter to Deacon Tennent (1757), presented, March, 1859, by Hugh Tennent, Esq., of Wellpark.

10. Extracts from Irvine custom-house records, presented, on 7th March, 1859, by Andrew Scott, Esq., late of H.M.'s Customs. 11. Panel from the Archbishop's Castle, Glasgow, presented, on 5th December, 1859, by Gabriel Neil, Esq.

12. Stone cup, and ancient bead, presented, on 10th December, 1860, by John Robertson Reid, Esq.

13. "Reminiscences of Glasgow Custom-house" (five copies), presented, on 11th February, 1861, by Andrew Scott, Esq.

14. "The age of Glasgow Cathedral, and of the effigy in the Crypt." By John Honeyman, Jun., Architect. Presented by the author on 11th February, 1861.

15. "Account of the remarkable monument in the shape of a cross, inscribed with Roman and Runic letters, preserved in the garden of Ruthwell manse, Dumfriesshire." By the Rev. Henry Duncan, D.D., minister of Ruth well. Presented by William Fleming, Esq., Miller Street, on 3rd December, 1861.

16. Two moorish coins of the thirteenth century, presented, on 7th January, 1862, by John Cruickshanks, Esq., West George Street.

17. "The Norwegian Invasion of Scotland in 1263," presented by Hugh Tennent, Esq., of Wellpark.

18. "On the origin, coronation, and jurisdiction of the Lord Lyon, King of arms," presented by Sheriff Strathern.

19. Signatures of Volunteers (1803), presented by David Smith, Esq., J.P.

20. Coat of the Royal Glasgow Volunteers.

21. Archium Glasguense: Notes as to ancient documents, by Laurence Hill, LL.B. Presented by the author.

22. Genealogy of the Reid Family.

23. Bronze arrow-head with rivet, also fragments of bone, and of a clay urn, found 4th August, 1859, in a small tumulus in the lands of Blochairn, Baldernock parish, Stirlingshire, presented, on 5th December, 1864, by Alexander Galloway, Esq.

24. Several fragments of stone from the Standing-stones of Stennis, and from a tumulus in the vicinity, presented on 5th December, 1864, by Alexander Galloway, Esq.

25. Bronze vessel, found in Blairskaith, Baldernock, presented, on 5th December, 1864, by Alexander Galloway, Esq.

26. "Old Glasgow and its Environs." By Senex. Presented, on 14th November, 1864, by the author.

27. "The Upper Ward of Lanarkshire described and delineated." By George Vere Irving, F.S.A., Scotland, and Alexander Murray. Presented by Messrs. Thomas Murray and Son, on 5th February, 1866.

28. Roman coin of Antoninus Pius, presented, on 18th March, 1868, by D. Lamond Macnab, Esq.

JAVIO 1922