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The third urn (fig. 3) is 54 ins, in height by 54 ins, in diameter across the mouth, widening to about 7 ins, at the shoulder, which is about the middle of its height, so that its shape is that of a truncated cone both up wards and downwards from the shoulder, with a slight collar above the bottom, which is 24 ins, in diameter and quite flat, not concave externally, as in the cases of the two previously described. The ornamentation also is different, but, as in the other cases, it covers the whole exterior surface. The lip, which is slightly bevelled inwards and is of an inch in thickness, is ornamented by a single row of impressions as if made by a pointed implement thrust obliquely into the soft clay. A similar row of impres gions encircles the exterior of the brim. Underneath them is a horizontal line of impressions as of the teeth of a comb, and below that a wide band of herring-bone ornament, also made by the teeth of a comb. Immediately above, and immediately under the ridge of the shoulder, is a row of oblique impressions strongly marked, underneath them a wide band of herring-bone ornament, and round the collar of the base another of the strongly-marked rows of oblique impressions.

Each of these urns is specially interesting on account of its ornamentation, and the discovery of three of them of this particular form in one eist is, so far as I know, a most unusual, if not unique, experience in Scotland

It is pleasant to add that since this paper was written the three urns constituting this unique find have been presented to the National Collection by the Earl of Hopetoun.

MONDAY, 8th January 1900.

THE HON. JOHN ABERCROMBY, Vice-President, in the Chair.

A Ballot having been taken, the following Gentlemen were duly elected Fellows :

The Right Hon. THE EARL OF KINTORE, G.C.M.G., LL.D., Keith Hall,
Inverurie.

JOHN CRAN, 11 Brunswick Street, Edinburgh.

Captain GEORGE S. C. SWINTON, 36 Pont Street, London.

The following Donations to the Museum and Library were laid on the table, and thanks voted to the Donors:

(1) By the Right Hon. THE EARL OF HOPETOUN.

Three Urns of food-vessel type, from a cist at Dunera Hill, Pencaitland. [See the previous Communication by Dr Joseph Anderson.]

(2) By Rev. JOHN DICKSON, F.S.A. Scot., the Author.

Emeralds Chased in Gold; or, The Islands of the Forth: Their Story, Ancient and Modern. 8vo. 1899.

(3) By Sir ARCHIBALD DUNBAR, Bart., F.S.A. Seot., the Author. Scottish Kings-A Revised Chronology of Scottish History. 1899.

(4) By Dr ANDREW AITKEN.

Large Indian Pipe or Calumet, made of buffalo horn.

(5) By the Hon. JOHN ABERCROMBY, Vice-President.

8vo.

Irish Gun-Money of James II.-Crown, 1690; Half-Crown and Shilling, 1689.

Medal, in copper, of the Duke of Cumberland-MELIORIBVS VTERE FATIS, 1746.

(6) By Professor BALDWIN SPENCER, M.A., University of Melbourne, through ANDREW LANG, F.S.A. Scot.

Churinga of slate, painted with red ochre (fig. 1), oval in shape, 6 by 31 inches, covered on one face with spirals incised, and on the other with arch-like figures of parallel lines, from the Arunta tribe, Central Australia. Bull-roarer of wood, 11 by 13 inches, painted with red ochre, and similarly ornamented, from the Arunta tribe, Central Australia.

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Fig. 1. Churinga of Slate, from the Arunta tribe, Central Australia. (.)
(7) By ERSKINE BEVERIDGE, F.S.A. Scot.

Nine Photographs of Brochs, viz., Castle Telve, Glenelg, from the north (fig. 2); Castle Telve, Glenelg, from the south; Castle Troddin, Glenelg, from the north; Castle Troddan, Glenelg, from the south; Castle Chonil, Glenelg, from the east; Dun Dornadilla, in Strathmore, parish of Durness, Sutherland, from the south; Dun Dornadilla from the south west; Nybster Broch, Keiss, Caithness, general view; Nylster Broch, interior view, from the south.

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Fig. 2. View of the Broch called Castle Telve, Glenelg, from the north. (From a photograph by Mr Erskine Beveridge, F.S.A. Scot.)

(8) By Sir JOHN STIRLING MAXWELL, Bart., F.S.A. Scot. Sculptured Stones in the Churchyard of Govan. 4to. 1899.

(9) By Dr ROBERT MUNRO, F.S.A. Scot., the Author. Prehistoric Scotland, and its Place in European Civilisation: Being a General Introduction to the County Histories of Scotland. 8vo. 1899.

(10) By Rev. JAMES CAMPBELL, D.D., F.S.A. Scot.. the Author. Balmerino and its Abbey. New Edition. 1899. .

(11) BY THOMAS SMELLIE, F.S.A. Scot., the Author. Sketches of Old Kilmarnock. 4to. 1899.

(12) By GEORGE HAY, F.S.A. Scot., the Author.

History of Arbroath to the present time. Second Edition. 4to. 1899.

There were also Exhibited :—

(1) By A. G. REID, F.S.A. Scot.

Original Letter of Instructions for Sir William Fleming, by King Charles II., dated at Breda, 22nd May 1650. [See the subsequent Communication by Mr A. G. Reid.]

(2) By JAMES BRUCE, W.S., F.S.A. Scot.

Travelling Case of Table Requirements, from Kinnaird, consisting of Dagger Carver, Table Knife and Fork, Dessert and Fruit Knives in stamped leather sheath, which, possibly, may have belonged to James Bruce of Kinnaird, the Abyssinian traveller.

(3) By Mr WILLIAM MACDONALD, Moraytown, Inverness,

Axe of Greenstone, of Caribbean type, said to have been found on Culbin Sands. (See the subsequent Communication by Mr Thomas Wallace.]

The following Communications were read :

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