ADDRESS OF LOYALTY. 13 MONDAY, lith December 1936. SIR GEORGE MACDONALD, K.C.B., President, Chaire inth . On the motion of the Chairman it was unanimously decided that the following Address should be sent to His Majesty the King:— UNTO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. May it please Your Majesty: We, Your Majesty's loyal and dutiful subjects, the President and Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, incorporated by Royal Charter, in terms of which we are privileged to enjoy Your Majesty's Royal Patronage, desire to tender to Your Majesty the sincere expression r loyaoou f l attachmen Youo t t r Majesty's Perso Thronee d th nan t A . sam leavg e be timoffe o et e Youo ew t r r Majest r dutifuyou l congratula- tion Youn so r Majesty' earnesr sou thaaccessiond s i tad t t i praye o t d ,ran that Your Majesty, supported by the gracious Presence of Her Majesty e Queenth whosf o , e Scottisl justlal d y an hproud e nationaliton e , ar e yw may be long spared in a happy and prosperous reign to maintain and advanc bese eth t interest thif o s s great Empire. e authorit th e Societ y th b Signee namf o f th yd o y an n ei d Antiquarie f Scotlando s generan i , l meeting assembledd an , sealed with the Common Seal of the Incorporation this fourteenth day of December in the year of our Lord One thousand nine hundred and thirty-six. GEORGE MACDONALD, President. THOMAS YULE, Vice-President. DOUGLAS P. MACLAGAN, Secretary. A Ballot having been taken followine th , g were elected Fellows:— ARTHUR CLARK, Municipal Stores Superintendent, 13 Porter Street, Bast London, South Africa. HENRY JAMBS CRAWFORD, B.A.(Lond-), 38A Netherhall Gardens, Hampstead, London, N.W. 3. HORACE FAIRHURST, M.A., MacBrayne Hall, 11 Park Circus Place, Glasgow, C. 3. 14 PROCEEDING E SOCIETYTH F O S , DECEMBE , 193614 R . Captain PETER JOHNSTON-SAINT, M.A., F.R.S.E. Wyndha4 , m Place, London, W. 1. Rev. MALCOLM MACNBILL, The Manse of Kilniodan, Glendaruel, Argyll. THOMAS LAUDBR THOMSON, M.D., D.P.H., County Medical Officer, Dunbarton- shire, Lauderdale, Dumbarton. followine Th g Donation e Museuth o t s m received durin e recessgth , fro mo 30tt y 13th NovemberhMa , were intimated thankd an , s voted to the Donors:— . BADEN-POWELLD y (1B ) , Stone End, Hinksey Hill, Oxfordd an , CHARLES ELTON, Burea f Animauo l Population, University Museum, Oxford. Rived an Bronzef n to Pi ,Whord Boreran Bonen f lo Pi ,fragment d ,an s of decorated Pottery from a kitchen-midden at Galson, Lewis. (See subsequent communicatio . BADEN-POWELD y nb CHARLEd Lan S ELTON.) (2) By M. B. DUFF, Chartered C.E., 42 Frederick Street, Edinburgh. Polished Stone Disc, measuring 4^- inche diameten si d § incan r n hi thickness, found in making the dam at the Quarrel Burn Reservoir, Silverburn, Midlothian. (3) By Colonel DUNCAN F. D. NEILL, through the Commissioners of Works. Two fragment Crosa f o Schissf so t bearin inscription ga frone th n tno and the back in Lombardic letters: (1) part of the head, broken vertically nea middle,e th r measuring 15^ inche lengtn si h (figd IA) , Nos1 an ., 1 . shafte par) th f (2 t o , d measurinan incheg7 heightn si , 7f inche breadthn si , and 2-f inches in thickness (fig. 1, Nos. 2 and 2A); the last fragment fits another segmen e Crosth f so t (Mus. Cata. 143B I , ) whice bees th hha n ni Museu r manmfo y years d (fig3A). , Nosan 1 . 3 . From Eilean Mor, Argyll. (4) By CHARLES BIRSS, 127 Marchmont Road, Edinburgh. Pai f Spectaclero s with stee hord an ln frame which belonge Loro dt d Monboddo. (5) By D. TAIT, H.M. Geological Survey, Corr. Mem. Bone Implemen flattenef o t d oval section, tapering toward endse sth , whic roundede har , measuring 3^ inche lengtn si -fd inchan ^y h b inc t ha s broadesit t part, foun feed4 t belo e surfacwth layea n rustf ei o r y sand clayd an , with pocket sanf sgraveo d dan l with boulders yard0 10 , s south of the L.N.E..Railway, on the line of the new north and south road from Calder Road to Saughton Road, near Saughton, Edinburgh. DONATIONS TO THE MUSEUM. 15 2A Pig. 1. Fragments of the Head and Shaft of a Cross from 'Eilean Mor, Argyll. (6) By R. N. DB PINTO, F.S.A.Scot. Old Bottl f olive-coloureo e d Glass, measuring 8^ inche n heighti s , from Lamb's Building, Waters Close, Leith. 16 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, DECEMBER 14, 1936. (7) By J. GRAHAM CALLANDER, LL.D., F.S.A.Scot. Early fifteenth-century carved and pierced Oak Panel, measuring 17^ inches by 9^ inches, bought in Aberdeen. Thirty-three small, finely finished Arrow-heads of various kinds of stone, from the United States of America : . eleven from Oregon, fourteen from Washington frox si ,m Tennessee froo mtw d Idahoan , . CORBIEM . J y (8, B F.S.A.Scot) . worg Hussiba nr o funde a woman'r s skir holo t t d oddd endsan s , containin gsmala l pincushion wire-heade w witfe ha paia d f , pinro it n si scissors, a box to hold thread, and a fleerish made from an old file. From Moniaive, Dumfriesshire. (9) By Miss CRESSER, 40 Victoria Street, Edinburgh. Wooden Luggie, the body hooped with withies and the edges of the staves feathered bottoe Th .m hollos i containd wan s vessepease Th .l measures 5-f inches in diameter at the mouth and 3^- inches in height, the single handle projecting upwards, 3^ inches abov e lipth e. This "was made solely wit hknifea . (10y Mis B . )CATO G s N THOMPSO . GARDNER d MisW N. an E s e th , excavators. Collection of Palaeolithic Flint Implements from Kharga Oasis, Egypt, situn i Pleistocenn i e spring deposits. (11) By the Misses Ross, 14 Saxe-Coburg Place, Edinburgh. Six Scottish Carved Oak Panels, three bearing thistle, rose, and cone- like designs respectively, and measuring 24f; inches by 11^ inches, 20f inches by 11^ inches, and 20f inches by HTT inches; two with linen- fold carving, imperfect, measuring 24 \ inche inche7 19d y ^sb san inche s y 8b ^ inches — all early sixteenth e showincenturyn on ma d a gan ; a branc f d o arrof an o hp wto w e witaiminbo th a bir a h n t o dga treea , measuring 17-f inche 11y sb ^ inches — sixteenth century (fig. 2) . (12) By Dr J. J. GALBRAITH, F.S.A.Scot. Iron Steelyard with pear-shape fulcrumso tw d s weighto ha s , t I . reversede positiotha e beab e on th n t lb.m0 n ca I 6 t nweigh,i . o t p su and in the other up to 16 lb. (13y ANGUB ) S GRAHAM, F.S.A.Scot. Three Strike-a-lights forme flatf do , oval, water -worn pebbles bearing oblique grooves struck with an iron striker; small Hammer-stone; piece 8 1 PROCEEDING E SOCIETYTH F O S , DECEMBE , 193614 R . of Slag; cylindrical objec Stonef o t , lik eslate-pencila , measuring 3^ inches long, -^2 inch in diameter, from the fort of Dun Breac, Skipness, Argyll. (See Proceedings, vol. xlix . 50.p . ) Deerd TinRe f , eo fro Sande mth s near Gullane, East Lothian. Flint Implements, almost entirely of grey and black colour: Large Core and Scraper with scratches on the under side, axe-like object, broken object with ground arris, four Scrapers a Hammer-stone d an , , from Weeting Norfolk. Scraper from Sheringham, Norfolko Tw . Scraper a Knif d ean s from Upper Sheringham Scrapero a Tw d . an s pointed object of creamy colour from Limpsfleld, Surrey. Oval worked Implement from Maiden Castle, Dorset. Scraper from Elmham, Norfolk. Scraper from Hove, Sussex. Scraper from Beeston Regis, Norfolk. Scraper from Lyng, Norfolk. Side Scraper from Guist, Norfolk. End Scraper from Twyford, Norfolk. Scraper from Chichester. Fourteen Scrapers, Core, pointed Implement, broken leaf-shaped an , d Arrow-head, from Massingham Heath, Norfolk. Collection of Flint Implements from Palestine. Ten pieces of Neolithic and later Pottery and two Flint Scrapers from temple excavations at Malta. (14) By Rev. WILLIAM EDGAR, B.D., Ph.D., F.S.A.Scot. Collection of Flint Implements from a Tardenoisian site in Ayrshire: Encoche, measuring l^g- inch long; Encoche? measuring |-|- inch long; seven narrow battered backs, several imperfect and several with an oblique end, measuring from ^ inch to YS inch long; three Flakes, measuring IYS inch, 1^ inch, and 1^ inch long, with slight working; Flake dressed along one side, measuring 1^ inch long; five Scrapers, measuring from ^ inch by -^ inch to 1^ inch by 1 inch; eight Flakes, some perhaps slightly worked thirteed an ; n Cores. (15) By JAMES S. RICHARDSON, F.S.A.Scot. Scraped En r Boreo r f Cherto r y Flint, measuring 1^ inch longd an , Saw of black Flint, measuring 2 inches long, found on the Glenluce Sands; parte th sd weran s brokeo i e tw w foun sa n ni e d th embedded ol n a n di land surface, about 20 feet apart. Mason's during Chisel of Iron, measuring 10 inches long, late seven- teenth century, found in centre of a wall in Kilmarnock House, Kilmarnock, now demolished. Wooden Sash Pulley, early eighteenth century, from Ravelrig House, Balerno. 9 1 DONATION E MUSEUMTH O T S .