The Flora and Fauna of Madagascar
Botany, Zoology, Ornithology, Entomology
TDGNHAS Series II, 6 (1887-90), 236(WARNING very large file size: 13.55 MB)
The Flora and Fauna of Madagascar Botany, Zoology, Ornithology, Entomology TDGNHAS Series II, 6 (1887-90), 236(WARNING very large file size: 13.55 MB) |
The Flora of the Grey Mare’s Tail TDGNHAS Series III, 87 (2013), 209(WARNING large file size: 5.67 MB) |
The Foregirth Cross TDGNHAS Series III, 42 (1965), 150(WARNING very large file size: 43.71 MB) |
The Foreign Trade of Dumfries and Kirkcudbright Recent (Social), Recent, Parish History, History TDGNHAS Series III, 37 (1958-59), 36(WARNING very large file size: 28.54 MB) |
The Formation and Age of the Queensberrys, Illustrated by Graptolites Geology, Paleontology, Structural geology TDGNHAS Series II, 23 (1910-11), 245(WARNING very large file size: 16.39 MB) |
The Formation of the Red Rock Series of the Dumfries Basin TDGNHAS Series III, 14 (1926-28), 131(WARNING very large file size: 125.46 MB) |
The Former Use of Flight-Nets to Capture Wildfowl on the Inner Solway Ornithology, Recent (Social), Recent TDGNHAS Series III, 80 (2006), 1(3.8 MB)
Abstract
Throughout the latter part of the 19th century, while shooting was widespread, ‘flightnetting’ emerged as an alternative method of obtaining wildfowl and waders for the table, barter or the market. Netting was practised intensively only on the north shore |
The Fortlet at Bankhead, Kirkconnel. (The Road into Ayrshire) Roman and Romano British, Parish History TDGNHAS Series III, 37 (1958-59), 136(WARNING very large file size: 28.54 MB) |
The Forts at Milton, near Beattock (Tassieholm) TDGNHAS Series III, 25 (1946-47), 10(WARNING very large file size: 36.46 MB) |
The Founder of Lincluden Abbey and his Relatives [Abstract] Genealogy, Mediaeval, Architecture TDGNHAS Series II, 4 (1883-86), 10(WARNING large file size: 8.7 MB) |
The Founding and Early History of Our Society TDGNHAS Series III, 87 (2013), 5(WARNING large file size: 5.67 MB)
Abstract
Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society celebrated its 150th year in 2012. To mark the anniversary the Society held a one-day conference on Saturday, 8 September 2012. The President of the Society, Dr Francis Toolis, opened the event with a history of the early days of the Society. He recounted something of the lives of founders such as Dr Gilchrist, the second Physician Superintendent at the Crichton Royal Institution and Dr Grierson of Thornhill, whose remarkable private museum was the inspiration for the African explorer, Joseph Thomson, also a member of the Society, the man after whom the Thomson gazelle is named and the inspiration himself for Sir H. Rider Haggard’s King Solomon’s Mines. Sir William Jardine of Applegarth, a true polymath and the author of many books, was the Society’s first President. Among the later members was Samuel Arnott, one-time Provost of Maxwelltown, who wrote extensively for the Society’s Transactions and was recognised in his time as a world authority on snowdrops. This is the text of the President’s opening address. |
The Founding of Our Society 1862: Contemporary Context and Cultural Climate TDGNHAS Series III, 87 (2013), 15(WARNING large file size: 5.67 MB)
Abstract
It is truly an honour to be invited to speak on this auspicious occasion, which I see as an opportunity to reflect on some of the great achievements and some of the great achievers in Dumfries and Galloway around the time the Society was founded on 20 November 1862. A secondary theme is the relationship of most of these people with the unique landscape of the region and the influence of the environment upon them. In 1862 most of the population of the three south-western counties still depended upon the land for their material existence. A remarkable number became naturalists, while poets and writers celebrated Nature’s heritage in the beauty of their surroundings. In a Christian era many were concerned with the wonder of Creation rather than with any sense of ‘blood and soil’ or lebensraum, with celebrating the joy of their environs rather than environmental determinism. |
The Four Towns of Lochmaben: A Study in Rural Stability Recent, Recent (Social), Parish History, History TDGNHAS Series III, 39 (1960-61), 83(WARNING very large file size: 35.41 MB) |
The Freshwater Fish Fauna of South West Scotland TDGNHAS Series III, 47 (1970), 49(WARNING very large file size: 71.98 MB) |
The Function of the Eyes Apart from Sight [Mention only] TDGNHAS Series III, 23 (1940-44), 40(WARNING very large file size: 40.26 MB) |
The Furnishings of Comlongan, 1624 Recent, Recent (Social), Architecture TDGNHAS Series III, 32 (1953-54), 180(WARNING very large file size: 26.11 MB) |
The Galloway Clergy at the Reformation TDGNHAS Series III, 30 (1951-52), 38(WARNING very large file size: 74.48 MB) |
The Galloway Dee: Its Floods in Relation to River Capture Geology, Structural geology, Quaternary geology TDGNHAS Series III, 6 (1918-19), 78(WARNING very large file size: 54.31 MB) |
The Galloway Highlands Geography, Recent, Meteorology TDGNHAS Series II, 23 (1910-11), 278(WARNING very large file size: 16.39 MB) |
The Galloway Lands in Ulster TDGNHAS Series III, 36 (1957-58), 115(WARNING very large file size: 19.04 MB) |