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or dipped and exposed to the air, the sulphur deposits in most minute 

 particles, and by that means easily gets at the enemy. The strong 

 solution is a powerful caustic, and care ought to be used in handling 

 it. Those who are desirous of trying the above, and have not the 

 requisite apparatus, might get it made at any working druggist's or 

 chemist's. T. C. S. 



K"OTABLE PLACES. 



THE GLEN, 



This beautiful estate was purchased by Charles Tennant, Esq., the present pro- 

 prietor, about twenty years ago ; and since then various improvements have 

 been going on on a very extensive scale in every department, and now it is one 

 of the most lovely and beautiful places in the south of Scotland. The Glen is 

 situated in Peeblesshire, about eight miles from Peebles, and three from the 

 thriving village of Innerleithen, near which is situated the " St Ronan's Well" 

 of Sir Walter Scott. From the latter the road leads across the Tweed, 

 and to the right stands the old venerable mansion-house of the Earls of 

 Traquair, said to be the oldest inhabited house in Scotland, and the church 

 and village of Traquair : before entering which the road turns sharply to the 

 right, crossing the Quair by a neat stone bridge, and leads along the north bank 

 of the stream. On the north of the road the hills are both high and steep, and 

 purely pastoral. To the south of the river the ground rises with a gentle slope, 

 and for a considerable distance up the hill-sides the ground is well cultivated. 

 The stranger in passing along this road has little idea of the treat that is in 

 store for him at The Glen, and how near he is to it, when in looking at the sur- 

 roundings the eye takes in next to nothing but lofty mountains on all sides. 

 Passing on, the porter's lodge is reached, a neat substantial building, and over 

 the gateway is cut in stone the word " Welcome," which shows to the visitor 

 that he is not looked upon as an intruder by the generous proprietor. Here the 

 roads part : the one leading to the right is used as a service road to the Home 

 Farm steading. The approach from the gate is half a mile long, leading along 

 in gentle curves, and is of the most delightful description, through a beautiful 

 park of large extent and parallel with the river. Here the landscape is diver- 

 sified with large clumps of Rhododendrons, and all the new and rare varieties 

 of Coniferre, in groups, and planted out singly. To the left there is a fine lake, 

 surrounded with shrubbery interspersed with winding walks. At the east end 

 there is a pretty cascade, the rippling murmur of which is very pleasing in hot 

 weather. The mansion-house is a noble pile, in the old Scottish baronial style 

 of architecture. From it, in the distance, may be seen the hills that shadow 

 the ' ' dowie dens of Yarrow, " and also the lofty Minchmoor Hills, over which 

 Montrose fled after the battle of Philiphaugh. Here is also the scene of the 

 fine old pathetic ballad " Lucy's Flitting." After the completion of his man- 

 sion, Mr Tennant had all the old cottages on the estate pulled do-wni, and new 

 and substantial houses erected in their stead, with all the newest improve- 

 ments ; and as soon as they were habitable, they were filled with his own work- 

 peojile, who in their own sphere soon became participants of the goodness which 

 Providence has bestowed on their kind employer. When Mr Tennant assimied 

 The Glen, about twenty years ago, the community numbered 20 ; and now there 



