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been purchased by the family, and his wife, Margaret Pasley 

 of the Craig, an Eskdale pn^perty, sister of Sir James Pasley, a 

 distinguished naval officer. These were the parents of the four 

 knights of Eskdale, and of six other sous and seven daughters 

 besides ; conseijuently the grandparents of Colonel Malcolm. 

 The four knights figure, of course, in the portrait gallery, as do 

 also another brother (Gilbert), who was an English clergyman ^ 

 and two sisters — Agnes and Mina, the latter of whom Colonel 

 Malcolm characterised as the genius of the women of the family. 

 The Hon. William Elphiustone, Colonel Malcolm's maternal grand- 

 father, and Sir (jeurge Elphinstone (Lord Keith) are also repre- 

 sented by portraits ; and there is a portrait painting of the Court 

 of Persia, in which Sir John Malcolm is a prominent figure. 



Bidding adieu to their most kindly host, the party resumed 

 the journey, proceeding this time towards Langholm through the 

 beautiful policies of Langholm Lodge, the seat of the Duke of 

 Buccleuch. The drive along the Esk to Canonbie presents a 

 remarkable wealth and variety of sylvan beauty, and pretty peeps 

 of river scenery, and takes us past Johnnie Armstrong's old tower 

 of Gilnockie. At the Cross Keys Inn tea awaited the company. 

 Thus refreshed they entered on the last stage of the journey — a 

 fifteen mile drive across country to Annan, passing the hamlet of 

 Glenziers, the larger village of (Jhapelknowe, and after a run 

 through Solway Moss emerging on a tract of rich arable land, 

 with the old tower and modern mansion of Stapleton as one of the 

 features of the landscape. 



