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he kept. At the time Episcopacy was overthrown in Scotland, the 

 burying-ground was extensively used as a place of sepultui-e for 

 the families and deposed clergy of the order, on account of a pro- 

 hibitory notice issued against the reading of a service in the city 

 and suburban burial-grounds. For this cause Alexander Eose, the 

 last Established Episcopal Bishop, was in 1720 interred here. The 

 monument over his grave has recently been renewed, and he is rep- 

 resented in full size, wearing his mitre, and having his crosier in his 

 hand. Here lie the remains of Lord Brougham's father and family, 

 and, as previously mentioned, of Louis Cauvin, the founder of the 

 Hospital at Duddingston ; Lord Wood, a senator of the Court of Jus- 

 tice ; and the recently deceased Dr Andrew Wood's ground is here. 



I must not, before closing, forget to mention a curious mausoleum 

 annexed to the church, and which may at one time have been 

 part of the old edifice. According to our friend the beadle, this is 

 called the Earl of Moray's vault, who succeeded to the possession 

 of the lands. There is at this time nothing to be seen inside save a 

 stone, bearing to be in commemoration of the Lady Mary of Restalrig. 

 It is half broken, and owing to the darkness of the place the whole 

 inscription cannot be followed. From a description of this curious 

 place I have been privileged to read, belonging to the Architectural 

 Association of Edinburgh, it would seem that the building of it is 

 ascribed to Sir Eobert Logan, who died in 1441 ; and the opinion is 

 expressed there, that from its antique form it might date much 

 further back, and was perhaps a private chapel of St Triduana her- 

 self. The roof is ornamental in character, the same as the church, 

 and is supported by a very massive carved pillar. 



There once stood somewhere near the site of St Margaret's 

 Station, at the junction of a cross-road leading to Holyrood, a well 

 dedicated to St Margaret. It was protected by a handsome arch, 

 supported by two columns. From this pure spring the monks 

 were supplied with water. In course of time, however, the build- 

 ing was demolished and the well almost covered up, to enable the 

 station there to be erected. A few years ago, through the exer- 

 tions of the late Dr David Laing and the Society of Antiquaries, 

 the well was removed and the water conducted to the Queen's 

 Park, and now stands enclosed by a gate a little south of the 

 Palace, on the road to St Anthony. 



Having long had a desire to visit Restabig, that desire has not 

 till very lately been gratified. My visit over, curiosity which had 

 previously been aroused was whetted, and I felt that I must for 

 myself dip into its history. What information I obtained I jotted 

 down as notes for my own use, and I have now ventured to give 

 them to you, in the hope that I may be imparting to some such an 

 interest in a church so close to their own dwellings as may induce 

 them to pay a visit, however short, to that village. 



