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written, Levenaux — which was kiii to the family of which Lord 

 Darnley came. The Lennoxes were at one time proprietors of 

 Cally, then called Lennox-Cally, and afterwards inter-married 

 with the Galloway Stewarts. 



On entering the policies of Cally, the party were met by the 

 gardener, who showed them through the well-kept gardens, and 

 over the charming walks which intersect the extensive lawns 

 shaded by giant trees of unknown antiquity. By the generous 

 permission of Mr H. G. Murray-Stewart of Cally, the visitors were 

 allowed to explore the mansion-house, under the guidance of the 

 genial butler. They entered by the Marble Hall, which is almost 

 oriental in the splendour of its polished marble and delicate 

 statues. In this hall, on a polished marble table inlaid with 

 coloured pebbles, there stands a fac-simile of Cleopatra's Needle, 

 in black marble. The marble forming the floor was brought from 

 Italy in a rough state and polished at Cally Sawmill by marble 

 cutters brought thither for the purpose, and the huge rounded 

 pillars are built of granite boulders taken from Craigdews, at the 

 back of Cairnsmore of Fleet. The size of the blocks is remarkable. 

 The drawing-room was next visited. On the walls are hung 

 striking portraits of the proprietor's wife and mother, and the 

 large table in the room has its top wrought into graceful designs 

 formed by inlaid gems in profuse variety. Several fine examples 

 of the old masters are hung upon the walls. 



On leaving the mansion the visitors passed by and inspected 

 the old Cally tower, and proceeded through Gatehouse to Anwoth 

 Churchyard. Here they were met by Kev. Mr Black, the minister 

 of the parish. The old church — roofless now and ivy-grown — is a 

 small building, measuring about twenty-two yards long and 

 scarcely seven broad. A stone over the entrance bears the in- 

 scription : " Built A.D. 1627." This is the date of the settlement 

 of Samuel Rutherford as minister of Anwoth, which is said to have 

 been only at that time erected into a separate parish ; and it is 

 this association with the memory of the saintly and scholarly 

 divine who first administered within its walls that invests the 

 humble ruined fane with unusual interest. 



There are a number of memorial stones within the precincts 

 of the church, some of them elaborately sculptured and bearing 

 quaint inscriptions. The most massive is an architectural struc- 

 ture of light-coloured sandstone, which commemorates several 

 members of the Gordon family, who were for a time owners of the 



