CHAPTER NINETEEN 



IN AND AROUND 



EDINBURGH 



The Southron who arrives in Scotland by the 

 East Coast route will not lack evidence as he 

 draws near to the *'grey city of the North," 

 thathehas entered dovecote-land. Clearlyseen 

 from the railway carriage is an oblong example 

 between Drem and Longniddry, serving, in 

 conjunction with a circular dovecote in a field 

 immediately west of Prestonpans station, to 

 illustrate the two chief styles. Both of these 

 dovecotes will be noticed later on; meanwhile 

 let us see what Edinburgh and her suburbs have 

 to show. 



And here the visitor, however poor be his 

 pedestrian powers, is at little pains to carry out 

 his search. Let him board a tram-car going south 

 from the Register House, and travel on it to 

 the terminus at Nether Liberton. There, bare- 

 ly fifty yards away, between the forking roads, 

 he sees a high bare wall; viewed from the 

 southern side the dovecote stands revealed. 



It is a very large and massive building, a 

 most excellent example of its kind. The shape 



243 



