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more, the railway ever on our right, we take, 

 directed by a finger-post, a lane which leads us 

 towards the Lammermoors and Spott. Spott 

 is a place with interests of more kinds than one. 

 From Doon Hill, just above it, David Leslie 

 once descended, on a wild Septembermorning, 

 to take part in Dunbar Drove. Witches were 

 burnt at Spott in 1705; and at this village, on 

 a Sunday just three centuries and a half ago, 

 the Reverend John Kello, parson of the place, 

 strangled his wife with a towel, hanged her on 

 the chamber wall in order to suggest the death 

 being due to suicide, and then, leaving the 

 manse and entering the church, preached calm- 

 ly to his waiting flock. 



The dovecote, easily discovered, is a well- 

 kept, typical example; oblong and of two com- 

 partments. The doorways seem modern en- 

 largements, but theornamentalpillarsstanding 

 on the higher wall are probably original. 



A short walk takes us to Dunbar, and if the 

 time is summer and the weather hot it is most 

 likely that an inn and tea will be the visitor's 

 first thought, for we have covered many miles 

 to-day. But, nature sufficiently refreshed, there 



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