166 THE BED GEOUSE. 



Collis erat modico tollens fastigio clivo 



Miscet ubi Albenti * se Dius 2 hospes aquae 

 Gleba uber : Cererisque coma f ormosus ; et umbra 



Arborea : et Florse numine amcenus ager. 

 Fons saliens sole a medio declivis ad ortum 



Illimes leni murmure volvit aquas, 

 Hinc densse circum salices, corylique, rubique 



Alitibus fidum perfugiumque f eris. 

 Dives ager late ad dextram perdicibus illis, 



Quas humilis tenui nutrit Erica coma. 

 Hie me seu casu, seu jam tibi arnica, Cupido, 



Clam tulit in casses flava Diana tuas 

 Incautum, dum sector ; et in fruticeta paventes 



Specto agat ut penna praepete Nisus aves. 



ELEGIA III. 



A short distance to the north of Ellemford lies David 

 Hume's patrimonial estate of Godscroft, 3 in the parish of 

 Abbey St. Bathans. Quixwood adjoins Godscroft, and here, 

 on the 13th of August 1889, Mr. Hogg and party (five 

 guns) got 28 brace, and two years later, on the 12th, 

 26 brace. On Spottiswoode estate 23 brace were killed 

 on Flass moor on the 14th of August 1886 (two guns); 

 24 brace on the 15th of August 1888 (two guns); and 

 25^ brace on Cattleshiel ground on the 12th of August 

 1889 (two guns). The total bags of Grouse got on this 

 property were in 1881, 73^ brace; 1882, 91 brace; 

 1883, 96^ brace; 1884, 64^ brace; 1885, 124 brace; 



1 Fluvius inter Lammyrios montes, vulgo Whytwater dictus. 



2 Alius fluvius vulgo Daye dictus, In Albentum fluvium influens. 



[TRANSLATION.] 



There was a hill rising to a point with a moderate slope where the tributary, 

 the Daye, mixes itself with the Whytwater of fruitful soil and beautiful with 

 corn ; and a leafy shade : and a field pleasant to the Goddess of Flowers. A 

 fountain bubbling from the middle of the earth rolls its clear waters with gentle 

 murmur, sloping towards the east. 



Around this place are dense willows, hazel-trees, and brambles ; and a safe 

 refuge for wild birds : a field stretching towards the right rich in those partridges 

 which the dwarfish heather nourishes in her tender hair. Here golden-haired 

 Diana secretly drove me unawares, either by chance, or already friendly to thee, 

 Cupid, into thy nets : while I follow : and I see how the sparrow-hawk with 

 swift wing drives the frightened birds into the thicket. 



3 While shooting over the small moor belonging to this ancient property on the 

 12th of August 1878, I bagged 10 brace of Grouse. 



