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Craiginillar and its Environs. 



subterranean passage at one time communicated with 

 the mansion-house of Peffer Mill. This tradition, 

 however, is not borne out by facts. A layer of 

 Craigmillar rock runs through the entire intervening 

 ground, and from its adamantine nature the cutting of 

 a subterranean passage was highly improbable. The 



matter was, how- 

 ever, set at rest 

 when the Subur- 

 ban Railway was 

 constructed, ex- 

 cavations being 

 made through the 

 line of the sup- 

 posed tunnel at a 

 very considerable 

 depth, when no 

 trace whatever of 

 a subterranean 

 passage was dis- 

 covered. 

 The beautiful doorway in the east range of build- 



I)i)()K wan- 



Ma IX Staircase. 



