54 Craif^uiiUay and its Environs. 



III. 



The representatives of our British fauna present in 

 the environs of Crai,<^millar differ httle from those 

 ft)und in most parts of the Lowlands of Scotland. 

 It is f^ratifying to learn, however, that the Badger, 

 one of the scarcest of British wild creatures, is still 

 to be seen within a mile of the castle ruins. We 

 are inclined to think that this animal was for many 

 years extinct in Mid-Lothian, and that through the 

 accidental circumstance of a gravid female escaping 

 from the kennels at The Inch, in the spring of 1883, 

 they were again introduced to the district. So 

 soon as it was discovered that badgers had been 

 seen at Edmonstone, the proprietor, Sir John Don 

 Wauchope, gave orders for their strict preservation. 



