igS Craiginillar and its Environs. 



of the Covenanters were killed, and over a hundred 



made prisoners. The slain were buried at Rullion 



Green, an old monument still marking the spot. In 



1858 the late Lord-President Inglis took steps to 



preserve this memorial, erected to the memory of the 



martyrs who fell in the Pentland Rising. On one 



side of it an inscription in rugged verse records — 



" A cloud of witnesses lie here, 

 Who for Christ's interests did appear, 

 For to restore true Liberty, 

 O'erturned them by tyranny : 

 These heroes fought with great renown ; 

 By falling got the martyr's crown!" 



The reverse side of the monument appears as in the 

 accompanying illustration. For a number of years 

 an open-air religious service has been held annually 

 at Rullion Green, large numbers from the surrounding 

 district being often present. The scene on a summer 

 Sabbath afternoon, in this retired historic spot, is 

 peculiarly solemn and impressive, as the wail of some 

 old Scottish psalm-tune rises into the still air, or the 

 cadences of the preacher's voice die away among the 

 surrounding hills. The mingled features of the land- 



