2o6 Craigmillar and its Environs. 



UIII. 



In our concluding chapter we invite the reader once 

 more to take a survey of the picturesque landscape 

 from the battlements of the famous ruin. Immedi- 

 ately north of Craigmillar, and under the shadow of 

 Arthur's Seat, lies the village of Duddingston, with 

 its loch. It is recorded that large forests formerly 

 existed near Duddingston, which afforded shelter to 

 Sir William Wallace and his bold companions when 

 on their way to attack Berwick. In the village may 

 still be seen the house in which Prince Charlie slept 

 the night before the battle of Prestonpans, in 1745. 

 This house at that period belonged to Mr Home, a 

 farmer. For more than a month the Chevalier's 

 forces were encamped by the brook side, in what 



