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ture, and evidences of its original strength are still 

 visible in the back walls, which are of abnormal thick- 

 ness. The grounds are a model of taste and skill, and 

 contain specimens of rare trees, shrubs, and flowering- 

 plants seldom met with in a private collection. 



Peffer Mill. — In close proximity to the south 

 of Duddingston is Peffer 

 Mill, the supposed resi- 

 dence of the Laird of Dum- 

 biedykes, immortalised by 

 Sir Walter Scott in ' The 

 Heart of Mid - Lothian.' 

 The house was built by 

 one Edgar in 1636, and 

 his arms, impaled with 

 those of his wife, are still 

 to be seen above the beau- 

 tiful entrance-door. Below 

 the arms are the mottoes, 

 " Cui vult dat Deus " : 



" Dum spiro spero." "God Entrance Door, peffer Mill. 



gives to whom He will": "While I live I hope." 



