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Craigmillar and its Environs. 



referred to are the house and pohcies of Prestonfield, 

 the property of Sir Robert Dick Cunninghame, whose 

 family is of very ancient origin. Formerly it was 

 called Priestfield, and in 1681 belonged to Sir James 

 Dick, who was Lord Provost of Edinburgh. While 



PrestonfieivD, from Arthur's Seat. 



presiding at a meeting of the Magistrates on nth Jan. 

 of that year, at eight o'clock in the evening, his house 

 was set on fire by the students of Edinburgh. The 

 Provost, it appeared, had displeased them for not 



