222 Cvaigmillar and its Environs. 



ducing the majority gained at the previous election 

 by nearly four thousand votes. 



The grounds of Niddrie are beautifully and taste- 

 fully laid out. At the last addition to the house, 

 Hugh Miller wrought as a stone-mason. " In the 

 walk south of the house," he writes in ' My Schools 

 and Schoolmasters,' " I have enjoyed many an agree- 

 able saunter ; and through its long vista I could see 

 the sun sink over the picturesque ruins of Craigmillar 

 Castle." Near to the house, on the road to Mussel- 

 burgh, is the small village of Niddrie Mill. At one 

 time it was situated on both sides of the rivulet, and 

 contained a great many inhabitants. In it there were 

 three breweries and fourteen public-houses, which are 

 all long since swept away. New breweries, however, 

 on an extensive scale, have recently been erected at 

 Cairntows, about half a mile farther west, in close 

 proximity to Craigmillar railway station. 



Edmonstone. — Stretching away inland about a 

 mile to the south is to be seen Edmonstone House, 

 which looks down from an eminence, where it is 

 surrounded by some of the finest trees in the country. 



