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into the possession of Robert Cathcart, W.S. Mr 

 Cathcart's trustees subsequently sold the house and 

 policy to Mr Gilbert Innes of Stow. Mr Innes was 

 unmarried, and was succeeded by his sister, at whose 

 death the Drum passed to Mr Alexander Mitchell, 

 from whom it was purchased by the present proprietor, 

 Mr More Nisbet. 



Craigmillar and its environs, it will thus be seen, 

 are rich and varied in historical associations, as well as 

 in agricultural and mineral wealth. And to these must 

 be added those general features of the far-reaching 

 landscape which have been the admiration of so many 

 successive generations. Here Sir Walter Scott re- 

 ceived some of his finest inspirations ; and here 

 many of the cultured and refined of a past age, 

 in the palmy days of Scotland's capital, were wont 

 to linger oft, and dwell fondly on the scene spread 

 out before their eyes. They have all passed away, 

 but the landscape remains, lovely as of yore. And 

 here we too would now fain pause, while memory recalls 

 the " storied lore " which the scene evokes. 



