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Index. 



Craigmillar Castle, architectural 

 features of, i et seq. — view from, 

 I, 31, 16S — keep at, 2, 11 — 

 ground-plan of, 3 — doorway of, 4 

 — Great Hall of, 6 — Queen Marys 

 room in, 7 — roof of, 10 — repairs 

 on, ib. — human skeleton found 

 in dungeon of, 13 — towers of, 16 

 — latest addition to, 17 — fish- 

 pond at, 19 — ruined chapel at, 20 

 — ^armorial bearings on walls of, 

 21 — historical associations of, 24 

 et seq. — earliest records of, 25 — 

 early possessors of, ib. et seq. — 

 seizure of, by the English, 34 — 

 connection of, with Queen Mary, 

 35 et seq. — conference at, 36— 

 James VI. at, 41 — battle at, 42 — 

 purchase of, by Sir John Gil- 

 mour, 44 — last tenants of, 52 — 

 "scorpions " at, 71 — plants found 

 at, 129 et seq., 143 et seq. 



"Craigmillar conference," the, 36. 



Craigmillar, derivation of name of, 

 24 — variations in spelling of, 25 

 — environs of, 168 et seq. 



Craigmillar district, fauna of, 54 

 ^t seq. — avifauna of, 80 et seq. — 

 botany of, 124 et seq. — geology of, 

 1^2 et seq. 



Craigmillar Irrigated Meadows, 

 the, 213. 



Craigmillar sandstone, buildings 

 constructed of, 164 et seq. — 

 superiority of, 165. 



"Craigmillar Sycamore," the, 138 

 et seq. — seedlings from, 140 et 

 seq. 



Craigmillar, the Prestons of, 26. 



Crake, the spotted, 103. 



Cromwell, army of, encamped at 

 Craigmillar, 172— at Galach-law, 

 194 — sword of, at The Inch, 173. 



Crossbill, the, 122. 



Cuckoo, the, 90 — story of a, 91. 



Curlew, the, 85. 



Dabchick or little grebe, the, 103. 

 Dalkeith coal-field, the, fossil re- 

 mains of, 161. 

 Dalmahoys, the, 182 et seq. 

 Darnley, proposed divorce of Queen 



Mary from, 36 — plot regarding 

 murder of, 37 — perpetrators of 

 the murder of, 39 et seq. 



Daubenton's bat, nest of, at The 

 Inch, 62. 



Dick, Sir James, of Prestonfield, 217, 



Dovecot, the, at Nether Liberton, 

 175. 



Drum, the house of, 239 — successive 

 proprietors of the barony of, ib. 



Drumselch, the ancient forest of, 

 213, 241 — antlers of red deer 

 found at, 215. 



Duck, the long-tailed, 82 — the 

 tufted, ib. — the golden-eye, 83 — 

 the scaup, ib. 



Duddingston Loch, aquatic fowl of, 

 81 et seq. passim — plants at, 135 

 et seq., 143 et seq. — filthy state 

 of, 208 — proposed plan for puri- 

 fying of ib. — antiquarian ' ' finds " 

 at, 209. 



Duddingston, village of, 206 — 

 Prince Charlie at, ib. — house of, 

 207 — parish church of, 209. 



Dunibiedykes, the Laird of, sup- 

 posed residence of, 211. 



Easter Duddingston Lodge, house 

 and grounds of, 210. 



Edinburgh University, books be- 

 queathed to, by Clement Little, 

 184— Prestonfield House burnt 

 by students of, 216. 



Edmonstone House, 222 — human 

 skeleton found at, 224. 



Edmonstones of that ilk, the, 224. 



Environs of Craigmillar, the, 168 

 et seq. 



Ermine fur of commerce, the, 60. 



Falcon, the peregrine, 103. 

 Fauna of Craigmillar district, the, 



54 et seq. 

 Female offenders, novel mode of 



punishment of, 165. 

 Fieldfare, the, loi. 

 Field mouse, the long-tailed, 71. 

 Fish of Craigmillar district, the, 78. 

 Fish-pond at Craigmillar Castle, 



remains of, 19. 

 Flora of Craigmillar district, vari- 



