SCOTTISH GARDENS 



Of the interior of the great castle of the Kennedys, 

 its spacious saloons and well-furnished armoury, this 

 is not the place to treat ; but it may be observed in 

 passing from it that nothing could be less applicable 

 to it at the present day than the description given 

 by the Parliamentarian commander, Sir William 

 Brereton, who, having occasion to lodge at Culzean 

 during the civil war, has the following note about 

 his quarters : 



"A pretty, pleasantly- seated house or castle, which looks 

 full upon the main sea. Hereunto we went, and there found no 

 hall, only a dining-room or hall, a fair room, and almost as large 

 as the whole pile, but very sluttishly kept ; unswept ; dishes, 

 trenchers and wooden cups thrown up and down, and the room 

 very nasty and unsavoury." 



Reckoning one thing against another, perhaps we 

 have less reason than some people would have us 

 believe to regret the passing of the good old times. 



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