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manes attributed to them by Boethius, It is not 

 assumed that the fourth Duke of Queensberry got rid 

 of this ancient herd, but they do not exist there 

 now; indeed, have not existed since the end of the 

 last century. 



The third Duke of Queensberry did very much for 

 Drumlanrig and its neighbourhood — in fact, it might 

 be said for the county — as he made a road between 

 twenty and thirty miles long, at his own expense, be- 

 sides fostering the woollen industries. 



On acceding to the title of Queensberry, the Earl of 

 March was in his fifty-fourth year — an age at which 

 a man should be as good as he is ever likely to be 

 — and, although he had waited nearly a quarter of 

 a century for the honours he inherited, at one time 

 little anticipated that he would possess the fortunes 

 of the head of his house. 



Having attained by sheer luck the highest dignity 

 in the peerage, his grace intended to enjoy to the 

 utmost its privileges and wealth, by a still careful 

 regard to his living and health. 



A letter ^ from Queensberry to Selwyn, evidently of 

 this year, though undated, shows that Selwyn was 

 about to leave, or had already left, England for 

 France. In this his grace exhibits a little more of 



^ Appendix I 2. 



