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had done when a studont, another of his pulpits in our alma^ 

 mater, St. Andrews. The Trappcan eminence on which the 

 Castle is built was not unnoticed. The rocks were inaccessible 

 from where we stood. Its grotesque sculptures in bold relief 

 on its walls in the square were subjects of ren>ark, and niade" 

 no favourable impression of the moral character of the age 

 when the Castle was erected. The style ®f architecture is 

 "Renaissance." The foundation rocks outcrop in the square- 

 Having visited other places of interest connected with tho 

 Castle or otherwise, our party sei)arated, some returning to 

 London, others to Howieton. Having partaken of an early 

 dinner, — some of us return to Stirling. We then proceeded to-. 

 Crla«gow and the month of the Clyde to visit our friends. A. 

 week later found us early in the morning at the border of the 

 London Basin, the Chalk of the Williston Junction, and finally 

 at Euaton Square on the London Clay. When members of our 

 pirty again met at the Exhibition all agreed in expressing 

 greatest esteem for Sir James and Lady Maitland, and in 

 admiration of the Howieton Fisheries. Afe the International 

 Fisheries Exhibition in Edinburgh, in 1882^ Sir Jafnes Miiitland 

 received a gold medal for fish culture apparatus, and a silver 

 medal for live salmonuiw. The Socrcte d' Acolin>ation, of 

 Paris, also awarded him its gold medal. If our party were 

 called upon to act as Jurors, we would certainly award them, 

 the highest honors. 



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33. Iw our last No., we gave due prominence to the 

 " Bore-stone " of Banuoekburn. We are reminded of another 

 remarkable stone, the Scotch " Stone of Destiny." When we 

 visited Westminster Abbev our attention was directed to the 

 "Coronation Throne." In it we observed thLs historical stone. 

 King Edward the First, when he invaded Scotland^ found it 

 in the Abbey of Scone. It was then enshi-ined in a chair or 

 throne, on which the Kings of the Scots were wont to be 

 crowned. Its legend was, that it was the pillow on which. 

 Jacob reposed when he ''aw the vision of the angels ascending, 

 and descending the ladder, and that it was brought over by 

 Scota, that daughter of Pharaoh from whom the Scots line of 



