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inscription; and including also the stone, dated 1701, of 

 James Richardson of Ivnockshinnoch, with its quaint, rude 

 carvings representative of a man and woman and two wolves. 

 The story of the carvings, as recounted by Mr Dunlop, was 

 that James Richardson and his wife, who are buried beneath 

 the stone, persisted in having their children baptised by a 

 minister who had been deposed by the General Assembly of 

 the time, and for this they were on each occasion brought 

 before the Presbytery and fined, the carving depicting with 

 grim humour Richardson standing in front of his wife u^ile 

 he defends her against the Presbytery as represented by the 

 wolves. Several of the visitors also spent a few minutes in 

 the handsome interior of the church. 



Proceeding on their Vv^ay, and passing over the pictur- 

 esque Routin' Bridge, the party motored up the west bank 

 of the beautiful valley of the Cairn, and made a short halt 

 at Bogrie, to see what remains of the old tower, as well as 

 Sundaywell, of Covenanting memory, on the opposite side of 

 the road. 



Rejoining the motors at Sundaywell, the party drove to 

 Lettrick, the Dunscore estate of Major-General W. Tweedie, 

 C.S.I., who had invited the members to visit the handsome 

 residence which he has been building there for several years. 

 General Tweedie received the company himself with char- 

 acteristic courtesy, and escorted them over the interior of 

 the house, the unique and exceedingly effective arrangements 

 of which proved remarkably interesting. The General has 

 expended much well-directed thought and ingenuity on the 

 internal and external architecture of the building, and the 

 party was conscious on all sides of evidences of the owner's 

 unerring good taste. The house possesses a most interesting 

 library, in connection with which are charming arrange- 

 ments for the shelving of the books ; and in all parts of the 

 building the walls are adorned with beautiful pictures and 

 a multitude of valuable old prints ; while the splendid col- 

 lection of antique furniture received its due meed of admira- 

 tion from the members of the party. 



Within a few minutes after leaving Lettrick the company 

 arrived at Craigenputtock, the goal of their journey, ancj 



