3-12 Recollections of a Gardening Tour. 



which the prevailing colour is white. They are said to be 

 much less ferocious than the wild cattle of Chillingham. 



We went to the old ornamental building called Chatelherault, 

 and found it occupied by a solitary gardener, who, nevertheless, 

 contrives to entertain himself in the evenings with the garden- 

 ing newspapers, Chambers's Journal, and other periodicals. 

 The soil of the gardens here is a light sand, and completely 

 worn out for want of manure. 



Barncleugh, the property of Lord Belhaven, forms a portion of 

 the steep banks of the Evan before mentioned, amounting to 36 

 acres, with a small house with crow-step gables, and the banks of 

 the river laid out in terraces, which, from their architectural re- 

 mains, must at some former time have been extremely beautiful 

 and interesting, in their striking contrast with the wildest de- 

 scription of woody scenery. The terraces and every part of the 

 garden are now in a ruinous state ; even the figures cut in yew and 

 box not being dipt, and consequently fast losing their artificial 

 shapes. This is easily accounted for, neither the gardener nor 

 the person who occupies the house setting much value on this 

 style of gardening. A portion of level surface on which they 

 could grow kitchen crops would evidently please them much 

 better. The bank appears to have been formed into three 

 parallel terraces varying in width, retained by very high walls, 

 most of which have been covered with fruit trees ; and in some 

 parts there are niches with seats, in others buttresses ; and in 

 one there is a recess with the remains of a bath, in front of 

 which, in an area which, if we are not mistaken, the gardener 

 told us was once covered with a glass roof, are still the lead pipes 

 and other wreck of a basin and fountain. The beau-ideal of the 

 ruins of this part of the garden, restored, forms the frontispiece 

 to Sir Thomas Dick Lauder's edition of Price on the Pic- 

 turesque. In that work is given an account of the origin of 

 the garden, which, as it is very curious, we shall quote at 

 length. 



This garden, Sir Thomas informs us, *' was constructed by 

 that Lord Belhaven who lived about the middle of the 1 7th cen- 

 tury, of whom — 



" ' It is formerlie observit, that the Inglisches haiffing routtit this natioun at 

 the fight at Dunbar, upone the 3d September 1650, they possest this kingdome, 

 and did foirfalt the maist part of these that wer ingadged in that unlauchful 

 ingadgement in the Scottis ingoing to England ; among quhome the Dukes of 

 Hamiltoun, and all that formerlie were forfalt, the creditouris persewit the 

 cautioneris for the Duke's dett and could get no relieffe. Among these cau- 

 tioneris the Lord Belhevin being one, and being band for that hous in greater 

 sumes of money than he was able to pay, he resolves to leave this natioun, 

 that he mycht eschew comprysinges of his landis and imprissonement of his 

 persone. This resolutioun he followes in this manner. He takis his jurney 

 to England, and quhen he past by Silloway (Sol way) Sandis, he causit his 

 servand cum bak to his wyfF with his cloak and hatt, and causit it to be vented 



