16 Anniversary Address. 



the close of Queen Mary's reign, whose execution he did not 

 live to witness, dying before his father. His younger brother 

 John, alsc a distinguished judge and politician, succeeded to 

 the estates. He was much trusted by James VI., who con- 

 ferred on him the offices of Secretary of State and Lord High 

 Chancellor of Scotland, after which he was created a peer 

 and advanced to an Earldom. Of his son, the second Earl, 

 elevated to a Dukedom, we have already treated. Having 

 no male issue, the superior dignity lapsed with him. The 

 family which still nourishes — the present representative being 

 the eleventh Earl — has given numerous distinguished orna- 

 ments to the public service in every department of the state. 



A little further on, the road to Blythe turns off to the left. 

 In a field to the right is a cairn of no particular interest, 

 which has been examined and rebuilt by Lady John Scott. 

 At the farm house the party separated. The botanical section 

 turning to the right proceeded in the direction of the Cromwell 

 glen in the Spottiswood burn, but did not reach it. They 

 were not rewarded by any discoveries of interest. The rest 

 took the direction of the Harefaulds, distant about a mile to 

 the left. 



The place so called is a large inclosure, bounded by a ruined 

 dry-stone wall, situated on a wild moorland, called the 

 Scawart, which slopes from the north and north-west with 

 an easy descent towards the Blythe burn, becoming more 

 precipitous as it nears the stream, which here pursues a south- 

 easterly course to its junction with the Whitburn, where 

 their united waters become the Boondreigh. The site com- 

 mands a fine view of the Cheviots to the south-east and of 

 the Eildon hills on the west. 



The outer wall, formed of unhewn, uncemented stones, 

 encloses a space of nearly three acres, of an irregular oblong 

 or oval shape, divided into two unequal portions by a smaller 

 wall running east and west. A gateway or entrance opens 

 into the upper portion from the east side. The walls, though 

 well denned, are not perfect; for, unfortunately, they offered 

 a convenient quarry for the construction of several stone 



