14 Anniversary Address. 



Murray of Bowhill, knight, who, we are told, represented the 

 county of Selkirk, from 1703 till 1707, and was elected one 

 of the representatives to the first Parliament of Great 

 Britain, in 1709. The Outlaw is said to have been of 

 prodigious size and strength, and to have had five hundred 

 retainers. King James IV. was so much impressed with his 

 courage and noble bearing, that he granted him a free pardon, 

 and made him hereditary Sheriff of the Forest. 



Crossing the Yarrow, the party entered the grounds of 

 Bowhill, where by the courtesy of his Grace the Duke of 

 Buccleuch, ample provision had been made for their viewing 

 everything to advantage. The house seems the perfection 

 of comfort, and contains numerous fine pictures, including 

 family and other portraits. Conspicuous among these is a 

 full length of James, Duke of Monmouth, by Kneller, and 

 in the dining room is Anne, Duchess of Monmouth. Here 

 too, most appropriately, hangs the well-known picture by 

 Raeburn, of Sir' Walter (then Mr) Scott, seated with the 

 faithful Camp at his feet ; Hermitage Castle and the moun- 

 tains of Liddisdale in the back ground. Some splendid 

 tapestry at the head of the staircase attracted particular at- 

 tention. After visiting the gardens and pleasure grounds — 

 the latter radiant with Rhododendrons, the members of the 

 Club now united into one body, 



" passed where 'Newark's stately tower 



Looks out from Yarrow's birchen bower." 



It is here that Anne, Duchess of Buccleuch and Monmouth 

 is described as listening to the " Lay of the last Minstrel." 

 The castle is situated on an eminence overhanging the river, 

 just at the entrance to the valley which extends upwards to 

 St. Mary's Loch. Opposite to it, is Foulshiels, the birth 

 place of Mungo Park, whose signature in his own hand- 

 writing is still visible on one of the internal walls of the 

 castle. Newark occupies a position of great strength, and 

 the walls are of remarkable thickness. It is now a square 

 and roofless tower, with a stair of 104 steps leading to its 

 top, most of the windows bearing traces of modern repairs. 



