362 Anniversary Address 



remains of the Old Parish Church, and a beautiful specimen 

 of the pointed or Norman architecture it is. If this were 

 the Parish Church, the parish must have been a very small 

 one, for the nave is only 18 feet, and the chancel 9 feet 

 long. The zigzag ornament runs round the arches. The 

 western capitals are ornamented with scales. This ruin 

 stands in the Park on the south side of the house, but is 

 completely hidden by trees and brushwood. In a niche on 

 the south side of the nave is a recumbent female figure with 

 a dog at her feet. There are two coats of arms at the point 

 of the arch above the niche. One of these — a fesse twisted — 

 appears to belong to the family of Carmichael ; the other, 

 with four mullets, two of them combined (a sculptor's 

 blunder ?) is doubtful; there is also a third shield, plain. 

 The old churchyard lay around, and, as appears from an 

 extract from the Parish Register, several of those blown up 

 with the Castle of Dungias, in the reign of Charles I., were 

 buried here, including the second Earl of Haddington. The 

 late Earl of Haddington was buried within the Chapel. 



In an aviary — a buzzard, a raven, a carrion-crow, and a 

 long-eared owl live together. The gamekeeper had also a 

 fine collection of young gold pheasants. The house is a good 

 example of the baronial Scottish mansion. The house has 

 been renewed on the outside, the interior being old ; it is 

 built of red sandstone, from a quarry at Broomhouse on the 

 estate. A collection of birds in the house contains that rare 

 bird, the Great White Heron, . and a Honey Buzzard, both 

 shot here. A Golden Eagle has also been shot here. Many 

 interesting shrubs and trees were seen — an Arbutus, 24 feet 

 high ; Garry a elliptica, a bush 35 feet in circumference ; 

 five plants of Yucca gloriosa were in full blow. A Silver 

 Fir was seen in Binning Wood, 108 feet high and 15 feet 

 in circumference, and some very fine Scotch firs. A very 

 broad and long avenue leads to the seaside, which is pro- 

 tected by acres of the Sea Buckthorn, which grows most 

 luxuriantly. It is very strange what fine specimens of 



