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distinguished painters. Portraits by Gainsborough, Sir T. Law- 

 rence, &c. Several fine busts : one of the Emperor William of 

 Germany presented by him to Lord Breadalbane, and another 

 of a young Prince of Prussia modelled by the Crown Princess, 

 Princess Eoyal of England. Mr Hamilton also showed some 

 beautiful specimens of Eoman and Florentine Mosaics, and 

 several valuable ornamental vases brought by himself from the 

 Imperial Palace at Pekin and other places in China. The above 

 form but a small portion of the numerous objects of interest dis- 

 played. The party afterwards visited the gardens and grounds, 

 'which are laid out with much taste, and inspected inter alia some 

 Alpine plants brought from the Pyrenees by Mr and Mrs Baillie 

 Hamilton; and before their departure were hospitably entertained 

 in the Grand Dining-room of the Mansion, which of itself is a 

 fine specimen of Elizabethan architecture, erected about twenty 

 years ago, from designs of Bryce, by the late Marquis of Bread- 

 albane. The views in the park have been much shorn of their 

 beauty by the wreck caused amongst the trees by the memorable 

 gale of 14th October, 1881." 



At dinner the number of the party was greatly reduced owing 

 to the necessity laid upon many to leave early in order to catch 

 the only available train going west. After dinner a number of 

 objects of interest was exhibited and examined. Of these many 

 were the property of Mr Charles Watson, who gave the following 

 list of his exhibits : — " 1. Ai-mlet of Bronze, found near Greenlaw 

 many years ago. 2. Sun-ring, found at Polwarth Mill in 1801. 



3. Glass Linen-smoother, used by my grandmother in the end of 

 last century. Vide Trans. Soc. of Ant. Scot. 1879-80, pp. 63, 64. 



4. Snuff-box, presented by Prince Charles Edward Stuart in 

 1746 to Lady Seaforth, and by her to her cousin, Mrs Mackenzie, 

 of Muirton, Invernessshire, (my grandmother), circa 1770. 5. 

 Snuff-box, which belonged to Eobert Watson, tenant of Nether- 

 mains, Chirnside, my great-great-grandfather, 1705. 6. Intaglio; 

 belonged to John, Duke of Lauderdale, circa 1670. 7. Mezzotint 

 of John Duns Scotus, by John Faber, the elder, 1690-1721. 8. 

 Seals. (The Nos. refer to Laing's Catalogue of Scottish Seals.) 

 63. Mary, A.D. 1564. " Eegina Scotorum dotariaque Francie." 

 —67. James VI. Eex. Scot. 1567-1625.— 429. Patrick Hepburn, 

 Earl of BothweU. " SI. Patricii comitis de Bothuel et diii de 

 Halis." A.D. 1520.— 790. Alex. Stuart, Duke of Albany, 2nd son 

 of Jas. II. A.D. 1473. " Sigillum piicipis Alexri duels Alban, 



