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Mr "Watson has supplied an account of the origin of the name 

 of Orange lane which is not generally known. The farm house 

 " was built by Mr Dickson of Anton's Hill, and the first tenant 

 was John Orwin, who was an innkeeper and lived there in 1788. 

 In course of time the name has been corrupted into its present 

 form." It is older than this, however, for it appears on the map 

 of 1771. Solanum Dulcamara grows near Orange lane. Within 

 sight of it is Bankhead. In Bankhead wood, Dr. Thomson found 

 Pyrola minor. On a rivulet behind the ridge here, the old map 

 places Horsesyke Mill. The puzzling name Horsykend, which 

 occurs somewhere in the Club's Proceedings, or in the Flora, 

 signifies end of this Horse syke. 



The road now leads straight forward to Stainrig, which is a 

 new house. Anton's Hill on the opposite ridge is enveloped in 

 the shadow of its many goodly old oaks. There is a small 

 rookery at Stainrig. The note of the Wood- war bier {Phyllos- 

 copus sihilatrix) was heard among the tall tree tops ; and missel 

 thrushes were seen. About a story height of Leitholm Peel, up 

 to the first windows, still continues erect ; it is ivied behind. A 

 corn field prevented access to it. It belongs to Anton's Hill. 

 When the Statistical Account was written, this wall was 31 feet 

 long, about 15 feet high, and two thick. '• Wester Poles " was 

 among the "Towres and places brent, raced and caste doune" 

 by the Earl of Hertford's forces between the 8th and 23d Sep- 

 tember, 1545. Wrangham, which participated in the same dis- 

 aster, stood behind the wooded ridge that envelopes Anton's 

 Hill, and was represented in 1771 by a place called Wrangham- 

 hill. Formerly there were several houses between the Peel and 

 the present bridge. Mr Melville writes : ' ' After you pass Leit- 

 holm Peel, you come to Anton's Hill lodge (on the left). A little 

 on, in the middle of a large grass field, you see a clump of trees, 

 not far from the road. In the middle of this clump is a circular 

 fountain with this inscription : ' Fons. sack. San. Anton, ac 

 8ANITAT.' " — a modern fancy, no doubt. 



We turned up to go to Anton's Hill before crossing the Lamb- 

 den burn, as there was nothing particular to be gained by pro- 

 ceeding to Leitholm, which entails the climbing of a steep bank. 

 There were some fine ashes, till wrecked by the October gale, at 

 the angle before reaching the burn. The tree-pipit {Anthus 

 arhoreus) frequents the tall trees in this neighbourhood. The 

 Lambden burn winds along a green meadow, which is adapted 



