3^8 Notes on Harrow. By James Hardy. 



always in my professional capacity been curious about bridges as 

 regards tbeir mechanical structure at different periods, and I may 

 tell you this one has been very badly built — very different from 

 the old Gothic one at Yarrow Kirk." A cannon ball has newly 

 been dug up near the General's Bridge. 



4. Remarks on Silver Lockets said to have heen found on the field of 

 Philiphaugh. By Miss Eussell. 



I have not the notes at hand which I made on the interesting 

 object mentioned in Sir Thomas Dick Lauder's " Elvers of 

 Scotland ;" his description is so far correct, and yet it is not 

 what he calls it. 



He says it is a silver locket found on the field of Philiphaugh, 

 with various poetic devices outside, and containing a portrait of 

 Montrose, most beautifully executed in relief. 



The last remaining sister of the gentleman in whose possession 

 Sir Thomas D. Lauder saw the locket, died some time ago, and 

 after her death I managed, through the kindness of one of the 

 Lauder family, to ascertain that the locket was safe, and to see it. 



To my surprise, it turned out to be three (3) small lockets, all 

 exactly alike. 



The portrait, in relief in silver like that on a coin, but full 

 face, I thought at first was Louis the Fourteenth of France, whose 

 portraits are so numerous and familiar ; it was certainly not 

 Montrose. 



And after looking at it for a moment, it struck me who it must 

 be — Charles the Second, the first cousin of Louis ; Henrietta 

 Maria being daughter of Henri IV, and sister of Louis XIII. 

 Charles was at the time of the battle of Philiphaugh, Prince of 

 Wales, in exile in France, and about fifteen. 



The face of the portrait is quite young, and a ribbon like the 

 ribbon of the Garter is round the neck, as that was worn at the 

 time. 



If they were really found on the field of Philiphaugh, the his- 

 tory of the lockets is evident enough ; Montrose had no doubt 

 sent, for the portraits at least, to France, as presents for royalists 

 whom it was desirable to compliment. 



The workmanship, especially that bestowed on the long flowing 

 hair, is beautiful ; that of the lockets quite plain. 



The mottoes and devices are certainly, as it were, utterances 

 of Montrose himself ; the devices he used himself have consider- 

 able merit. 



