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The smallness of the lockets I suppose accounts for their having 

 been overlooked in the plunder of the baggage ; I did not mea- 

 sure them but I think the heart-shaped outline would go into 

 that of a shilling. 



Sir Thomas Dick Lauder's Notice, " Eivers of Scotland," p. 99, 

 is the following : " We have seen a curious locket, found on the 

 field of Philiphaugh, and now in the possession of Mr Graham 

 of Lynedoch. It is heart-shaped — on one side there is carved a 

 long straight heavy sword, and below it a winged heart, showing 

 probably that it belonged to a Douglas — on the other side is a 

 heart pierced through with darts, with the motto, * I live and 

 dye for loyaltye.' On opening it, there is engraven on the inside 

 of the lid, ' 1 mourne for Monarchic ' and the locket contains a 

 most beautiful minute alto relievo likeness of Montrose." 



5. Foulshiels and Mungo Park. 



On the occasions when I have passed Foulshiels where Mungo 

 Park, the great A-frican traveller was born, (Sept. 10th, 1771), 

 and brought up, I have been surprised at the unbecoming state 

 of the ruin of the old farm house, as contrasted with the many 

 fine mansions and decent dwellings passed on either side of the 

 public road. A ruined castle is picturesque and romantic, but a 

 desolated cottage is a deformity and out of harmony with the 

 train of pleasureable feelings induced by visiting memorable 

 spots. Why not restore the thatched roof, as it was in the days 

 of old Mungo Park, the father, to preserve the walls ; and plant 

 some shrubs to gladden the exterior, and make it look less 

 naked ? 



The character of Mungo Park has quite recently become an 

 object of solicitude to members of the Club, which ranks among 

 its numbers several distant relatives or connections of his family, 

 by reason of Mr Euskin's recently promulgated notion of what 

 constitutes a religious and exemplary man. The theory is made 

 to rest on Sir Walter Scott's latent belief on old world " freits," 

 and his friend Park's out-spoken rejection of them; although 

 there is nothing finer in even Scott's writings than the well- 

 known incident of the moss in the desert, and Park's reliance in 

 the hour of despondency on God's providential care. In addition 

 to Dr. Anderson's vindication, I shall cite what Mr Currie has to 

 say, from what his mother told him. "My pious mother was 

 schooled with him [at Selkirk] ; and in her house he prepared 

 much of his first account of Africa, and her opinion was that she 



