Notes on the Ettrick. By James Hardy. 



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handle, which was found on Thirlestane Hill according to the 

 tradition of the House. Of this a drawing, here engraved, was 

 made by his Lordship's niece, Miss 0. Hubbard. 



The pot is 9|- inches high ; the longest circumference is 25^ 

 inches ; the circumference round the neck 16 inches ; the length 

 of the leg 4 inches ; length of handle (which has been accidentally 

 bent) 8 inches ; diameter of the mouth 6 inches. 



The brass-pots as well as flagons of the same material are now 

 considered to be mediaeval, and their use was continued till a 

 very recent period ; and even still some of the castaways may 

 be found employed, after being dug out of a drain or peat moss, 

 in the preparation of the frugal housewife's annual supply of 

 jam or jelly. 



Miss Eussell of Ashiesteel, has sent me an outline drawing of 

 a three-legged pot of a similar type, but not so elegantly shaped, 

 and standing on shorter limbs. The handle is broken. It was 



