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Eoyal Hotel, a visit was paid to the Abbey, where some time was 

 spent in inspecting the various architectural features of one of 

 the most interesting ecclesiastical ruins in Scotland. Attention 

 was called to several historical tombstones in the Abbey church- 

 yard, including one recently erected in memory of the " Beauteous 

 Bosebud " of Burns. The party thereafter drove up Jed Water, 

 passing on their way the well-known Huttonian Section in front 

 of Allars Mill, whieh shows the junction of the Greywaeke or 

 Lower Silurian rocks and the Old Bed Sandstone ; Inchbonny, 

 the former home of James Veitch, the self-taught philosopher ; 

 the Sandstone Scaurs, alluded to by Buskin in his ''Modern 

 Painters;" the CaponTree, mentionedin Gilpin's "Forest Scenery;" 

 Hundalee Cave, which for many years was believed to have been 

 destroyed by a landslip, but was reopened recently ; and Lintalee, 

 where there is an interesting camp formed by the Good Sir James 

 Douglas previous to the battle of Lintalee. On reaching Black- 

 burn, nearly opposite Ferniherst Castle, the early home of the 

 Kerrs, where there are some large Lime trees of remarkable 

 growth, the party took to the right towards Swinnie Moor, which 

 formed part of the grant by King Bobert the Bruce to the Good 

 Sir James Douglas for his distinguished service. 



On leaving the Jedwater road, and before reaching Swinnie, 

 we had on our left the fine policy of Langlee with Langlee 

 House, the residence of Mr Charles Scott. In a field a little to 

 the west of the present farm-house of Swinnie, there was for- 

 merly a peel, which is said to have been held by a family of 

 Olivers, who, like many other families hereabouts, were vassals 

 of the Douglases. Some sixty years ago a man named Middle - 

 mist, while ploughing in this field, turned up a box which was 

 found to contain about 700 silver coius. These were claimed by 

 the Crown authorities as treasure-trove. Numerous other coins 

 were afterwards found about the same place near to the site of 

 the old peel. 



After leaving Swinnie moor, from which a view of the Dunion 

 was obtained on the right, the drive was through the farms of 

 Easter and Wester Fodderlie and Gatehouse-cot. The rain which 

 had been falling for some time began to fall heavier, and this 

 made a change in the programme necessary. Instead of going 

 to Abbotrule as was intended, to examine the ruins of the Old 

 Church and the burying-ground, and to Bonchester hill, where 

 there are many old camps, they drove direct to Weens, where 



