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London ; that in the west window, presented by the Earl 

 of Haddington, is by Hardman of Birmingham. The groining 

 in the centre of the church, under the tower, is, I believe, 

 not altogether usual ; the more common form being the 

 plain barrel-vaulting. On the shield, in the centre of the 

 groining, are carved two crosses, the Latin and the St. Andrew ; 

 whether that is what they are meant for, or whether it is a 

 rough copy of the usual Greek initials of Christ's name, I 

 cannot tell. 



The restoration of the church took place about eighteen 

 years ago, under the direction of Messrs Wardrop and 

 Anderson, and everything was done to retain the dignity 

 and simplicity of the ancient building. 



After leaving Whitekirk the drive was resumed, with con- 

 tinued inclemency of weather, and took us by Binning wood, 

 on the planting of which, two centuries ago, an ancestor 

 of the present Lord Haddington bestowed much care, as will 

 be seen from an interesting extract which Miss M. Milne 

 Home has made from an early work on Forestry [Appendix 

 II.] ; and we also passed through the noble avenue of beech 

 trees which marks out Tjninghame in a special manner, an 

 avenue of nearly a mile in length, its trees showing splendidly 

 clean trunks of great height and girth. They were planted 

 about the same time as Binning Wood (1705). 



Smeaton-Hepburn was finally reached as the terminating 

 point of the day's excursion, and here Sir Archibald and 

 Lady Buchan- Hepburn gave a kindly welcome to the Club, 

 showing us some most interesting relics of Queen Mary of 

 Scotland, and highly valued heirlooms of the Hepburn family. 

 Amongst them were a bodice of black satin worn by Queen 

 Mary ; an opal mourning ring, worn by Queen Mary for 

 the Dauphin, and a tortoise shell comb of hers ; and an 

 altar-cloth of crimson velvet, embroidered by the Queen at 

 Loch Leven Castle ; also a letter from Queen Mary to the 

 then "Laird of Smytoun " in 1568, a facsimile of which the 



