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rode out of Wedderlie." Major Archer has shown with much 

 ingenuity that Sir Walter Scott had most probably the Edgar 

 of Wedderlie in his mind when he wrote the " Bride of 

 Lammermoor." This ancient mansion was visited by the Club 

 on July 26th 1885. [See Proceedings, Vol. xi., p. 69, 70; 

 and 164 to 168.] 



From Wedderlie we drove to see the Mausoleum Church, 

 of date 1680. 



Westruther. 



The Club was received at Westruther by the Rev. J. 

 Mairhead, minister of the parish, on the site of the old, now 

 disused, parish church. Since it ceased to be a place of 

 worship it has been used as the burial-place of the Spottiswoode 

 family, several members of which are here entombed. A 

 granite slab covering the grave of Lady John Scott bears the 

 following inscription : — 



Here lie the mortal remains 



of 



Alecia Anue, eldest daughter 



of 



John Spottiswoode of Spottiswoode, 



who married 



Lord John Scott, 



March 16th 1836. 



He died January 3rd 1860. 



Lady John Scott 



died at Spottiswoode 



on the 12th day of March 1900, 



in the 90th year of her age. 



Here are also monumental tombs of — 



John Spottiswoode 



of Spottiswoode 



He died at Spottiswoode 



5th July 1866 



in the 87th year of his age 



