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held Sir Aymer de Yaleuce responsible for provisioning the 

 Castle. Enlarged and strengthened with drawbridge and 

 portcullis in 1302. Captured from the English and destroyed. 

 Rebuilt by Edward I. as a " Pele with Stone Gateway." Castle 

 again given to Sir Aymer de Valence in 1306, and provisioned 

 by him 1309. Bruce bestowed (1314) on Barbour of Philip- 

 haugh the office of Constable of Selkirk Castle. Afterwards 

 alluded to in the Burgh Eecords as the " Auld Peel." 



Continuing the walk to the Town Hall, members were shown 

 the Council Chamber, formerly the Court Room in which Sir 

 Walter Scott sat as Sheriff of the county. A bust of "the 

 Shirra" now surveys the Court Eoom from a bracket of Ettrick 

 Forest oak. Over the front entrance there is an elegant stained 

 glass window bearing the County and Burgh Arms, and a 

 dedication to the memory of the Flowers of the Forest who fell 

 at Flodden. The minutes of the Town Council, at which the 

 king's letter ordering a muster for that fatal expedition, were 

 exhibited in the ancient records, as were also the old Burgh 

 charters, the seals and the officers' halberts. By a small 

 detachment, a hurried visit was paid to Ettrick Lodge, where 

 a series of oil paintings, illustrative of the "Lay of the Last 

 Minstrel," were much admired. 



Selkiek Meeting. Additional Particulars. 



During the excursion the more conspicuous wayside flowers 

 were on the Selkirk side of the river, where the grassy and 

 partially wooded banks were gay with wild roses and Geranium 

 pratense. These increased in numbers as we approached the 

 hollow occupied by the Lindeau Churchyard. On its outskirts 

 also the Great White Ox-eye became prevalent. The station 

 master's garden at Lindean had a brilliant and notable show 

 of Delphiniums. 



After crossing the bridge, the lodge of Sunderland Hall was 

 spangled with garden roses, and this agreeable sight also 

 distinguished the upper gateway. A few days afterwards at 

 Ashiesteel, I was gratified to witness how the garden roses 

 flourished and attained perfection around the mansion and in 

 the garden, where I was sliown examples of a green rose, and 

 brought away an immense posy of all the numerous varieties 

 produced on that classic ground. Corydalis claviculata was 



