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out if they possessed the necessary witch marks. [It may be 

 remarked here that Mr John Bell was the grandfather of 

 Eobert Bell, author of the "Scots Law Dictionary," and other 

 works on Scottish Law ; John Bell, the eminent surgeon and 

 anatomist ; George Joseph Bell, professor of Scots Law at 

 the University of Edinburgh ; and Sir Charles Bell, the 

 distinguished anatomist.] 



Now rising rapidly towards Bolton, we obtnined an excellent 

 view of the Boltou Farms, and Bultou Moor Wood, backed up 

 by the Lammermoor range. Lammerlaw is prominent, and the 

 old road which leads from Gifford and neighbourhood to 

 Lauder is quite observable winding over the eastern extremity 

 of the hill. 



The few cottages at Parkend which we shortly passed on our 

 left are at the western end of the Lennoxlove gardens, and less 

 than a century ago constituted part of one of the many small 

 holdings that flourished in this neighbourhood. 



Another deviation to our right took us up a considerable slope 

 to the village of Bolton ; while a field's breadth off, on our left, 

 were the woods round Coalstoun House. Nowhere in East 

 Lothian can the fine effects produced by the change of leaf on 

 the trees be observed to greater advantage than by observing 

 the Coalstoun woods from the brae we climbed here. 



The village of Bolton — Nether Bolton of 50 years ago, to 

 distinguish it from Upper Bolton — consists of the farm house, 

 farm cottages and steading of Under Bolton, the church and 

 manse, the school and schoolhouse. The Dovecot, in contra- 

 distinction to the many quaint dovecots that may be observed 

 attached to old residential mansioiis along both sides of the 

 Forth, is round, and topped with a small open cupola and 

 weather-vane. 



At Bolton the greater part of the company stayed to visit 

 the burial place of Gilbert Burns ; his family and his mother, 

 Agnes Brown, being also buried here. [Plate I.] 



Here Mr E. J. Wilson read a short note showing the 

 connection of Gilbert Burns with this neighbourhood. 



Gilbert Burns was first brought into East Lothian by Captain 

 Dunlop of Dunlop, in Ayrshire, whose gifted wife was a 

 correspondent of the Poet Robert Burns. About the year 1788 

 Mr Dunlop owned the estate of West Morham, and resided 

 there for some time. His steward or grieve was Gilbert Burns. 



