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but no doubt the weather was the cause of the disappointment. 

 It had given the Marchioness aad himself the greatest pleasure 

 to receive the Club, and make some compensation for the dis- 

 agreeable weather which was not altogether uncommon in that 

 part of the country. (Laughter.) He regretted that the outside 

 of the house was so disagreeable, and hoped that on some other 

 occasion the Club might come to Tester and enjoy themselves 

 better than they had done that day. (Cheers.) The party then 

 adjourned. On leaving, the Marchioness sympathised with the 

 members on the inclement state of the weather, and chatted 

 pleasantly on prospects of a return under more favourable 

 auspices. 



On the return journey Mr E. J. Wilson resumes his minute 

 Itinerary. 



Rettjrn Journey. — Emerging from the grounds into the 

 village of Gifford, on our homeward way we observed in passing, 

 the new Town Hall of the little community, provided through 

 the munificence of the nobleman whose hospitality we had en- 

 joyed ; — a commodious, well lighted, and graceful building, 

 approached from the space on which stands the market cross by 

 a wide stone staircase with heavy ornamental stone balustrades. 

 Mr Swinton, who presented the clock, with true appreciation of the 

 ancient, caused the old bell, which had been used for centuries, 

 to be utilised for the clock to strike the hours and ring the 

 curfew on, which it does every evening at eight o'clock as of 

 yore. 



After clearing the village by driving past the church and 

 manse, a climb of a quarter of a mile brought us to Slateford 

 Farm on our left, and Myreside on our right ; while further 

 away, in the same direction, occupying an elevated ridge, was 

 Town Head Farm, Barro Barracks, and Linplum. Looking 

 back towards Clifford, from the crest of the hill we had reached, 

 a more expanded view of the Lammermoors was obtained. It 

 was now all downhill, except a slight rise between Monkrigg 

 (which occupies a commanding position) and Lennoxlove. In 

 descending we obtain a capital view to our left of Coalstouu 

 House (Lady Susan Brown Ramsay) so rich in objects of 

 Oriental fine art — the collection of her father, the late Lord 

 Dalhousie, when Governor General of India, and the scene of 

 one of the best anecdotes in Dean Ramsay's " Scottish Life and 



