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A stone bearing the Nisbet Arms, placed over the entrance 

 doorway of the Mansion by Sir Alexander, was removed, and the 

 Arms of the Kers substituted, sooq after the property passed 

 into the hands of the latter; but the original stone is still to be 

 seen, in perfect preservation, in the burial vault adjoining the 

 house, in which are several interesting tombstones of members 

 of both families. Lord Sinclair, the present proprietor of 

 Nisbet, is a lineal descendant of the John Ker above mentioned. 



The house contains a number of old family portraits, which 

 were viewed with great interest. There were also shown a 

 black letter Bible, printed in 1607, and a large heraldic shield, 

 — "The Hatchment of John Carre of Cavers, and his lady, 

 Margaret Wauchope, impaild therewith, and ye 8 branches 

 belonging to each of the families, 1709." The male branches 

 were: — Carre of Cavers, Forrest of Fingask, Eiddle of that 

 Ilk, Morton of Cambo, Jedburgh, Rutherford Hindaly, Duke 

 of Buccleuch, Lord Ochiltree. The female branches were: — 

 Wauchope of Edmonstone, Hamilton of Redhouse, Loi'd Tor- 

 phichen, Dennison of Eedhall, Eaith of Edmonstone, Hay of 

 Monkton. Fullarton of that Ilk, Nicolson of Lasswade. 



After the party had viewed the garden, an I the extensive 

 and finely timbered parks surrounding the mansion, the drive 

 was continued to 



FOGO. 



The route was by Bogend, leading along the right bank of 

 the river Blackadder, affording delicious vie wo of the beautiful 

 valley below, through which the. river winds its way, with 

 Caldra glinting through the trees on the opposite bank. Fogo 

 Church was opened for inspection. It is a quaint looking 

 building, on a lovely site, but has no special features. A brief 

 notice of its pre-Reformation history will be found in the paper on 

 the Berwickshire Churches, in Vol. xir. of the Club's Proceedings. 

 The Ministers of Fogo since the Reformation have been : — 



Donald Balfour, Reader from 1574 to 1590. 



1590. William Methwen. 1785. John Todd. 



1626. James Methwen, his son. 1814. George McLean. 



1650. John Pringle, A.M. 1841. John Baillie, A.M. 



1682. William Methven, A.M. 1843. And. R. Bonnar. 



1693. George Moodie, A.M. 1846. R. F.Proudfoot.B.A 



1722. William Home. 1891. Wm. Henry Gray Smith, M. A. 



1758. William Home. 



