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is famed. All had come with high expectations, but few could 

 anticipate the rich treat that awaited them. Some delightful 

 hours were spent in viewing the splendid collections of paintings, 

 statuary, mediaeval armour and Weapons, and other objects of 

 interest. 



In the entrance-hall attention was drawn to the remarkably 

 fine examples of armour and weapons with which it is decorated. 

 Choice specimens of the time of Henry VII., Henry VIII., 

 Philip and Mary, Elizabeth, and the Stuarts, were specially 

 marked, and the large collection of Highland claymores, dirks, 

 targes, etc., was scarcely less noteworthy. A number of stone 

 celts, bronze weapons, old Scottish and English coins, a pair of 

 thumbscrews, several Etruscan antiquities, and other curios, 

 were also examined. Twelve of the famous carved oak medallions 

 known as the " Stirling Heads," adorn the walls of the billiard 

 room, and would of themselves confer distinction on axiy apart- 

 ment. It would be vain to attempt a description of the master- 

 pieces of painting which cover the walls of the picture gallery — 

 a noble apartment of ample dimensions — and the other public 

 rooms, or of the sumptuous appointments of the house at large. 



The following is a list of the principal pictures, extracted 

 from the catalogue kindly lent by the proprietress, but scarcely 

 a tenth of the collection has been enumerated: — Portrait of 

 James, second Earl of Moray— Jameson, 1596-1644. Fight 

 between Bison and White Deer. Scenes in Blackmount Deer 

 Forest, entitled Summer and Winter — Landseer. Loch Tulla — 

 Copley Fielding. William Earl Marischall — Jameson. Portrait 

 of John Knox obtained from the family of his first wife, from 

 Holyrood. Fisherman standing on the Shore — Ostade, 1610- 

 1685. Woman on Horseback, Peasant and Sheep — Van de 

 Velde. Duchess of Buckingham and Famil}', from Holyrood — 

 Vandyck. Small Landscape — Paul Potter. The Feast of Herod 

 — Pubens, purchased in Rome at the Palazzo Farnese, by the 

 second Marquis of Breadalbane. Landscape and river scene — 

 by Vander Neer, 1619-1683. Peasant Woman at a Fountain — 

 Van de Velde, 1639-1672. An interesting mythological subject 

 — Pinturicchio, 1454-1513. Peasant standin^i: under a tree — 

 Van de Velde. Saint Cecilia— Carlo Dolce, 1640. Judith with 

 the head of llolof ernes — Guido, 1575-1642. Infanta of Spain, 

 with dog — Velasquez. Landscape with figures —Teniers, 1595- 

 1622. Landscape by Cuyp, 1606. EcceHomo — Murillo, bought 



