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the Mertoun Mull-Cauld, in the Long Stream, as it is 
called, heading which I have often done satisfactory 
execution. The salmon-fishings on the upper por- 
tion of this stream belong to the Dryburgh estate, 
‘and are situated about half-a-mile from the Abbey 
Here, on the 10th of April 1861, I hooked, played, 
and landed several large salmon-kelts, the joint 
weight of which exceeded sixty-four pounds,—a well- 
mended, strong-running twenty-pounder topping the 
lot. There is nothing worthy of mention in the in- 
cident itself; and I only refer to it because it is 
associated with the circumstance of my having spent 
the remaining portion of the day, and of the night 
that followed, at the mansion-house of Dryburgh, 
which, along with the shootings and fishings on the 
property, was rented by a friend of mine, whose kind 
invitation to take a cast for salmon on the river I 
had accepted. 
My sleeping apartment on this occasion was 
situated on the wing of the building nearest to St. 
Mary’s Aisle, that portion of the Abbey in which, 
in virtue of Sir Walter’s claims as a descendant from 
the ancient family of the Halliburtons—once the 
proprietors of Dryburgh—his remains, and those of 
his family, including Lockhart, lie interred. While 
in the occupation of this apartment, during the witch- 
ing hour, it was only natural to summon up thoughts 
bearing upon the illustrious dead, with whose relics I 
