in the Neighbourhood of Edinburgh. 



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description of the Parish of Libberton. He states that " north from Straiton is the 

 village of Bordeaux, so called, perhaps, by some of the French who attended 

 Queen Mary in her return home to Scotland in 1561, and who happened to take 

 up their residence here. 1 ' 



It is probable that the name of Bourdeaux House was derived from an ancient 

 mansion said to have once stood in the immediate neighbourhood of the village of 

 Bourdeaux, which was built about the time of the unfortunate Mary, and was in- 

 habited by the French who came in her train. 



SECTION I.— THE GEOLOGICAL PLACE ASSIGNABLE TO THE LIMESTONE OF 



BURDIEHOUSE. 



The limestone of Burdiehouse may be referred to the lower 

 beds of the carboniferous system, as is evident from the following 

 section : 



TRAP OF THE 

 PENTLANDS. 



NORTH ESK- 



Scale of one English Mile. 



In judging from the foregoing section, the place which the 

 fresh-water limestone holds in the carboniferous system is suffi- 

 ciently evident. It maintains a position far beneath a limestone 

 containing marine shells, which is continuous with the well 

 known Gilmerton bed, and still farther beneath the rich coal 

 seams of Loanhead. But I suspend any farther particulars rela- 

 tive to the strata either below or above this bed of limestone, 

 which will be better appreciated after it has been itself described 



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