Book Description

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1851 edition. Excerpt: ...from the left, by a stone bridge above the little haugh, beyond its two tributary streams, near half a mile distant, the vista is terminated by the Harbour craig, looking down with its grey tower-like front from the head of its glen. From this, if a carriage, or horses have been used, they must be sent forward to the village of Carlops. After visiting the Harbour-craig, on returning to the glen of the Esk, immediately above the little haugh, on the opposite side of the stream, is " the Craigy bield;" the view of which is taken looking down the Esk, with the opening up the Harbour-craig glen appearing, between the right bank, and the point of the Harlaw moor seen over the haugh. About a hundred yards higher on the Esk than the Craigy bield, is the Washing green; from the lower end of which, on the south-east side of the water, the view of it was drawn. Upon the slope of the bank, north from and almost behind the washing house seen in the plate, was one of the old gardens, called the East garden, a wall, and some of the fruit trees of which still exist; and the present garden is immediately above it, with a court of offices at its head. From the Washing house, up the Washing green or Garden burn, a path, by a romantic waterfall called the Fairies' Lin, leads up to New-Hall house, past two vaults, under the remains of the tower alluded to in the comedy, which was seen, before it was filled with wood, up the ravine from Symon's house. The vestiges of the chapel or West garden, lie on the other side of the mansion. At the south-west end of the house, a walk descends the bank under the chapel, to the head of the Washing green, and to the Esk at the Hermitage and Mineral well on the opposite, south, side of the water at the lower end...