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Macrae, Captain, his duel with Sir George Ramsay, 122, 123.
Maitland, _see_ Lauderdale.
---- Lady Julian, 12.
---- John, afterwards the Chancellor;
his advice to Lord Somerville, 67, 68.
---- Janet, Lady Somerville, 68.
Malloch or Mallet, David, the poet, 28, 29.
Mar, John, Earl of, imprisoned at Craigmillar, 84.
Marionville, called in derision Lappet Ha', 122.
Mary, Queen, at Craigmillar, 85-87.
---- married to Darnley by the Dean of Restalrig, 121.
---- seized by Bothwell near the Cat-Stane, 138.
---- roads made by, 118.
---- tree planted by, 87.
Meggetland, 33.
Mentet de Salmonet, _see_ Robert Monteith, 102.
Merchiston Castle, 36-39.
Miller, William, of Craigentinnie, 116, 117, 119.
---- his tomb, 116.
Monteith, Robert, minister of Duddingston,
his romantic story, 101-103.
---- became secretary to Cardinal de Retz, 102.
Montrose, the heart of, 38, 39.
Morton, prehistoric remains at, 25.
Morton Hall, 22-24.
Moredun, formerly Goodtrees or Gutters, 66-69.
Moubray of Barnbougle, 34, 80, 156.
Muirhouse, or The Murrows, 155.
Munro, Dr., anecdote of, 33, _note_.
Murray, Katherine, second wife of the Laird of Cambusnethan, 66, 67.
Murrayfield, 127, 167.
Muschat's Cairn, murder at, 114, 115.
Muttonhole, now Davidson's Mains, 155, 156.
Myreside, 33.

N.

Napier of Merchiston, 36-39, 156, 165.
---- arms of, 42.
---- John, the inventor of logarithms, 36-38.
---- Lady, wife of the second Lord, 38.
---- Sir Alexander, his Celestial Theme, 156.
Napier of Wryteshouses, 16, 42.
---- arms of, 42.
Nether Cramond, or Cramond House, 159.
Nether Liberton, 72.
Newbattle Abbey, intrigues of two of the monks, 55-58.
Niddrie Marischal, 90-96.
---- origin of name, 90, _note_.
---- ghost at, 96.
---- chapel at, 50, 92.
Nimmo, Mrs., murders Lord Forester, 132, 133.
---- ---- her execution, 134.
Nisbet of Craigentinnie, 119.

O.

Oliphant of Newton, Sir James, killed his mother, 155.
Otterburn of Redford, 83.
Otterburn of Redhall, their arms, 31, 32, _note_.

P.

Paddo's Sang, The, 105, _note_.
Parson's Green, 115.
Paterson, George, curious cave excavated by him near Moredun, 69, 70.
Pearson of Balmadies, their arms, 78, and _note_.
Peffer Mill, original of "Dumbiedykes," 78.
---- story of Half-hangit Maggie Dickson, 79.
---- doorway at, _illustration_, 78.
Penicuik, tenure of barony, 22.
Penny Well, 46.
Petty France, 87.
Piershill, 98, 116.
Pleasance, The, 18.
Portobello, 75, 118.
---- pottery made here, 118.
Prestonfield, formerly Priestfield, 75-78.
---- ghost-story, 77, 78.
Preston of Craigmillar, 75, 83, 84.
---- arms of, 83.
Primrose, Sir Archibald, 166.
---- Lady, entertained Flora Macdonald, 166.

Q.

Queen's Park, The, 103, 109-115.
Queensferry Road, 145, 162.

R.

Ramsay of Barnton, 139, 163, 164.
Ramsay, Allan, Author of "The Gentle Shepherd," 27, _note_.
Ravelston, 165, 166.
Redford Burn, 28.
Redford House, 29.
Redhall, besieged by the Coldstream Guards, 31.
Restalrig, formerly Lestalric, 120-124.
---- church of, 121, 122.
---- castle of the Logans, 123.
Rigg of Morton, 24.
Rigg of Riggsland, 12.
Robertson, Principal, the historian, 17, 45.
Robertson of Lawers, General, 40.
Rowll, Provost of Corstorphine, an early Scotch poet, 128, 129.
Roystoun, now Caroline Park, 148-155.

S.

St. Anthony's Chapel, 110, 114.
---- Well, 110.
St. Catherine of the Hopes, 24.
St. Catherine of Sienna, 17, 18, 46, 57.
St. Catherine's Well, 52, 53.
St. Clair of Roslin, earliest owners of Morton Hall, 23, 24.
St. David's Well, 110.
St. Giles's Grange, 43-46.
St. Leonards, 104-106.
St. Margaret's Convent, 17.
---- Well, 109, 110.
St. Mary of Placentia, 18.
St. Roque's Chapel, 17, 43, 44.
St. Triduana, her legend, 120, 121.
Sampson, Agnes, a witch, 87-89.
Saughton Hall, 141, 142.
Saughton, old bridge at, 141, 142, _illustration_, 142.
---- New, now Cammo, 162.
Sciennes, The, 18.
Scott, Mr. and Mrs. Hope, buried at St. Margaret's Convent, 17.
Scott, Lady John, her residence at Caroline Park, 150-152.
---- ---- her examination of the mound at Bruntisfield, 15, _note_.
Seton, Sir Alexander, given Gogar by King Robert Bruce, 139.
Six Feet Club, The, 27.
Somerville family, 54-69.
---- Sir Walter acquires the lands of Gilmerton, 57.
---- tragedy, 58, 63.
---- of Cambusnethan, 66-69.
---- James, thirteenth Lord, rebuilt the Drum, 63.
---- Lady, story of her diamonds, 64, 65.
---- lawsuit, 67, 69.
Stair, Jacky, Countess of, her melancholy story, 20, 21.
Stennis, or Stenhouse, 70.
Stewart, Sir James, of Goodtrees, 69.
Sunnyside, now Kingston Grange, 70.

T.

Thomson, John, the painter, minister of Duddingston, 103.
Torphin, Cross of, 131, 137, _note_.
Torphichen, Anne, Lady, heiress of Cramond, 159.
Trotter of Morton Hall, 20, 23, 24, 27.
Trotter, Miss Menie, 47-49.

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