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NOTES TO FIFTH BOOK (699-136).
399
shaw being in the parish of Cargill, ‘ O. Stat. Acct.,’ xiii. 352. This is
evidently spoken of as the same as Cargyll-wood.”
699. Elkok park. Elcho Castle is a ruin in Rhynd parish, Perth¬
shire, on the S. bank of the Tay, 4 miles E.S.E. of Perth.
723. That was unmarried.
736. This line seems to point to Harry being connected with some
religious house.
783. The South Inch would lie between Wallace and Elcho.
FIFTH BOOK.
2. This book seems to begin with November 1296.
5. Is pet his, paths? that is, by-paths. Banished men must go in by¬
paths.
24. There is a similar adventure with a bloodhound in Barbour,
Book vi. 460 to end, and vii. 1-60.
25. Gyllisland. J. has the following note :—
“ Gilderland, edit. 1594, Gelderland 1620, 1648, 1673, &c., also 1714.
But this must be Gillesland or Gilsland, a barony in Cumberland.
The minstrel having said that the hound was bred there, immediately
speaks of her being used in Esk and Liddisdale, in the vicinity of
Cumberland. So late as the reign of James I. of England, there is an
order, dated 1616, that no less than nine bloodhounds should be kept
on the Border, upon Esk, and other places mentioned. V. Pennant’s
Tour, 1772, i. 77, ii. 397.”
For a description of these bloodhounds see Bellenden (chap, xi.),
or Boece. ^John Hardyng, in his ‘Chronicle,’ pp. 303, 304, corro¬
borates the statement that Edward I. used sleuth-hounds to track
Bruce.
27. Ledaill—i.e., Liddesdale.
95. Cask woode. The parish of Cask lies about 9 miles W.S.W. of
Perth. “More than 1200 acres are under wood.”—Ord. Surv. The
parish is associated with the Baroness Nairne,'—“The Auld Hoose,”
and “ Prince Charlie.”
114. The reason given for the deed in this line is surely special
pleading.
117. This means, “ Right strong he was, and had gone but a little
way.” Therefore there was reason to think that he was a traitor when
he gave in.
132. Dipplyne. Dupplin, a castle 5^ miles S.W. of Perth. Here
in August 1332 Edward Baliol defeated the Earl of Mar, the Regent
of Scotland.
136. Trade—path, track. This is the original meaning of the word.
Properly, “ that path which we tread ”—Trench.