Series 1 > Tours in Scotland 1747, 1750, 1760

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TOUR THROUGH SCOTLAND, 1760.
gave way, and a panic seems to have seized our army; Many
of the horse did not stop, till they got to Berwick, and brought
the first news of their own defeat.
We came three miles to Dalkeith great part of the way by
the Park wall: This small town is pleasantly situated over the
fine hanging ground on North Esk. They have some linnen
Manufactory here, and they are about to settle some trade in
the Iron ware. The Duke of Buccleugh has a house at this
end of the Park, and another at the other end a mile off, which
latter was a purchase; The late Duke used to sleep there, as
the wholesomer air, and receive his Company here. The
house is a half H with a pavillion built at each end in front,
and is situated just over a beautifull glyn ; the sides of which
are covered with wood, and the water is kept up so as to appear
like a considerable river and form a cascade. The house is
all wainscoated with Dantzick Oak, and is adorned with a pro¬
fusion of Marble in Chimney pieces, tables, sideboards, and
Seats. There are several good family pieces ; and a fine one
of the Duke of Monmouth, when 14 years of age, as a John
Baptist, with very little drapery on it; I believe it is of Sir
Peter Lelly : There is also some of Gibbons’s carving in wood :
The furniture and particularly the Tapestry hangings are very
rich. The other house is furnished as richly as this, and is a
very pleasant place. The parish Church was Collegiate, founded
in the time of James the 5th by James Douglas Earl of
Moreton, the west part is in repair; The east part is fine &
in ruins ending in three sides in the modern Gothic taste, and
seems to have been built when it was made Collegiate.—I
am, &c.
Letter LXV.
Dunbar, Sept, zoth, 1760.
Dear Sister,—On the 17th I set forward and crossed from
North Esk to South Esk and came to Newbattle, where the
Marquis of Lothian has a house on the site of the Abbey filled
with Pictures, of which nothing but some arches remain under
the house. They were Cistercians, and founded by David 1st