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CHAPTER11.
TheCourseatBruntsfieldLinks—ArrangementsatClubhouse—"TheBox'sAppeal"—ArrangementsastoPlay—"MinutesofCouncilMeetingof20thApril186911—PresentationtoMelvilleRussell—"LayofMelvilleRussell,YeSecretary"—NoPoliticsdiscussed—StoryofElectionof1865—Mrs.Forman's—ProminentMembersofClub—TheBookofLays—"Dedication"—ExcursionstootherGreens.
INregardtoBruntsfieldLinksitmayseemsuper-fluoustosayanything.Thereisnochanceoftheireverfallingintothehandsofthebuildingfiend;—astheywereinthedaysofourforefatherssotheyare,andsotheywillremain.Butthisisonlypartlytrue,evensofarasthesurfaceisconcerned;andrecentlytheiroutwardsurroundingshavebeenentirelyaltered.Fiftyyearsagoafairamountofwhinsweretobeseen,especiallyinthenorth-westcorner;whilethegrasswasshorter,anddidnotgrowsoranklyasitdoesatpresent.LessthanfiftyyearsagoatollstoodatthepointatwhichGillespieCrescentbranchesofffromLevenStreet—itwasonlyremovedin1857;whilethegroupofbuildingsknownasWright'sHouses,andafewvillas,weretheonlyplacesofhabitationintheimmediatevicinity.

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