the "Live and let live Testimonial" was inspired also by his hatred of his sons, whom he did his best to impoverish by granting farm leases of inordinate length and at small rents. He was created Baron Panmure, 1831, and was succeeded in that title by his son, Fox Maule, the War minister of the Crimean War, who became Earl of Dalhousie in 1860. The other gentlemen here represented are Mr. C. Hunter, Mr. Hastie, M.P.; and Capt. Wemyss, M.P. The bare table, the punch-bowl, the long-stalked glasses rising conveniently to the rim of the bowl, and the doyleys illustrate the table customs of the time. Painted by T. M. Joy. Lent by MECHANICS' INSTITUte, Brechin. 362 WILLIAM SINCLAIR OF ROSLIN. "Undoubted heir male and representative of William de Janets Claro, who obtained frae David I. the barony of Roslin, The lordly line of high St. Clair." William (the 12th of this line) was 3rd Earl of Orkney and 1st Earl of Caithness; he built Roslin Chapel ANNO 1441. This William was 11th in succession from that Earl. Painted by Allan Ramsay. (Catalogued under Lent by LODGE CANONGATE KILWINNING, No. 11. 2 EAST WALL AND WALL CASES ON EAST WALL. I. MINING. 1 One old Wooden WATERPIPE, used for conveying water into Edinburgh from springs at Swanston. Lent by the CORPORATION OF EDINBURGH. One old Wooden WATERPIPE, used for pumping water from underground, with opening to change the clack and bucket. Lent by the LEADHILLS COMPANY, LTD. 3 One old Iron DOORPIECE, with clack and bucket. Lent by the LEADHILLS COMPANY, LTD. 4 One old Underground MINING WINDLASS, in wood. Lent by the LEADHILLS COMPANY, LTD. 5 One old Wooden WATER-SCOOP, found in the workings of a mine which had been closed for 200 years. Made in one piece. Lent by the SOCIETY OF ARCHAEOLOGY, ALLOA. 6 An old SLUICE DOOR, from a disused mine. Lent by the CARNEGIE DUNFERMLINE TRUST. 7 An old Iron BAR to fix in the ground for lashing appliances to. Lent by the LEADHILLS COMPANY, LTD. 8 An old PICK, found in the same mine as No. 5: at Westfield, Clackmannanshire. Lent by the SOCIETY OF ARCHAEOLOGY, ALLOA. 9 A Wooden SHOVEL, found in an old coal working on the east of Lochgelly in 1856. No record or tradition of such workings exist, and it is believed that they are very ancient. Lent by the CARNEGIE DUNFERMLINE TRUST. DOMESTIC ARTICLES ON WALL. II. GENERAL AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. 1 YOKE for a wooden plough. Lent by ELGIN MUSEUM. 2 BRECHAME (Brechem) or straw collar for a working horse. "The straw brechem is now supplanted by the leather collar."-P. Alvah, O.S.A. iv. p. 395. "Your armour gude ye manna shaw, Nor yet appear like men o' weir, As country lads be a' array'd, Wi' branks and brecham on each mare." "Minstrelsy of the Border," i. p. 176. (In Cumberland, a "Branchin" was a collar for a horse, made of old stockings, stuffed with straw.) Lent by ELGIN MUSEUM. 3 HAIMS, used in a farm near Dundee for over 100 years. (Haims, hammys, hems, is a collar formed of two pieces of wood, which are put round the neck of a working horse.) (“Evir haims convenient for sic note." "Palace of Honour," i. 33.) Evir haims ivory collar. Lent by ALBERT INSTITUTE, Dundee. 4 RIDING HARNESS, ornamented with sea-shells. This belonged to the last Duke of Gordon. Lent by MRS. MACCRACKEN. 5 HORSE TRAPPINGS, used at the last Wappinschaw on the Sheriffmuir, Peebleshire, 15th June, 1627. Lent by CHAMBERS' INSTITUTE, PEEBLES. 6 Two CURRACHS (or currochs) of wood, stamped I.P. Used as panniers for carrying fuel, found in Aberdeenshire. "Before that period (1747) the fuel was carried in creels, and the corn in currachs." O.S.A. iv. 395. "Currachs are implements of husbandry which are now (1792) entirely disused." P. Alvah: supra. Lent by the UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN. 7 PORTRAIT of the Rev. Patrick Bell, LL.D., by Patrick Allen Fraser, H.R.S.A. Patrick Bell, one of the inventors of the reaping machine, was born near Dundee, in April, 1799. While studying for the ministry at St. Andrews, he contrived a machine designed to lessen the labour of harvesting. Next year (in 1828) the machine was used on his brother's farm in Perthshire. He took out no patent. The machine was freely copied and used till 1868, when it was bought for the museum of the Patent Office, where it now is. Two fingers of the original machine are here suspended under the inventor's portrait. Dr. Bell was ordained in 1843 to the parish of Carmylie, Arbroath, and he remained there till his death in 1869. In recognition of his services to agriculture the University of St. Andrews conferred on him the honorary degree of LL.D. Lent by HOSPITALFIELDS ART SCHOOL, ARBROATH. 8 Two Steel FINGERS of the original Bell's reaper. Lent by GEORGE BELL. Below the portrait is a model of an early form of reaping machine, lent by the inventor, James Smith of Deanston. 9 SUIST or flail. Lent by the UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW. Buailtein is the supple, or part of the flail that strikes the corn. Lent by JAMES BUCHANAN. 10 CRIATHAR or sieve made of goat's skin. The iron spike shown with it, was used when red hot, to make the holes in the sieve. Lent by LUDOVIC M'L. MANN. 11 SUIST or Highland flail. (See No. 9.) Lent by MRS. K. L. MACDONALD. 12 WECHT or weght is a very ancient name for an instrument in the form of a sieve, but without holes. This one is made of goat's skin. From Tiree. Used for winnowing husks from oatmeal, barley meal, and rye meal. "Take that instrument used in winnowing the corn, which, in our country dialect, we call a wecht." Note by Burns to "Hallowe'en." Lent by LUDOVIC M'L. MANN. 13 Wooden STOBSPADE, used for pushing in the straw in thatching. Found at Fintray, Aberdeenshire. "Stob-thatching is now (1793) become pretty general, and when well executed, makes a warm and durable roof." P. New Deer, O.S.A. ix. 187-188. Lent by the UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN. 14 Four examples of the SLABHRUIDH or Highland pot-hanger. Lent by DONALD MACKENZIE. 15 SLABHRUIDH. Lent by W. K. MACDONALD. 16 "LUPPIE" of the 18th century, from Smiddybanks, South Ronaldshay, Orkney. A basket for holding corn. Made of straw and dried sea-ware. (From Lepe, which also denotes a sort of fish net.) Lent by CHAS. S. S. JOHNSTON. 17 HORN, used for sowing turnip seed in the olden time. Lent by MRS. K. L. MACDONALD. 18 Cow's HORN, carried by Alexander Galbraith when driving cattle to England. Lent by MRS. ALEXANDER PARK. 19 Old Cow HORN, used at Kilbarchan for calling the farm workers to meals. Lent by JAMES BUCHANAN. 20 Tin HORN to summon the workers at Rothesay cotton mills in 1780. Lent by the MARQUIS OF BUTE. 21 Cowherd's HORN, used A.D. 1776, at Ordie in the parish of Oathlaw near Forfar. Lent by REV. ALEXANDER RITCHIE. 22 The old Norse LVDR or tooting horn of Shetland. It was also used at sea in fogs, and when hunting whales. Lent by GILBert Goudie. 23 Tooting HORN, made from the horn of the Scottish wild goat. Lent by the UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN. 66 24 Two "HOBBLES" or 'Langells." These were a kind of tether by which the fore and hind feet of the horse or cow could be fastened together, to hinder the animal from kicking, or from straying before the introduction of fences in fields. 25 One"HOBBLE" or "Langell." Lent by JOHN ROBERTSON. Lent by the SMITH INSTITUTE, Stirling. 26 Smuggler's Wooden SADDLE. Strings of ponies were used to convey smuggled foreign alcohol in small kegs or ankers from the coast to the interior. Each pony bore one or more wooden saddles of this kind, and to each saddle was attached two ankers of brandy. Lent by LUDOVIC M'L. MANN. 27 Smuggler's Wooden SADDLE, from Aberdeenshire. Lent by ALEXANDER GRANT. 28 Silver-mounted leather riding WHIP, dated 1789. Lent by A. B. TODD. 33 STIRRUP IRONS, from Neidpath Castle, Peebles. They belonged to the second Earl of Tweeddale. Lent by CHAMBERS' INSTITUTE, Peebles. 34 Single STIRRUP IRON. Lent by MRS. GROSSART. 35 SPADE, with handle in wood and blade in iron. This was the old style of implement used by the small cultivators in Shetland. Found at Scalloway, Shetland. Lent by the UNIVERSITY OF Aberdeen. 36 FLAUCHTER SPADE. A long two-handed instrument for casting turfs. Found at Premnay, Aberdeenshire. 37 "The turf is produced by setting fire to the grass and heath about the month of June, and then raising the surface with what is called a flauchter-spade." O.S.A. P. Killearn, xvi. 120. Peat SPADE. Lent by the UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN. "Lifting the upper green turf at the peat-hag and laying it aside, the digger uncovers the black slimy peat underneath. The spade is long and narrow, with a shorter blade set at right angles to the other, so that forcing it downwards into the exposed peat, it cuts out an oblong piece of about a foot in length. These pieces are laid out in rows on the turf, so as to free them from their excessive moisture; afterwards they are stacked in little heaps until the sun has dried them, and they are then ready for use or for storage against the winter.". "The Misty Isle of Skye" (1910), p. 151. 38 SPADE. Lent by MRS. K. L. MACDONALD. Lent by CHAS. E. WHITELAW. 39 SPADE. Lent by 40 TUSKAR, from Shetland. The old Norse Torf skeri (Turf cutter). Used for digging or "casting" peats. The tuskar is an instrument of iron, with a wooden handle. "When the moor is thus flayed, an ancient Scandinavian implement of husbandry, named a tuskar, is used for casting the peats. Its shaft is rather longer |