the site of Mause's cottage, described in the second scene of the second act: "The open field, a cottage in the glen, An auld wife spinnin' at the sunny end. At a sma' distance, by a blasted tree, Wi' faulded arms and half-raised look, ye see PENNYCUIK HOUSE, the seat of Sir George Clerk, Bart., is well worthy of a visit. The neighbouring scenery is extremely beautiful, and the pleasuregrounds are highly ornamented. The house contains an extensive and excellent collection of paintings, with a number of Roman antiquities found in Britain, and, amongst other curiosities, the buff-coat worn by Dundee at the battle of Killiecrankie. The principal apartment, called Ossian's Hall, has a ceiling beautifully decorated with paintings by Runciman. ROSLIN. Another interesting scene, visited more frequently than any other by the inhabitants of Edinburgh, is ROSLIN CHAPEL, situated about seven miles from the city, on the banks of the North Esk. The vale of Roslin is one of those beautiful and sequestered dells which so often occur in Scotland, abounding with all the romantic varieties of cliff, copsewood, and waterfall. Its beautiful Gothic Chapel is one of the most entire and exquisitely decorated specimens of ecclesiastical architecture in Scotland. It was founded, in 1446, by William St. Clair, Earl of Orkney, and Lord of Roslin. At the Revolution of 1688, part of it was defaced by a H |