. The grange of St. Giles, the Bass : and the other baronial homes of the Dick-Lauder family. y, and with strict injunctions to us to observe thatmoderation which Mrs. Robertson could never make himself practise) he per-mitted us to have a pull at his favoxirite cherry-tree. Strange little figuresthey would appear to us now, these youngsters, climbing fruit-trees, feedingrabbits, and chasing each other through this old-fashioned garden, in theirantiquated High School apparel, consisting of a round black hat, a shirtfastened at the neck by a black ribbon, a cloth waistcoat, rather large, withtw
. The grange of St. Giles, the Bass : and the other baronial homes of the Dick-Lauder family. y, and with strict injunctions to us to observe thatmoderation which Mrs. Robertson could never make himself practise) he per-mitted us to have a pull at his favoxirite cherry-tree. Strange little figuresthey would appear to us now, these youngsters, climbing fruit-trees, feedingrabbits, and chasing each other through this old-fashioned garden, in theirantiquated High School apparel, consisting of a round black hat, a shirtfastened at the neck by a black ribbon, a cloth waistcoat, rather large, withtwo rows of buttons and buttonholes, so that it could be buttoned on either 86 SCOTTISH CELEBRITIES AT THE GRANGE side, which, when one side got dirty, was convenient; a single-breasted jacket,which in due time got a tail and became a coat; brown corduroy breeches,tied at the knees by a showy knot of brown cotton tape ; worsted stockingsin winter, blue cotton stockings in summer, and white cotton for dress ; clumsyshoes, made to be used on alternate feet daily, with brass or copper SIXTEENTH CENTURY GARDEN AT THE GRANGE. The coat and waistcoat were always of glaring colours, such as brightblue and scarlet, or grass-green and scarlet. No such machinery as whatare now termed braces or suspenders had then been imagined. Lord Cockburn also gives us a very graphic description of the old Doctorhimself from a boys point of view. He says :— The Doctor was a pleasant-looking old man, with an eye of great vivacity andintelligence, and a large projecting chin. A small trumpet was fastened by a black SCOTTISH CELEBRITIES AT THE GRANGE 87 ribbon to a buttonhole of his coat, and he wore a rather large wig, powdered and struck us boys even from the side-table as being evidently fond of a good dinner, atwhich he sat with his chin near his plate, intent upon the real business of the appearance, however, must have been produced partly by his deafness, becausewhe
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