Cassell's Old and new Edinburgh: its history, its people, and its places . mpbell of Succoths House . 344 The Organ in the Music-class Room .... 345 The Meadows, about iSlo 348 The Burgh Loch 349 The Archers Hall 352 ArchersHall: the Dining Hall 353 Thomas Nelson ........ 356 The Edinburgh University Medical School, Lauriston. 357 George Watsons Hospital 360 Birds-eye View of the New Royal Infirmary, from the North-East, 1S78 361 Reduced Facsimile of a View of Heriots Hospital by Gordon of Rothiemay 364 George Heriot 365 Reduced Facsimile of an Old Engraving of Heriots Hospital 368 Heriots Hos


Cassell's Old and new Edinburgh: its history, its people, and its places . mpbell of Succoths House . 344 The Organ in the Music-class Room .... 345 The Meadows, about iSlo 348 The Burgh Loch 349 The Archers Hall 352 ArchersHall: the Dining Hall 353 Thomas Nelson ........ 356 The Edinburgh University Medical School, Lauriston. 357 George Watsons Hospital 360 Birds-eye View of the New Royal Infirmary, from the North-East, 1S78 361 Reduced Facsimile of a View of Heriots Hospital by Gordon of Rothiemay 364 George Heriot 365 Reduced Facsimile of an Old Engraving of Heriots Hospital 368 Heriots Hospital, from the South-west To face page 369 The Chapel, Heriots Hospital 369 Heriots Hospital: the Council 372 The North Gateway of Heriots Hospital . . 373Heriots Hospital, 1779; Porters Lodge; DiningHall; Quadrangle, looking North ; Quadrangle, looking South 376 A Royal Edinbmgh Volunteer 377 The Repentance Stool, from Old Greyfriars Church . 379 Greyfriars Church 380 Tombs in Greyfriars Churchyard, Edinburgh . 381 Monogram of George Heriots Name .... 384. THE CANONGATE TOLBOOTH. Old and New Edinburgh. CHAPTER CANONGATE. Its Origin—Songs concerning il—Records—Market Cross—St. Johns and the Girth Crosses—Early History-The Town of Ilerbcrgare—Canongale Paved-The Governing liody—Raising the Devil—Purchase of the Earl of Roxburghs Superiority —The Foreign Settlement—George Hcriot the Elder—Huntlys House—Sir Walter Scotts Story of a Fire—The Morocco of Oliphant of Ncvvlaml,Lord David Hay, anil Earl of Angus—Jacks Land—Shoemakers Lands—Marqui: of Huntlys House—Nisbet of Dirletons Mansion—Golfers Land—John and Nicol Paterson—The Porch and Gatehouse of the Abbey—Lucky Spence. The Canongate—of old the Court-end of Edin-burgh—takes its name from the Augustine monksof Holyrood, who were permitted to build it bytlie charter of David I. in , and to rule it as aburgh of regality. The canons, says Chalmers, were


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