Excerpt from Summers and Winters at Balmawhapple, Vol. 1: A Second Series of Ihe Table-Talk of Shirley Our nearest neighbours (with the exception of the Reverend Peter Gibson, who occupied the manse) were the Maitlands of that Ilk, who lived at Balmain, a mile or so up the river. Still farther inland, at the Cadger's Pot, where the salt water ceases to mingle with the fresh, there is Greystone - a seat of the Master of Gray, as the eldest son of the peer of that name is called among us, according to our Scottish usage. ...
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Excerpt from Summers and Winters at Balmawhapple, Vol. 1: A Second Series of Ihe Table-Talk of Shirley Our nearest neighbours (with the exception of the Reverend Peter Gibson, who occupied the manse) were the Maitlands of that Ilk, who lived at Balmain, a mile or so up the river. Still farther inland, at the Cadger's Pot, where the salt water ceases to mingle with the fresh, there is Greystone - a seat of the Master of Gray, as the eldest son of the peer of that name is called among us, according to our Scottish usage. There was a bridge across the Whapple within a few hundred yards of Greystone, - a venerable bridge, which had been built by the first James, when one of his train, crossing at the ford to Earlshall - the royal hunting-lodge - had been carried away by the flooded water and drowned. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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