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CONTENTS
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CHAPTER XII
Duddingston Church continued.—Charles Lumisden.— Robert Monteath “of Salmonet.”—Secretary to Cardinal Richelieu.—His Writings.—Jaspar Hume.—Mr Archibald Newton.—Charles Lumisden.—The Persecution. 181
CHAPTER XII.
The Kirk Session.—Its Constitution.—Duties of Elders and Deacons.—Discipline.—Proclamations of Marriage.—Drunkenness and Sabbath Breaking.—The Church Officer.—Burials.—The Minister of Duddingston before the Privy Council. 194
CHAPTER XIV.
The Revolution.—James Craig.—Mr David Malcolm.—A Baron Bailie.—Sabbath Vagrants.—The Inn Keepers.—Mrs Hunter before the Session.—Deposition of Minister.—Principal Pollock.—Provision for Parish Poor.— Walter Scott, W.S.—Rev. Wm. Bennet.—State of Religion.—Character of People. 206
CHAPTER XV.
Rev. John Thomson, “Pastor and Painter.”—Ordination of Walter Scott as an Elder.—Chapel of Ease at Portobello. —The Burying Grounds.—Rev. James Macfarlane, D.D.—The Kirk Session.—Dr Macfarlane’s Writings.—Rev. J. A. Hunter Paton. 229
CHAPTER XVI.
The Parish Schools.—Teachers’ Salaries.—Schoolmasters.—Easter Duddingston School.—Cauvin’s Hospital.—Louis Cauvin and Robert Burns. —The Resurrectionists. 248
CHAPTER XVII.
Duddingston Loch.—Its Flora and Fauna.—Duck Stalking.—Ownership of Loch.—Its Surroundings.—Arthur Seat.—The Roaring Game.—The Duddingston Curling Club.—Skating.—The Shepherd on the Ice. 257