Excerpt from Summers and Winters at Balmawhapple, Vol. 1: A Second Series of Ihe Table-Talk of ShirleyOur 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 ooded water and drowned.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work.

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