A.Aberdour, Lady, heiress of New Saughton,162.Abbeyhill,125.Adamson, William, owned Craigcrook, killed at Pinkie,164,165.Almond, The,135,160.Angus, Lord, killed at Steinkirk, son of the Marchioness of Douglas,114.Argyle and Greenwich, John, Duke of,97,148,154.B.Baberton, curious old house, inhabited by Charles X. of France,141.Baird of Newbyth,54.Baird of Saughton,141.Ballads—The Marchioness of Douglas,110,note.The Paddo's Sang,105,note.The Two Brothers,60,note.The Water o' Wearie's Well,104,note.Balm Well at Liberton,52,53.Barnbougle, Moubray of,34,80,156.Barnton,156,162-164.—— now joined to Cramond Regis,163.Battle at the Cat-Stane,137.—— at Morton, between the Picts and the Romans,25,26.Battle-stone at Comiston,illustration, 26.Biblical names in Morningside,19.Blackford Avenue,44,46.Blackford Hill, now a public park,49,50.Blackford House, description of, by Sir T. Dick Lauder,47,48.Bonally,30.Bore-stone, where the Royal Standard was planted by James IV. in 1513,39.Boroughmuir, extent of,16,17,22.—— James IV. mustered his army there in 1513,17,39.Bothwell, James, Earl of, signed the bond at Craigmillar,86.—— —— seized Queen Mary by the Bridge of Almond,138.Bothwell, Francis, Earl of,92,note,123.Braehead, on the Almond,160.—— granted by James V. to John Howieson,160-162.Braid Burn,20,71,97.Braid, Hermitage of,19-21.Braid, Hills of,16,23.—— view from,22.Brand of Brandfield,144.Brounisfield,seeBruntisfield,10-16.Brede, Fairlie of,seeFairlie,20.Brown of Gorgie, also owners of Braid,20.Bruntfield, Adam, duel with James Carmichael,106,107.Bruntfield, Stephen, Captain of Tantallon, killed by James Carmichael,106.Bruntisfield,10-16.—— description of house,10.—— Lauders, earliest owners of,11.—— sold to John Fairlie 1603,11.—— sold to George Warrender 1695,12.—— ghost-room discovered,14,15.—— curious tombstone in the park,15.—— verses on,13,14,note.——illustrationsof, frontispiece,12.Bruntisfield Links,16,39.Buckstone, tenure of Penicuik,22.Burdiehouse, caves at,53.—— derivation of name,53.C.Canaan Lane,19.Canaan Lodge, belonged to Dr. Gregory,19.Cambusnethan, Lairds of, younger branch of the Somerville family,66-69.Cambusnethan, Lairds of, held Goodtrees for fourscore years,66-69.Cameron, The,75,76.Cameron Toll,75.Cammo, formerly New Saughton,162,165.Carmichael, James, murdered Stephen Bruntfield,106.—— —— killed in a duel by Adam Bruntfield,107.Carmichael, Katherine, the beautiful wife of John, third Laird of Cambusnethan,66,note.Caroline Park, originally Roystoun,148-155.—— —— built by George, Lord Tarbat,148.—— —— description of,148-150.—— —— garden of,153.—— —— gates of hammered iron now at Gogar,138,152,153.—— —— Green Ladye's Well,151.—— —— plague-stricken crew buried in the park,151,152.—— ——illustrationsof, 149,153.Cat-Stane,135-138.—— ancient battle fought here,137.—— Queen Mary seized here by Bothwell and hurried to Dunbar,138.——illustration, 136.Chapman, Walter, first Edinburgh printer, granted Priestfield by James IV.,75.Charles I., present at John Wauchope's christening,89.—— —— slept at Niddrie,96.Charles, Prince, encamped at Duddingston,93,98.—— —— interview with the young Laird of Niddrie,93.—— —— given breakfast by Lucky Brown,94.—— —— visited the Grange,45.—— —— his courtesy to Lord Somerville,64,65.Charles X. of France lived at Baberton,141.Chopin, the composer, at Cramond House,159.Chiesly of Dalry,142-144.—— John, shot the Lord President, Sir George Lockhart,142,143.Clerk of Penicuik, their tenure of the barony,22.—— —— Sir John, learned antiquary,25.Clermiston Lee,127.Coal-miners at Niddrie, formerly serfs,95.Cockburn, Lord, built Bonally in 1845,30.Colinton,30,31.Comely Bank,145,146.Comiston,23,24.Convent of St. Margaret,17.—— —— St. Mary of Placentia,18.—— —— St. Catherine of Sienna,17,18,46.Corstorphine,127-135,167.—— altar tombs at,130,131,illustration, 130.—— collegiate church,128-131.—— Lords Forester of,72,127-134,155,156.—— Loch of,32,131.—— murder of Lord Forester by Mrs. Nimmo,130.Craigentinnie, formerly owned by Nisbets,119.—— added to by Mr. William Miller,117,119.—— tomb at,116,117.Craigcrook,164,165.—— inhabited by Francis, Lord Jeffrey,164.Craighouse, curious old house,34-36.—— abduction thither of Isabel Hutcheon by John Kincaid,35.—— Sir William Dick, owner of,35,36.—— Kincaids, previous owners,35.Craiglockhart,31,32,33,34.—— ——illustration, 32.Craigmillar Castle,80-87.—— —— burned and plundered by the English in 1554,80.—— —— bought in 1660 by Sir John Gilmour,84,86,87.—— —— James V. lived here as a boy,85.—— —— Earl of Mar's imprisonment,84.—— —— Prestons, owners of, from 1374-1660,83,84.—— —— Queen Mary's stay here,85-87.—— —— St. Leger winner of 1875 named after castle,87.—— ——illustrationof, 81.Cramond Bridge, James V. attacked here,160.—— —— old and new bridge,162.Cramond House,aliasNether Cramond or Bishop's Cramond,159,160.—— —— Chopin stayed here,159,160.—— —— ancient sundial,160.Cramond Regis or King's Cramond, now Barnton,163,164.Cromwell's siege of Redhall,31.D.Dalry,142-144.—— Chiesly of,142-144.Dalzell, Colonel, concerned in the story of Lady Stair,21.Davidson's Mains, formerly Muttonhole,155,163,164.Davidson of Muirhouse,141,155.Dick, owners of Braid, Craighouse, and the Grange,12,20,35,45.—— Sir James bought Priestfield and changed its name to Prestonfield,76,97.—— Sir William, his riches and melancholy end,35,36,45.Dick Cunyngham of Prestonfield,76.Douglas, Marchioness of, ballad on,110,note.—— —— real story of,110-114.Drum, The,58-66.—— —— built by Hugh, eighth Lord Somerville, in 1584,58.—— —— burnt and rebuilt,63.—— —— attacked by Highlanders in 1745,64,65.—— —— scene of the Somerville tragedy,58-63.Drumselch, ancient forest of,16,58.Drylaw,155.Duddingston House,96,97.—— loch,illustration, 99.—— village,98-103,115.—— jougs at,98.—— Robert Monteith, minister of,101-103.—— John Thomson, the painter, minister of,103.—— Prince Charles encamped here,98.Dunbar, his "Lament of the Makaris,"128.E.Edgar family, built Peffer Mill, and their arms,78.Edmonstone,87-89.—— encounter here between the Wyse Wyfe of Keyth and the Devil,88,89.Egypt, Farm of,19.Elphinstone, Lords Balmerino owned Barnton,163.—— owned Restalrig,124.Elve's Kirk, in the Park of Morton Hall,23.Erskine, Lady Elizabeth, wife of the second Lord Napier,38.F.Fairlie of Brede, and their arms,20, andnote.Fairlie of Bruntisfield, and their arms,11, andnote,12.Fairmilehead, prehistoric remains,24.Fettes College,145,146.Figgate Muir,117,118.Fishwives' Causeway near Portobello,118.Forester of Corstorphine,127-134.—— owned the Inch and part of Liberton,72.—— owned Drylaw and Lauriston,155,156.Foulis of Ravelston,165.Foulis of Colinton,30,31.Franklin, Benjamin, his lines on Prestonfield,76.G.Gillis, Dr., Roman Catholic Bishop of Edinburgh,17.Gilmerton,54.—— Grange, or Burndale, its tragic story,54-58.Gilmour family,51,70-73,79,84,86,87.Glenorchy, Lady, lived at Barnton,163.Gogar Burn,135,138.Gogar House, its hammered iron gates,138.Goodtrees, or Gutters, now Moredun,66-69.—— the Somerville lawsuit concerning it,66-69.Gordon of Cluny,20,36.—— Miss Jacky, afterwards Lady Stair,20,21.Gorgie,20,142.Gowrie Conspiracy,37,123,124.Grange, Lady, her unhappy fate,144.Granton Castle,154."Green Ladye," at Caroline Park,151,152.H.Haddington, Earls of,75,101,note.Half-hangit Maggie Dickson,79.Haltoun, now Hatton, belonged to the Lauder family,11,139.—— rebuilt by Charles, fourth Earl of Lauderdale,139.Haltoun, now Hatton, story of the witch and the harriers,140,141.Hamilton of Priestfield,31,75,101,102.—— Lady, Anne Hepburn, a famous beauty, her intrigue with Robert Monteith,101,102.Hay of Restalrig, Prince Charles's secretary,122.Hepburn, Lady Janet, widow of George, fourth Lord Seton,18.Hepburn of Waughton, Sir Patrick, father of Lady Hamilton,101,note.Heron, or Herring, Sir John, murder committed by,55-58.—— Giles, marries Sir Walter Somerville,57.Home, John, author of "Douglas,"17,18.Hope, Sir Thomas of Craighill, lived at Granton Castle,154.Howden Glen,28.Howieson, John, saves James V.'s life at Cramond Bridge,160-162.Howieson Crawfurd family, still possess Braehead,160.Hunter's Tryst,27.Hutcheon, Isabel, her abduction by John Kincaid,35.I.Inch, The,51,70-73.——illustration, 71.James II. grants Bruntisfield to his Consort,11.James III. erects Collegiate Church at Restalrig,121.James IV. grants Bruntisfield to Sir Alexander Lauder,11.—— musters his army on the Boroughmuir,15,39,43,note.James V., early days at Craigmillar,85.—— builds the chapel at the Bridgend,51,73,85.—— adventure at Cramond Bridge,160-162.James VI. punishes John Kincaid for his abduction of Isabel Hutcheon,35.James VII. gave permission to Sir John Gilmour to build a chapel at Craigmillar,86.Jeffrey, Francis, Lord, the famous critic,164.Jenny Traill, the ghost at Niddrie,96.Jock's Lodge,114,116.Johnstone of Hilton, Miss Sophy, "Aunt Soph,"95.Jougs still existing at Duddingston,98.Jordan, The,19.K.Keith of Ravelston,166.Kincaid of Craighouse,35.Kincaid of Warriston, murdered by his wife,146-148.Kingston Grange, formerly Sunnyside,70.Kirkliston,135.L.Lauderdale, Charles, fourth Earl of, married Elizabeth Lauder, heiress of Haltoun,12,139.—— eighth Earl, sells Haltoun,140.Lauderdale, Duke of, left Duddingston to his wife,97.Lauder of Haltoun, first possessors of Bruntisfield,10,11.—— arms of,139,note.Lauder, Sir Thomas Dick, owner of the Grange,45.—— the late Sir Thomas Dick Lauder's description of Blackford House,47,48.Law of Lauriston, the famous financier,157,158.—— —— French descendants of the family,158.—— —— arms of,158,note.Lauriston Castle,156-158,160.—— carved stone at,illustration, 156.Lee, the Royal Academician, helps to discover secret room at Bruntisfield,14.Leith, Water of,141.Lestalric, old name for Restalrig,q. v.,120-125.Liberton,21,50-52.—— owned by the Littles,51.—— derivation of name,50.—— subordinate chapels,50.—— Tower,illustration,51.Little of Liberton,51,72,73.Lloyd, Mr., lines written by,75.Lochend, 123,illustration, 123.Logan of Restalrig,20,37,122-124.—— arms of,124,note.—— Robert Logan, concerned in the Gowrie conspiracy,37,123.—— his bond with John Napier,37.Lowrie of Blackwood, his false accusation of the Marchioness of Douglas,114.Lucky Brown, her loyalty,94,95.M.Macrae, Captain, his duel with Sir George Ramsay,122,123.Maitland,seeLauderdale.—— Lady Julian,12.—— John, afterwards the Chancellor; his advice to Lord Somerville,67,68.—— Janet, Lady Somerville,68.Malloch or Mallet, David, the poet,28,29.Mar, John, Earl of, imprisoned at Craigmillar,84.Marionville, called in derision Lappet Ha',122.Mary, Queen, at Craigmillar,85-87.—— married to Darnley by the Dean of Restalrig,121.—— seized by Bothwell near the Cat-Stane,138.—— roads made by,118.—— tree planted by,87.Meggetland,33.Mentet de Salmonet,seeRobert Monteith,102.Merchiston Castle,36-39.Miller, William, of Craigentinnie,116,117,119.—— his tomb,116.Monteith, Robert, minister of Duddingston, his romantic story,101-103.—— became secretary to Cardinal de Retz,102.Montrose, the heart of,38,39.Morton, prehistoric remains at,25.Morton Hall,22-24.Moredun, formerly Goodtrees or Gutters,66-69.Moubray of Barnbougle,34,80,156.Muirhouse, or The Murrows,155.Munro, Dr., anecdote of,33,note.Murray, Katherine, second wife of the Laird of Cambusnethan,66,67.Murrayfield,127,167.Muschat's Cairn, murder at,114,115.Muttonhole, now Davidson's Mains,155,156.Myreside,33.N.Napier of Merchiston,36-39,156,165.—— arms of,42.—— John, the inventor of logarithms,36-38.—— Lady, wife of the second Lord,38.—— Sir Alexander, his Celestial Theme,156.Napier of Wryteshouses,16,42.—— arms of,42.Nether Cramond, or Cramond House,159.Nether Liberton,72.Newbattle Abbey, intrigues of two of the monks,55-58.Niddrie Marischal,90-96.—— origin of name,90,note.—— ghost at,96.—— chapel at,50,92.Nimmo, Mrs., murders Lord Forester,132,133.—— —— her execution,134.Nisbet of Craigentinnie,119.O.Oliphant of Newton, Sir James, killed his mother,155.Otterburn of Redford,83.Otterburn of Redhall, their arms,31,32,note.P.Paddo's Sang, The,105,note.Parson's Green,115.Paterson, George, curious cave excavated by him near Moredun,69,70.Pearson of Balmadies, their arms,78, andnote.Peffer Mill, original of "Dumbiedykes,"78.—— story of Half-hangit Maggie Dickson,79.—— doorway at,illustration, 78.Penicuik, tenure of barony,22.Penny Well,46.Petty France,87.Piershill,98,116.Pleasance, The,18.Portobello,75,118.—— pottery made here,118.Prestonfield, formerly Priestfield,75-78.—— ghost-story,77,78.Preston of Craigmillar,75,83,84.—— arms of,83.Primrose, Sir Archibald,166.—— Lady, entertained Flora Macdonald,166.Q.Queen's Park, The,103,109-115.Queensferry Road,145,162.R.Ramsay of Barnton,139,163,164.Ramsay, Allan, Author of "The Gentle Shepherd,"27,note.Ravelston,165,166.Redford Burn,28.Redford House,29.Redhall, besieged by the Coldstream Guards,31.Restalrig, formerly Lestalric,120-124.—— church of,121,122.—— castle of the Logans,123.Rigg of Morton,24.Rigg of Riggsland,12.Robertson, Principal, the historian,17,45.Robertson of Lawers, General,40.Rowll, Provost of Corstorphine, an early Scotch poet,128,129.Roystoun, now Caroline Park,148-155.S.St. Anthony's Chapel,110,114.—— Well,110.St. Catherine of the Hopes,24.St. Catherine of Sienna,17,18,46,57.St. Catherine's Well,52,53.St. Clair of Roslin, earliest owners of Morton Hall,23,24.St. David's Well,110.St. Giles's Grange,43-46.St. Leonards,104-106.St. Margaret's Convent,17.—— Well,109,110.St. Mary of Placentia,18.St. Roque's Chapel,17,43,44.St. Triduana, her legend,120,121.Sampson, Agnes, a witch,87-89.Saughton Hall,141,142.Saughton, old bridge at,141,142,illustration, 142.—— New, now Cammo,162.Sciennes, The,18.Scott, Mr. and Mrs. Hope, buried at St. Margaret's Convent,17.Scott, Lady John, her residence at Caroline Park,150-152.—— —— her examination of the mound at Bruntisfield,15,note.Seton, Sir Alexander, given Gogar by King Robert Bruce,139.Six Feet Club, The,27.Somerville family,54-69.—— Sir Walter acquires the lands of Gilmerton,57.—— tragedy,58,63.—— of Cambusnethan,66-69.—— James, thirteenth Lord, rebuilt the Drum,63.—— Lady, story of her diamonds,64,65.—— lawsuit,67,69.Stair, Jacky, Countess of, her melancholy story,20,21.Stennis, or Stenhouse,70.Stewart, Sir James, of Goodtrees,69.Sunnyside, now Kingston Grange,70.T.Thomson, John, the painter, minister of Duddingston,103.Torphin, Cross of,131,137,note.Torphichen, Anne, Lady, heiress of Cramond,159.Trotter of Morton Hall,20,23,24,27.Trotter, Miss Menie,47-49.V.Velvet Eye, the Laird with the,66,note,67.Verulam, Earl of, represents Lord Forester of Corstorphine,128.Vetta, the son of Victa, who is buried beneath the Cat-Stane,136,137.W.Warrender, formerly De Warende of Picardy,12.—— Sir George, first Baronet, acquired Bruntisfield 1695,12.—— Hugh, last of younger branch, died 1820,13.—— Right Honourable Sir George, M.P., discovered secret room,14.Warriston House,146.Warriston, Lady, murdered her husband,146.—— —— her execution,147,148.Wauchope of Niddrie,90-96.—— Archibald, young Niddrie,91,92.—— their loyalty to the Jacobite cause,93,94.—— list given by William Wauchope of ancient families already extinct in 1700,20,note.Wauchope of Edmonstone,89.—— John, his christening,89.Whitehouse, now St. Margaret's Convent,17,18.Whitehouse Loan,18,43.Weir, accomplice in the murder of the Laird of Warriston, broken on the wheel,146-148.Well of St. Anthony,110.—— St. Catherine,52,53.—— St. David, now St. Margaret's,110.—— Green Ladye's, at Caroline Park,151.Wells o' Wearie,103.—— ballads on,104,106,note.Williamson of Lawers, Mrs.,40,41.Windygoul,103.Winram of the Inch,71,72.Woolmet,62,90.Wryteshouses,16,40-42.—— ghost story of,40,41.