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AĻGAHAN: COLLECTION. OF. GÄRLIG

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brace specimens of Gaelic poetry, mostly of the eighteenth century. The collector, James Morlagan (1798-1805), was seguntat- ed with sil the Gaelic scholars of his GOAL DEPARTMENT. day he gave me ballads to James Macpherson and in. his MSS. as coples of the, obiet ** Omianto Lays” currant in and previous to the eighteenth century. The gift includes the poenis of John McCodram, the Ust post, and Dugald Buchanan, the Perthshiro bard. There are also a barge number of slegias, love songs, convivial songs, saga ballade, fülls Boogs, and indeed every species of org Hiterature in varsa, James Maclagan was born at Ballachin in the parish of Logiarsit, where his father was a small farmer. Ho studied far the ministry, and in 1764 was appointed chaplain to the Black Watch, then under the command of Lord John Murray, holding this commission for twenty-four years, and coing mach asrvice with the regiment in the American War of Independence:

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who is said to have paid £200,000 for it; while his son, the 25th Earl, subsequently expoaded over £140,000 on the man &sion and offices. From the vault below

the chapel there was stolen, in the automer of 1881, the body of the 25th Exil Fot Crawford, who died at Florence in the provious December. Not until the follow- ing July was the body recovered in the grounds near the place whence it had been removed, through the instrumentality of a pincher, who had encountered the body- spatchers on the night of the depredation and by them best sworn to secrecy. The outrage not unnaturally led the family to

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thurs-take a dislike to the mansion, and they

No one admitted without a Ticket to be shown to the Ticket Inspector at the Gate.

7. F..HOUGH, Clerk of the Course, - Hongkong, February 1, 1910. 157

HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB.

the

THE

STEWARDS requcat pleasure of the prosence of the LADIES at the GRAND STAND and ENCLOSURE during the Races 15th, 16th, 17h, and 19th Instant.

quitted it, the property being purchased

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DALL," SURE may be obtained from Messrs The strain of the political situation was KELLY & WALE, LD, or at the Gate.relieved by two pleasant Society assemblies Frice $7 for the Meeting (excluding in Edinburgh. They were organised on the Of-Day), or $3 per day. Tickets behalf-of-Stirling Royal Infirmary and for the O-Day, $2.

had over seventy patronosses, all members of the principal Scottish County and Einbergh families, The first assembly was a Hal Bleu.and its lending and opening feature was ** Ye Dance of Bridge, witch, as they ay to the play-billa, was *lurested and anged" for the coca aich. The present, favourite card game was represented to the following Fashion: "Ye Players of ye Great Gains," four in number, came into the ball-room, and took their places at card table placed in the centre of the floor. They were the depiar, the loader, the partner of the loader, and the dummy. The cards were ptt round, the dummy hand laid out, and after the sus preliminaries, "Do trumpe" was fired on, and the game began. As each fell, it was called ant, and immediate admissibi

Special accommodation will be ro-ly at the door appeared under the lime- served as in recent years for, Chinese light, the living representative of the Ladies and their Female attendants in card, attired inappropriate costume. the Stand erected on the plot of Ground Each of the fifty-two living carda, to the strain of one of Strauss's waltres, advanced next to the Lusitano Club Stand. -

T. F. HOUGE, in turn to the tables When the hand was Clerk of the Course, played, the lights, which had been lowered, Hongkong, Feltuary 1, 1910, 168 were turned up, showing the whole pack in their handsome and bizarre attire in the centre of the room. The participators In the game then danced a quadrille in imlia. tion of the shuffling of a pack of cards.

A Stand und Enclosure will be re- served for Members and Members' Wives and Families, Tickets for which will be sont out with the Members Tickets on the 7th inst

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T. F. HOUGH, Clerk of the. Course, Hongkong, February 1, 1910.

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The second assembly was one of the new annual Country Girl balls, and ite feature was a specially arranged dot of reels. 159 There were Ave sets, Lady" Marjory Mackenzie and Lady Kinroma reels had their young ladies ir palest blus seguín frocks all made exactly alike. In Lady Belhaven and Lady Buth reu's reels, the on application to the Undersigned dresses were of a darker shade of blus. on SATURDAY, 12th and MONDAY; And in Lady Dunedin's reel, the colour was 14th inst.

PASSES for Servants will be laaned

No SERVANTS will be allowed pphire blue soquin, which made a fine contrast to the scarlet conts of the officers,

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of will be removed from the enclosure, With all the ancient pomp of heralde,

LFHOUGH Clerk of the Course." Hongkong, February 1, 2010,

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pursuivante, state trumpeters, and a milit 160 kry escort, two proclamations were read at the Marcat Cross of Edinburgh, the Brat dissolving the old and calling together the hew Parliament and the second so Ing the Foottish Peers to Holy elect 18-representative Boesbury was an interested spectator the ceremony

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