[187] At the head of the Old Bank Close, to the westward; burned down
in 1771.
[188] Only a small portion of this building now remains.
[189] The Advocates’ Library.
[190] In the parish of Borthwick.
[191] This anecdote was related to me by the first Lord Wharncliffe,
grandson’s grandson to Sir George, about 1828.
[192] Cromarty, at seventy, contrived to marry ‘a young and beautiful
countess in her own right, a widow, wealthy, and in universal
estimation. The following distich was composed on the occasion:
Thou sonsie auld carl, the world has not thy like,
For ladies fa’ in love with thee, though thou be ane auld tyke.’