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152 THE GATHEIUNQ AT GLASGOW.
The Castle appeurs to have been a place of con-
siderable strength, and was surrounded by a moat,
the entrance being by a drawbridge, guarded by an
arched gateway, which was surmounted by a atone
bearing the arms of Scotland. It is supposed to have
been built by the Lindsays sometime between 14(J0
and 1452, and here they reigned in great splendour
until the beginning of the seventeenth century. The
last laird, who was very extravagant, always went
out attended by twelve vassals mounted on white
chargers. He latterly got involved in a feud with
some of his neighbours, and through one thing and
another he became very poor and died in a bam
belonging to one of his former tenants.
After the Castle had been explored and its inter-
esting features explained by Dr Lindsay, the })arty
proceeded to Hamilton, Crossbasket being j)assed on
the way. By the kindness of Mr Kerr of the Hamilton
Estate Office, permission was granted to drive through
the grounds of Hamilton Palace and view the
Mausoleum, after which dinner was served in the
Commercial Hotel, Hamilton, when al)out GU members
and friends were present, including :
Dr and Mrs Lindsay, Glasi,'ow ; Mr R. A. Lindsay, S.S.C,
Edinburgh ; Mrs Lindsay, and Miss Lindsay, Edzell Lodge,
Edinburgh ; Mr Wm. Lindsay and party (Grafton), Glasgow ;
Mr James Lindsay, A.llI.B.A., and party, Glasgow; Miss M.
A. C. Lindsay, Kinblethinout ; Mr and Mrs Allan Lindsay,
Bearsden; Mr John Lindsay, Tollcross ;
Dunfermline; Mr and Mrs Wni. C. Lindsay, Jordanhill ; Mr
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Mr R. Keltic Lindsay,
Richard Lindsay, J.P., and Mrs Lindsay, Thurso; Misses
Lindsay, Dundee ; Mr James C. Lindsay, liamilton ; Mr Robert
Lindsay, L.D.S., Edinburgh ; Mr
Lindsay, Bearsden ; Mr
J. M. Lindsay, and Miss
R. J. Lindsay, Secretary, etc.