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TUE QATIILUING AT EDZELL. 137
own and helped to make the history of Scotland.
Their clan had given the country statesmen, soldiers,
ecclesiastics, and at least one poetess, whose song]
'*Auld Robin Gray," never flxiled by its pathos To
reach the Scottish heart. With an ancestry so illua-
trious, they were entitled to yet expect much from
the Lindsay family, men to serve in Church and State.
In this age of materialism it was pleasing to fmd the
spirit which prompted the clansmen to rea.ssemble
annually, and especially on occasions such as the
present at Edzell, " The Eagle's Nest," where one of
their proudest kinsmen once dwelt.
Mr R J. Lindsay, W.S., Hon. Secretary, in re-
sponding, pleaded for a special effort being made to
increase the membership.
Mr J. Bowman Lindsay, Chairman of the Western
Committee, proposed " the health of our Chief" (Loud
applause.) The Committee, he said, had honoured him
with the great privilege of proposing the toast of their
worthy Chief, and he could say that although their
Chief was not present with them that day in body,
he was present in spirit. Those of them who had
had the privilege of partaking of the Chiefs hospitality
at his home at Balcarres would remember the hearty
greeting he gave them. A more hospitable Chief no
one could desire to have. He made them all feel at
home, as did also his good lady and his mother.
Those who were there would, he was sure, look back
to the memorable occasion as one of the most hap})y
events in the history of the Society. (Applause.)
He asked the company to join with him in pledging
the health of the Earl of Crawford, K.T., Baron Wigan,
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