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The whole of the
correspondence - very ludicrous
it is - between Stuart and
the printer (Duncan Stevenson)
is in the Caledonian Mercury
of Aug. 1821 (I have not
the exact date) and fills
almost a whole page.

Mr. Carswell's account
of Scott's connexion with the
Beacon is so absurd that it
is refreshing to see the story
told as you tell it.

Yours sincerely

J.S. Yait

P.S. The Nor' Loch valley
was spanned by this North
Bridge in 1772, the foundations
of Princes Street began to be
dug soon after, the earth dug
out made the Mound. Prof.
Dalzel writing to Sir Robert
Liston in 1787 speaks of the
Mound as a few feature. I
think it - could not have been
visible to the eye in 1771 (p.1
of your Sir Walter Scott)

Scott's Journal of
June 19, 1827 contains the
extraordinary entry PEREAT
INTER HAEC. You may
have solved this puzzle for
yourself, but if you have