house, are farms of small size; and Mainsbrae, Stonebyreswood, are smaller still, but on rent-roll of the estate.

The Auchtyfardle estate (289) appears to be wholly of agricultural value; and the mansion commands a fine view of the strath of the Nethan, by Kerse for Craignethan. The house and grounds, as occupied by the proprietor, form a considerable portion of the value of the property; and the land under grass, let to tenants for less than one year, is of more value still. Achtifardle, as Ross had it in 1773, appears to have been a mansion then; and the proprietor of the adjoining estate of Birkwood appears to hold land of Auchtyfardle, but named as Birkwood. In noticing the small holdings of the latter estate, one is called Monk's-stables, the same which Ross letters as Monachdike; but of all that in the annals proper of the parish. Eastwood (289-905) farm is of considerable size for the parish, lies south of the mansion, east of Turfholm hamlet, between the Carlisle road, the mineral railway, and in a well-enclosed and warm district. Glendevon-glen on the river-(289) farm is of small size, occupied by a member of the Auchtyfardle family, north of Eastwood, east of the Nethan. Craighead mill and farm (289-1192) is of moderate value, farm and mill inclusive; on the Nethan, north-east of Abbeygreen, and in a richly-wooded locality. Hood's-mill (289-1223) farm is of no great extent, lies north of Auchtyfardle, between the Nethan, the mineral line, and in a fertile strath. Annfield (289) house and land does not show on the maps, is moderate in value on the roll; but if the land be little, the house will be large.

Verehills estate (288), the name would imply that it has been disjoined from Stonebyres, off which it stretches west and south. Lesser Linn (288–827) farm is of first-class size for the parish, lies south of Stonebyres Mains, and on a burn, the linn on which is like to be lesser than that of the Corra on the Clyde. Clarkston (288-913) farm is of considerable size, south-west of Stonebyres Mains, north-east of Lesser Linn, and in a district marked on Forrest's map as upland. Dillars (288-1014) farm is of fair size, south-west of Lesser Linn, north-east of Auchtyfardle, near the Dillar height, given as 1017 feet, and where lies the water

shed of this section of the parish-east for the Clyde, west for the Nethan. Hillsgill, and some other like pendicles of land, make up the value of this small estate.

The Kerse estate (295) is of moderate value on the parish roll, but its acreage represents not a tithe of the reputed wealth of the owner, one of the prosperous scions of the Bodinlee-Wiston family. The extreme beauty of the locality has made Kerse, from earliest records, a favourite abiding-place for the magnates of the district; on Forrest it reads as possessed by Clerk, Esq. The present owner has recently raised a mansion of size and appearance worthy of the district, a view of which appears in this volume, taken and inserted as some slight acknowledgment for the attentions paid the writer of these pages by the Heir of Kerse, and producer of the "Annals of the Parish," of which he is an active, influential, and useful member. Besides the house and lands of Kerse, held by the owner in his own hands, there is on the estate the farm of West-town (295-860), which is of large size for the district, and lies on the Poniel-water, and so near the town of Douglas that the parish kirk there was the nearer of the two for the family; the result, that a daughter of the house has recently picked up one of the most enterprising of the farmers in the Douglas strath, and one to whom the writer of these topographic pages owes more of courtesy and of kindness than he can well afford to book here.

North Camberhead estate (297) has the farm of North Camberhead (297-843), which, being pastoral, is of considerable extent, lies near the head-waters of the Logan, and in the south-west section of the parish. Hawksland, or Hawkshaw (297-1097) farm is of moderate extent for the district, and lies towards the Douglas border. Birkhill, or Birkenhead (297-1113) farm is a little less than that last named, and on the Birkenhead-burn, a feeder of the Logan-water.

The Kirkfield estate (298) lies on the western banks of the Clyde, and near the burgh of Lanark. The house-on Forrest's map, Cochrane, Esq.-ground and woods, finely placed as they are, make but a moderate appearance on the valuation roll. Kirkfield Mains (298-917) farm is of considerable size, and