ery
aided the illusion, as well as the performance of a feudal
ceremony previous to commencing the games.

"His Grace the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry came upon
the ground about eleven o'clock, attended by his sons, the
young Earl of Dalkeith and Lord John Scott; the Countess of
Home; the Ladies Anne, Charlotte, and Isabella Scott; Lord
and Lady Montagu and family; the Hon. General Sir Edward
Stopford, K. B.; Sir John Riddell of Riddell; Sir Alexander
Don of Newton; Mr. Elliot Lockhart, member for the county;
Mr. Pringle of Whytbank, younger; Mr. Pringle of Torwoodlee;
Captain Pringle, Royal Navy; Mr. Boyd of Broadmeadows and
family; Mr. Chisholm of Chisholm; Major Pott of Todrig; Mr.
Walter Scott, Sheriff of Selkirkshire, and family,--and many
other gentlemen and ladies.--The ancient banner of the
Buccleuch family, a curious and venerable relique,
emblazoned with armorial bearings, and with the word
'_Bellendaine_,' the ancient war-cry of the clan of Scott,
was then displayed, {p.085} as on former occasions when the
Chief took the field in person, whether for the purpose of
war or sport. The banner was delivered by Lady Anne Scott to
Master Walter Scott, younger of Abbotsford, who attended
suitably mounted and armed, and riding over the field
displayed it to the sound of the war-pipes, and amid the
acclamations of the assembled spectators, who could not be
fewer than 2000 in number. That this singular renewal of an
ancient military custom might not want poetical celebrity,
verses were distributed among the spectators, composed for
the occasion by Mr. Walter Scott and the Ettrick
Shepherd.--Mr. James Hogg acted as aide-de-camp to the Earl
of Home in the command of the Yarrow men, and Mr. Robert
Henderson of Selkirk to Mr. Clarkson, both of whom
contributed not a little to the good order of the day.

"The ball was thrown up between the parties by the Duke of
Buccleuch, and the first game was gained, after a severe
conflict of an hour and a half duration, by the Selkirk men.
The second game was still more severely contested, and after
a close and stubborn struggle of more than three hours, with
various fortune, and much display of strength and agility on
both sides, was at length carried by the Yarrow men. The
ball