This work of art was the wonder of the country ten miles round.

It must not be forgotten, that all sorts of bears, small and large, demi or in full proportion, were carved over the windows, upon the ends of the gables, terminated the spouts, and supported the turrets, with the ancient family motto 'BEWAR THE BAR,' cut under each hyperborean form.

The court was spacious, well paved, and perfectly clean, there being probably another entrance behind the stables for removing the litter.

Everything around appeared solitary, and would have been silent, but for the continued plashing of the fountain; and the whole scene still maintained the monastic illusion which the fancy of Waverley had conjured up .-- And here we beg permission to close a chapter of still life.

[There is no particular mansion described under the name of Tully-Veolan; but the peculiarities of the description occur in various old Scottish seats.