'I have a relic of a more heroic character; it is a sword which was given to the great Marquis of Montrose by Charles I., and appears to have belonged to his father, our gentle King Jamie. It had been preserved for a long time at Gartmore, but the present proprietor was selling his library, and John Ballantyne, the purchaser, wishing to oblige me, would not conclude a bargain till he flung the sword into the scale' (letter to Joanna Baillie, Lockhart, vol. iii., p. 390). The sword bears on both sides the royal arms of Great Britain, with the following inscription on the blade: 'Jacobe alumne pacis atk pallæ Serene cultor et decus Britannici Clarrissimum regni tuis regalib Sceptris subest de stirpe quond martia.' Scott had the sheath remounted in 1822. Rob Roy's gun. An immensely long-barrelled weapon of Spanish manufacture, bearing the initials of the freebooter, 'R. M. C.'--Robert Macgregor Campbell (see Introduction to 'Rob Roy,' p. 87). 'A dialogue between Montrose's sword and Rob Roy's gun might be composed with good effect' (Scott to Joanna Baillie). Rob Roy's sword. 'A fine old Highland broadsword with Andrea Ferrara blade and basket hilt.' Rob Roy's dirk. Of Andrea Ferrara make. Rob Roy's sporran. Presented by Joseph Train, 1817. A plain leather spleuchan likely to have been used by 'Rob' in his honest drover days. Claverhouse's pistol. A fine old Highland flint-lock. Not known how it came into Scott's possession. Napoleon's pistols. Taken from his carriage after Waterloo, and presented by the Duke of Wellington. Andreas Hofer's rifle. The patriot leader of the Tyrolese in 1809. Presented by Sir Humphry Davy, who obtained it from Hofer's lieutenant in reward for having cured him of a fever. James VI.'s hunting-bottle. In an old tooled and gilt leathern case. Presented by George Huntly Gordon. Prince Charlie's hunting-knives. Of French make, time of Louis XIV. Canadian cow-horn. With a map of Canada and its lakes most ingeniously and not incorrectly carved upon it by a native Indian. Keys of Loch Leven Castle. Three in number, on an old iron padlock. The 'thumbikins' or thumbscrews. An instrument of torture used in Covenant times. Presented by Gabriel Alexander. Small iron box. Found in the Chapel of Mary of Guise at Edinburgh Castle. Model of Bruce's candlestick. Mary Queen of Scots' crucifix. Of mother-of-pearl. Russian Prayer-Book. Russian cross (brass). Tamul Book. Necklaces of human hair and bones. From the Sandwich Islands. Celtic mask. Found at Torrs, Kelton parish, Galloway. Presented by Joseph Train, 1820. White tail-duster. Used by Scott for dusting his books. Highland broadsword. Presented to Scott by the Celtic Society; a gorgeous article, with a sheath of elaborately-chased silver (see Diary, January, 1826). Scott's blunderbuss. Round the muzzle are the words: 'When rogues appear, my voice you'll hear.'