We walked to see the new garden which is being made, and saw Mackintosh there, who was formerly gardener at _Claremont_. The view of _Dalkeith_ (the village, or rather town) from thence is extremely picturesque, and Albert says very German-looking. We returned over a rough sort of bridge, made only of planks, which crosses the _Esk_, and which, with the wooded banks on each side, is excessively pretty. Received from Lady Lyttelton good accounts of our little children. At twelve o’clock there were prayers in the house, read by Mr. Ramsay, who also preached. At half-past four the Duchess drove me out in her own phaeton, with a very pretty pair of chestnut ponies, Albert riding with the Duke and Colonel Bouverie. We drove through parts of the park, through an old wood, and along the banks of the _South Esk_ and the _North Esk_, which meet at a point from which there is such a beautiful view of the _Pentland Hills_. Then we drove, by a private road, to _Newbattle_, Lord Lothian’s place. The park is very fine, and the house seems large; we got out to look at a most magnificent beech-tree. The _South Esk_ runs close before the house, by a richly wooded bank. From thence we went to _Dalhousie_, Lord Dalhousie’s. The house is a real old Scotch castle, of reddish stone. We got out for a moment, and the Dalhousies showed us the drawing-room. From the window you see a beautiful wooded valley, and a peep of the distant hills. Lord Dalhousie said there had been no British sovereign there since Henry IV. We drove home by the same way that we came. The evening was--as the whole day had been--clear, bright, and frosty, and the _Moorfoot Hills_ (another range) looked beautiful as we were returning. It was past seven when we got home. _Monday, September 5._ I held a Drawing-room at _Dalkeith_ to-day, in the gallery. The Ministers and Scotch Officers of State were in the room, and the Royal Archers were in attendance in the room and outside of it, like the Gentlemen at Arms in _London_. Before the Drawing-room I received three addresses--from the Lord Provost and Magistrates, from the Scotch Church, and from the Universities of _St. Andrews_, _Glasgow_, and _Edinburgh_--to which I read answers. Albert received his just after I did mine, and read his answers beautifully. _Tuesday, September 6._ At nine o’clock we left _Dalkeith_ as we came. It was a bright, clear, cold, frosty morning. As we drove along we saw the _Pentlands_, which looked beautiful, as did also _Arthur’s Seat_, which we passed quite close by. The _Salisbury Crags_, too, are very high, bold, and sharp. Before this we saw _Craigmillar_. We passed through a back part of the town (which is most solidly built), close by _Heriot’s Hospital_, and had a very fine view of the Castle.