This brief communication discloses little information or discussion beyond the quest for suitable illustrations.

Inverness.                                      26 March 1893. Dear Sir,                   I have now got some proofs of the photo-zincographic print of Drum and send you one. I think it is very satisfactory, and gives a very good view of the old place.     It has not been reduced as much as you intended, as I thought it would make a frontispiece for the book, and therefore requested to have the plate only slightly reduced.     I am very much obliged to you for trying to get some sketch of Lesmoir for me – in case you might not succeed I wrote to Mr Dunbar Editor “Huntly Express”, asking whether he knew of any photo. or sketch that wd. be available – but though I wrote on 9th currt & sent a postcard on 20th I have no reply.     I have asked two other parties to make similar enquiries. I should much like to get vignettes about 4¾ x 3¼ or so of Lesmoir and Craig : but I think I can get a niece of mine, who is quite willing to try, to do the drawing, if I can get something for her to copy.     My account of the Irvines is now nearly three fourths of it printed, and I suppose the printing of the Lesmoir Hist. will be com- menced in 5 or 6 weeks – per- haps sooner.                   I am                      Yours very truly                      Douglas Wimberley.

Captain Douglas Wimberley to William Leiper