\"ThefateofWilliam，eighthEarlofDouglas，whomJamesII。
stabbedinStirlingCastlewithhisownhand，andwhileunderhisroyalsafe—conduct，isfamiliartoallwhoreadScottishhistory。
MurdackDukeofAlbany，DuncanEarlofLennox，hisfather—in—law，andhistwosons，WalterandAlexanderStuart，wereexecutedatStirling，in1425。TheywerebeheadeduponaneminencewithouttheCastlewalls，butmakingpartofthesamehill，fromwhencetheycouldbeholdtheirstrongCastleofDouneandtheirextensivepossessions。This’headinghill，’asitwassometimestermed，bearscommonlythelessterriblenameofHurly—hacket，fromitshavingbeenthesceneofacourtlyamusementalludedtobySirDavidLindsay，whosaysofthepastimesinwhichtheyoungKingwasengaged：
’SomeharledhimtotheHurly—hacket；’
whichconsistedinsliding——insomesortofchair，itmaybesupposed——fromtoptobottomofasmoothbank。TheboysofEdinburgh，abouttwentyyearsago，usedtoplayatthehurly—