Note 12 — THE LOST DRAVE OF DUNBAR; OR, THE WITCH OF KEITH.

Carmichael was the second presbyterian minister of Haddington, and held his pastoral charge betwixt the years 1568 and 1628. The Presbytery Minutes are preserved so early as 1587; but, as it was not their province, contain no reference to these depositions. In the Civil Records, which are preserved anterior to this date, I have not been able to discover any reference to the arrest or imprisonment of Agnes Sampson, as in the case of Elizabeth Moodie and others in 1677.

The wood cut, p. 264, represents the old church of North Berwick; and is copied from a design prefixed to a black-letter pamphlet, entitled “Newes from Scotland,” which, I presume, contains the depositions written by the minister of Haddington.