And now for the last hole! the King's Hame. Here Nature has planned a surprise tor you by adding with generous hand some of the breadth taken from the Warslin' Lea. and also imparting a pleasing descent to the fairway in order to make the King's Hame, though last, by no means the least of the eighteen. A dip in the Cairn Rig, which forms the highest of two intervening transverse ridges, allows you to see the home flag, and while noting its position you realise the fine feeling of freedom with which this hole is meant to he played. In driving from the elevated tee you do so with delightful abandon over the broad expanse of inviting turf with scarce a thought for the flanking hanks of broom and the small bunker to the left (see the plan). We may presume that, inspired by the magnificence of the fairway and its surroundings, you have done yourself justice by "carrying" the Rig and the three bunkers on its face. Your best drive for the day ! You may then go forward jauntily, and, pausing at the crown of the Rig, look down on the remainder of the fairway with the Club-House to the left and the green - 60 feet below the level of the tee - straight in front. And in doing so you will in all probability not escape experiencing a thrill at sight of the captivating landscape beyond, and the realisation that though your present purpose be but to cover the 450 yards between the tee and the pin there are "hills beyond Pentland and lands beyond Forth." Your second, a long brassie shot, should give you the chance of either a run-up or a long putt to lie dead for a four. Braid adds that five will not lose often. Try hard for the four, and "may guid luck guide ye." Of course you will take count of the bunkers at the green, but you cannot well go wrong because the breadth of the fairway continues to the end, and the green is a green of greens; it is really two in one, a kind of super green.

Ray ox the king's hame

Surely there could be no finer last hole anywhere; it forms a fitting finish to a glorious round.

You have now finished your game on the King's Course and may rest - let us hope it may he on your laurels! at the Club-House. Further pleasure awaits you; there is the Queen's Course to claim your interest, and it is seldom that players linger longer in the Club-House than will permit of their enjoying another round, nine-holes this time, and a truly wonderful nine.