offering-box

Updated: May 9, 2025

The old wooden lock of the Tolbooth of Selkirk; Queen Mary's offering-box, a small iron ark or coffer, with a circular lid, found in Holyrood-house. Then Hofer's rifle a short, stout gun, given him by Sir Humphry Davy, or rather by Hofer's widow to Sir Humphry for Sir Walter.

Various - Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 2 : Great Britain and Ireland, Part 2