On Tuesday the first event of the day was the
King's inspec- tion of the Royal Company of Archers, the King's bodyguard in Scotland. It may not be true that the Company has an unbroken history since Flodden, when, according to tradNon, a large part of the royal bodyguard of archers fell round the King of Scotland's body. But it has continuous records which reach over more than two hundred years. Every private in the Royal Company of Archers is reckoned as a colonel for pm-- poses of precedence. The Duke of Buccleugh is Captain. General of the Company ; Lord Rosetery is a captain; the Duke of Roxburghe has recently been promoted from the ranks. The Archers were 250 strong ; in their caps they wore the eagle's feather, and they carried their bows in their hands. They received new colours from the King, and then the Captain-General presented the traditional offering of the Red- dendo—three silver arrows on a cushion. Afterwards the King received numerous deputations from public bodies and held a levee.
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