From a wooded hilltop above the town, artist A. Young looks down on Melrose bathed in autumn haze, the soaring pink sandstone tracery of Melrose Abbey — resting place of Robert the Bruce's heart — rising unmistakably above the slate rooftops and the silver thread of the Tweed beyond. Scott himself immortalised the view in "The Lay of the Last Minstrel," and the verse printed below the image is drawn directly from his pen: "… The holy fane of Melrose rise in ruin'd pride." This Tuck "Oilette" card, issued by royal appointment, belongs to the same "Scott's Country" No. 9712 series as the Kelso and Abbotsford cards in this batch — together they form a cohesive picture of the Scottish Borders literary landscape that captivated Edwardian travellers making the grand tour of Scott's haunts.