Sentence:  I could spot no friendly native to tell me where I might find Bobbie. I proceeded, therefore, to roam hither and thither about the grounds and messuages in the hope of locating her, wishing that I had a couple of bloodhounds to aid me in my task, for the Travers <WSD>demesne</WSD> is a spacious one and there was a considerable amount of sunshine above, though none, I need scarcely mention, in my heart. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A lord's chief manor place, with that part of the lands belonging thereto which has not been granted out in tenancy; a house, and the land adjoining, kept for the proprietor's own use.