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which must have taken place all over
this ground it is impossible to account for
these mounds with any certainty. Save
for the suggestive name of the house it
would have been difficult even to infer a
mote on the site.

St. Michals' Churchyard.
Situated on a slight eminence at the end
of the town of Dumfries is the church of St.
Michal and its surrounding graveyard.
The tower of the church is said to be older than
the rest of the fabric but is not, I think, of any
particular antiquity. I left, however, its examina:
:tion to the architects. In the Churchyard
the great majority of the monuments are table
stones that form having been the prevailing fashion,
and very few bear emblems or aught else beside
the inscription. Near the entrance gate on the
right and with its back to the street is an
upright architectural monument with fluted
pilasters on either side of a central panel. Above
the panel is an inscription in relief. "In memoriam
viri optimi huius urbis c ('onsulis) Johannis Cor:
:sani, filius hoc monumentum ? xrux)
qui obiit 7 Maii 1629. The inscription on
the panel is for the most part weathered away
and the above quoted inscription is also

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