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MEDAL. 

 There is also in the National Museum a silver medal of the 

 Dumfriesshire Agricultural Society, which was presented to Robert 

 Riddell of Glenriddell. It is 1|- inch in diameter. The obverse 

 has a figure of Ceres bearing- a cornucopia on her left arm and 

 holding out a wreath in her right, and standing in front of an 

 agricultural landscape, with a plough, harrow, &c., at her feet. 

 The inscription reads : — " society for encouragement of 

 AGRICULTURE, &c. ; " below, in small letters, is the engraver's name, 

 "kirk'fec." In the exergue: — "instituted at Dumfries 

 MDCCLXXVi." The reverse has the following engraved insci'ip- 



tion : •' PRESENTED to ROBERT RIDDELL, ESQ" OF GLENRIDDEL," 



surrounding- a wreath of laurel, within which is the conclusion of 

 the inscription, " A Lover of Ai/riciilture and f.he Fine Arts.'" 



SEALS. 



The steel matrix of the common seal of the Burgh of Dum- 

 fries was presented to the National Collection in 1839. It bears 

 the figure of St. Michael, facing to the left, standing upon the 

 dragon, and thrusting his spear into its mouth. The inscription 

 reads : — siGiLLUM-coMMUNE-BURcrDE-DUMFRES. Laing describes^ 

 another seal of the Burgh of Dumfries, as follows : — " St Michael, 

 armed with sword and shield, standing upon the vanquished 

 dragon. At the sides a crescent and a star, s' communitatis- 

 BURGi-DE-DUMFRES." It is stated to have been taken from an 

 " imperfect wax impression found among some old papers in the 

 Town Clerk's office ;" and is most probably of older date than the 

 steel matrix in the National Museum. 



A small circular pendent seal of silver, found in Dumfries in 

 1878, was deposited in the National Museum by the Lords Com- 

 missioners of the Treasury in 1882. It bears a stag-'s head, under- 

 neath a rabbit, and the legend, " s nicolai de galway." 



There is also a small rude seal of brass, one inch in length, 

 the circular face of which displays an acorn with stalk and leaves. 

 It was found in Dumfriesshire, and presented to the Museum in 

 186-2. 



CHARM-STONE. 



A small pebble, of greenish sandstone, of irregular shape, 

 pierced with two holes, and inscribed apparently with the name 



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