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on the south, and extending back to Irish Street and St. 

 David Street on the west. Within this space we look for 

 remains of the walls and old structures. 



The most patent memorial remaining is the Friars' 

 Vennel, which shelves down from the upper end of the High 

 Street to the river, nearly opposite the old bridge of Der- 

 vorgille ; and about the middle of the Vennel, behind Mrs 

 Arnott's shop, is Comyns Court. 



On the spot occupied by this shop was, it seems, to be 

 seen, about the beginning of the present century, part of the 

 ^oall of the monastery, with the remains of two arched 

 ivindows. And on the other or south side of the Vennel, 

 in Dove's, Grierson's, or the Crown Inn Close, is another 

 piece of the monastery wall. 



There is said to be a fragment of the original gate or 

 Port of the Venuel in the gable of Mr Selkirk's house ; and 

 in the public-house opposite the large chimney of the kitchen 

 connected with the monastery. 



The Church, where the death took place, probably stood 

 at the back of Mr Lennox's shop, and Corny lis Court may 

 indicate the very spot. 



The Lady Devorgilla. By William R. M'Diarmid, 

 Dumfries. 



The South-west of Scotland has produced a number of em- 

 inent individuals, and in proof of this may be mentioned 

 that an interesting pamphlet has recently been published 

 devoted to the eminent men of Dumfries-shire alone. 

 Doubtless these eminent men owed much to their mothers, 

 but the mothers do not stand out individually, and the local 

 list of eminent women is, I am afraid, a brief one. 



There is one name, however, which may be safely claimed, 

 though the place of the lady's birth is uncertain, the Lady 

 Devorgilla, who, if not born in the South of Scotland, was 



