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Tlie markings are ciip-shaped, cuiD-sized, somewhat irre- 

 gular in outline, different in size, and in depth vary from a 

 quarter to an inch. Their irregularities probably to some 

 extent depend on the weathering of the stone. 



On revisiting the northern-most structure similar mark- 

 ings were found on the last slab of the westei'n side of the 

 entrance passage, fewer in number but in all other respects 

 the same as those alluded to. 



Other markings were found, or supposed to be found, but 

 too obscure to be thought worthy of note or comment. In 

 making these observations I have endeavoured to confine my- 

 self to the facts which came under my own observation. 



The only allusion to theory I wish to make is a sugges- 

 tion offered by one of my patients, to whom I am indebted 

 for the construction of the diagrams — viz., that the thirteen 

 blocks which constituted the outer circle of the structure, in 

 which the markings were found, represented the thirteen 

 moons of the year, and prove that these temples were dedi- 

 cated to sun worship. 



The Regulation of Farm Servants in Dumfries-shire 

 IN 1751. By W. R. M'DiARMiD. 



As at present something like an agitation has sprung up 

 among the farm servants in the midland counties of Scotland, 

 it may not be uninteresting to oljtain a peep into their con- 

 dition and the relations betwixt them and their employers in 

 Dumfries-shire 115 years ago. 



The following extract is taken from a minute of a meet- 

 ing of Quarter Sessions held at Dumfries on the 5th of March, 

 1751, the sederunt consisting of Sir Robert Laurie of Max- 

 welton, Commissary Goldie, Collieston and Guillyhill. 



The first proceeding of the Tnistees, by the way, at this 

 meeting was to banish from the shire three persons named 



