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Ceylon, Channel Islands, &c. There are also a number of coins 

 of silver and copper of France, United States, &c., and a few 

 paper notes of various countries. 



The medals are ten in number. The tirst (59) is a common 

 brass medal commemorative of the Battle of Culloden, 1745, 

 with the Duke of Cumberland on horseback on the obverse, 

 and a view of the battle on the reverse. The second (60) 

 was struck on the jubilee of the accession of George III. and 

 Queen Charlotte in 1809. Another (61) was struck on the 

 occasion of the visit of the Emperor of Russia, Alexander I., to 

 London, after the Treaty of Paris in 1814. The last which may 

 be mentioned is one (63) commemorative of the founding of the 

 Dumfries and Maxwelltown Observatory. On the obverse is a 

 view of the Observatory, and the inscription — "Dumfries and 

 MAXWELLTOWN OBSERVATORY ; " on the reverse, within a wreath, 

 the inscription — "genl. sharpe m.p. 2 shares, no. 91 & 197." 



The Communion tokens are sixteen in number, three of which 

 are duplicates. The oldest is of Morton Parish Kirk, and is 

 dated 1718. The next oldest is of Cioseburn Parish Kirk, and is 

 dated 1721. It had be'en struck during the incumbency of the 

 Rev. John Lawson, who was minister of the parish for a period 

 of forty years. The next is of Kirkbride Parish, and bears the 

 initials of Peter Rae, minister here, from 1703 till his translation 

 to Kirkconnel in 1732. It is dated 1725. The fourth and fifth 

 are of the Parish of Kirkmahoe. One is dated 1725, and was 

 probably struck on the admission of Edward Buncle, formerly of 

 Lochmaben, presented to the parish in April, 1725, and admitted 

 the following September. The other is dated 1777, and had been 

 struck during the ministry of the Rev. Archibald Lawson, son of 

 the Rev. John Lawson, of Cioseburn. The sixth is of Dumfries, 

 and is dated 1773. The last which may be mentioned is one of 

 the United Parishes of Tinwald and Trailflats. It bears the 

 initials T. &, T., and the date 1787. The parishes were united in 

 1650. 



Arms and Armour. 

 The arms and armour in the collection consist of a miscellaneous 

 lot of swords, daggers, flintlock i^istols, muskets, etc., of no 

 particular value. Among the swords is one (23) from Spain, 

 bearing on one side of the Ijlade the following inscription : 

 "no.me.saives.sin.rason"— "Draw me not without reason. 



