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" A gravestone iu the churchyard of Kells," where " lyes 

 John Gordon of Larg-more." 



" A stone at the Caldons, Loch Trool, Kirkcudbrightshire," 

 where " lyes James and Robert Duns, Thomas and John Steven- 

 son, James M'Clure, and Andrew M'CalL" 



The stone in the churchyard of Kells is notable for the artistic 

 way iu which it has been set in a massive granite frame upon a 

 pedestal, so that it can.be easily read on both sides. The inscrip- 

 tion is very much like the others in prose, with the exception of 

 the Martyr's name and the circumstances of his death. The part 

 in Roman capital letters is the original inscription, while the small 

 type upon the granite frame records how the old stone has been 

 set into its granite frame. The inscription is : — 



On other side. 



The Righteous shall be in ever- 

 lasting remembrance 



Psa cxi 6 



HERE LYES 

 ADAM MACQWAN 

 WHO BEING SICK 

 OF A FEVER WAS 

 TAKEN OUT OF HIS 

 BED AND CARRIED 

 TO NEW TOWN OF 

 GALLOWAY AND THE 

 NEXT DAY MOST 

 CRUELLY AND UN 

 JUSTLY SHOT TO 

 DEATH BY THE COM 

 HAND OF LIEUTENANT 



The above stone originally 

 erected to the memory of 



ADAM MAC WHAN 



was placed in this granite 

 monument AD 1832 



Be thou faithful unto death and I 

 will give thee a crown of life 



Rev ii. 10. 



GENERAL JAMES 

 DOUGLAS, BROTHER 

 TO THE PUKE OF 

 QUEENSBERRY FOR 

 HIS ADHERENCE 

 TO SCOTLANDS 

 REFORMATION CO. 

 VENANTS NATION 

 AL AND SOLEMN 

 LEAGUE 1685 



The expense defrayed by the inhabi- 

 tants of Kells, after sermon by the 

 Rev. James Maitland, minister of 

 the parish. 



4. — Stray Gleanhigs relating to Dnndrennan Abbey. 

 By Mr John Carlyle Aitken. (Abridged.) 



The following document of the beginning of the fourteenth 

 century, under a more ancient nomenclature, probably in a briefer 

 manner, described the ecclesiastical lands in their fullest ancient 

 foundation, extent, and belongings, the subdivLsions in the arrange- 



