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permanent or pvolongerl occupation. How far they displayed an 

 architectural character little is left by which to judge. It is 

 very probaljle that the great display of buttresses, while intended 

 chiefly to secure strength, were also utilised for architectural 

 effect. A well-formed splayed base course remains on one of the 

 buildings, and several fragments of mouldings have been obtained, 

 some of them carved, and these and other finds, such as stone 

 floor tiles, neatly marked with tlie cliisel in squares and diamond 

 .forms measuring about an incli each way, seem to show that 

 elegance was not wanting. 



Neiv members elected :— Mr Jolin Boreland, Closeburn ; Mr 

 William Duncan, Rotchell Park ; Mr Christopher Smyth, English 

 Street ; Mrs Philip Sulley. 



