10 Trnvsnctions. 



In the Church-Yard of Diimfreis upon the Grave-stone of John Urierson 

 who lived in the parish of Irougniy. 



Upon the Grave-stone of William Welsh in the same Church-Yard. 



In the same Church-Yard on the Grave-stone of James Kirko. 



Upon three several Grave-stones lying on John Gibson, James Bennoch, 

 Robert Edgar, and Robert Mitchell, wlio vk'ere shot at Inglestoun in the 

 Parish of Glencairn. 



On Robert Edgar and Robert Mitchell, both under one stone. 



Upon a stone in Tynron Church- Yard lying on William Smith. 



Upon Daniel Mackmichael who was shot by Dalziel of Kirkmichael Jan* 

 1685, lying in the Church -Yard of Durisdeer. 



The poetry of these epitaphs is in keeping with what is said of it 

 in the introductory words already quoted from the " Cloud of 

 Witnesses,'" but although not " elegant," or marked by neatness, 

 it has a rough vigour not unsuitable to the times whose deeds of 

 blood it seeks to keep in memory, and it always breathes a strong 

 conviction of the righteousness of the cause for whicli the martyrs 

 laid down their lives. One specimen will suiiice to show what 

 they are. It is the epitaph upon the gravestone of Daniel Mack- 

 michael, in Durisdeer Cliurchyard : — 



As Daniel cast was into Lyon's Den 



For praying unto God and not to Men, 



Thus Lyons cruelly devouhed me, 



For bearing unto Truth my Testimony. 



I rest in peace, til Jesus rend the cloud 



And judge 'twixt me and those who shed my blood. 



All these gi'avestones still exist. In most cases the letters have 

 been re-cut. Some of them by their deep cutting show that 

 they have been operated upon by Robert Paterson, the Old 

 Mortality of Sir Walter Scott. In several cases, as in Dumfries 

 Churchyard, the stones in recent years, for better preservation, 

 have been set up on supports a foot or more from the ground. 

 As a rule, they are easily found by the footpath made in the 

 grass by a constant succession of visitors to the spot where they 

 lie. Besides these stones whose inscriptions appear in the 

 "Cloud of Witnesses" of 1714, there are several stones in other 

 parts of Dumfriesshire. 



In Tinwald Churchyard there is a stone with a long inscrip. 

 tion to the memory of Joliji Corbet. The first part of the 



