SCOTTISH "DOOCOT 



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so that it is a moot point which of these forms 

 was first employed. Remembering the case in 

 England,thepalm for antiquity would be award- 

 ed to the circular examples, were it not that 

 many of the others show clear signs of a great 

 age. Nor, although the oblong and the circular 

 are the main types, is Scotland lacking in 

 modifications of both. To some few Scottish 

 *'doocots" the reader is now, without further 

 delay, to be introduced. 



