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protection of wild animals useful to man, It will soon be too 
late. 
II. Notes on Lincluden Abbey. By Mr James Bargour. 
(The following includes communication read on 7th December, 
1883) :— 
The ancient Religious House of Lincluden stands in a seques- 
tered nook at the confluence of the river Cluden with the Nith. 
The ruin, in outline and colour, forms in composition with the 
landscape a pleasing and beautiful picture ; and on close exami- 
nation it exhibits architectural details rich, elegant, and of a 
boldness unusual, arranged and combined with harmony and 
taste, and admirably executed. 
The plan of the Church comprises a Nave, with North and 
South Aisles; a South Transept or Transeptal Chapel, a Choir, 
and a North Sacristy. 
The buildings are wholly roofless, and much of the masonry 
has been broken down and carried away. Of what still exists, 
the walls of the Chancel and Transept are nearly entire; 
most of the south wall of the South Aisle and a small piece of 
its west wall remain; the foundation of the west wall of the Nave 
exists, and traces of the north wall of the North Aisle and of 
some walls outside the north-west corner of the Church. The 
walls of the Sacristy are nearly entire, and considerable portions 
of the masonry of the “ Provost's Lodging ” continue standing. 
The Architecture mainly is late Decorated, but fragments of 
other types also are found, each characteristic of the different 
periods when the buildings were erected. The specimens of the 
earlier styles were long covered by debris, and their existence has 
only now been brought to light through the clearing of the ruins 
recently undertaken by Captain Maxwell of Terregles. There 
are early English details, and also one or two stones bearing the 
peculiarities of the Norman style. These early remains are 
characteristic of the age when the first Foundation was granted 
for an Abbey at this place, and naturally they and the Abbey to 
which they belonged will fall to be considered first. 
THE ABBEY. 
The Abbey was founded by Uchtred, son of Fergus, Lord of 
Galloway, a little prior to the year 1165; and of the fabric of 
the Abbey Church, all knowledge of the design of which was 
