200 ESSAYS ann OBSERVATIONS. 
ArT. VIII. 
Of the meafures of Scotland, compared ‘with 
thofe of England, by JamEs Gray. 
HE ftandard pint jug in the cuftody of 
the burgh of Stering, is made of brafs, 
in form of a fruftrum of 
acone; it weighs near 
fixteen averdupois pounds, 
It appears, by its make, 
to be very old, and has - 
two fhields in relievo up- 
on its fide, with rude fi- 
gures upon them, as re- 
prefented in the margin. Qe? 
Its dimenfions, as near as y 
could be taken from a 
veffel of fuch rude work- 
manfhip, are, vz. 
Mean 
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