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XXVI. Observations on a Gold Ring of Hindu Fabricationfound at Montrose 

 in Scotland. By Lieut.-Colonel James Ton, M.R.A.S., S^c. S^c. 



Read May 15, 1830. 



The ring, of which a fac-simile is annexed, was sent to me by a valued 

 associate of our Society with the following letter : 



" Upper Lodge, Bushey Park, 20lh March 1829. 



" My dear Sir : You will at once appreciate the following curious circum- 

 " stances connected with the ring that accompanies this letter. 



" It was dug up on the Fort Hill near Montrose, some years since, on the 

 " site of an engagement occasioned by the landing of the English during 

 " Mary's minority and her absence in France. 



" The late Miss Erskine, of Dun, purchased it, as it was supposed to 

 " bear the supporters of the arms (two griffins) of that family. 



" It has since been duly considered as a family relic until shewn to me by 

 «' the Countess of Cassilis, though her ladyship had ever, herself, been 

 " sceptical on its supposed relation to her ancestors. 



" It required but a slight knowledge of Hindu mythology at once to 



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