Mr. Copland’s Account of, ©'c. 219 
. ADDRESSED TO DR. PERCIVAL. 
Oélober 30th. 1792. 
SIR, 
I have tranfmitted to you the 
following account of an ancient Mode of Sepul- 
ture, that has taken place at one particulat period 
in this country. Your communicating it to the 
Members of the Literary and Philofophical Society 
of Manchefler, will much oblige, 
. Sir, 
Your moft obedient Servant, 
ALEX. COPLAND. 
King’s Grange, in parifh of Urr, } 
Stewartry of Kircudbright, 
[READ NOV. 30, 1792.] 
peak tumuli or heaps of ftones thrown promif- 
cuoufly together, called by the people of this 
country Cairns, being more frequent in this diftrié 
than in any other part of Great Britain, there have 
been frequent opportunities of late years to examine 
their contents, from the Proprietors carrying away 
the ftones, in order to conftruct dry ftone fences, 
Ee and 
