formerly pratifed in Scotland, 331 
se aes following appear to be the principal argu- 
‘ments advanced in oppofition. to my opinions, 
concerning the ufe of the Inftruments defcribed 
and delineated in the tat half-volume of otis 
Society’s Memoirs. 
I, That the fubject was of fo very uncommon 
a nature, as hitherto to have efcaped notice. 
~ II. That the Inftruments defcribed might have 
been applied to other purpofes, as hufbandry, 
ert or torture. 
‘IMI, That there appeared no neceffity for the 
ufe of an iron apparatus in the procefs of. eeslloan ey 
dead bodies, 
“IV. That the fufpending of bodies for the 
purpofe of combuftion was indecent; and likely to 
caft fotne reproach on the memory of thofe, whofe 
éorpfes had been thus treated. 
‘ In anfwer to the firft objection I with it to be 
obferved, that although this fubjeét has beeti much 
neglected hitherto by antiquarians,* yet the fre- 
std of the objects in this country, and the 
‘Fte numerous 
ie Mf. Pennant, in the firft volume of his Tour through 
Scotland, is perhaps the firft who defcribes Cairns as 
Sepulchres, for the Afhes of thofe, whofe corpfes had been 
gonfumed by fire, 
