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course indicated would to many be a great boon. 

 Towards the close of the last century, in dredging 

 the loch, the antlers of deer were discovered. There 

 were also found some coins, the inscriptions on which 

 were effaced, the blade of a sword, and the heads of 

 some spears and javelins, all, from their structure and 

 material, believed to be Roman. Some of these are 

 now in the Antiquarian Museum in Edinburgh. 



As mentioned in previous chapters, a large number 

 of aquatic birds and marsh plants are present at Dud- 

 dingston Loch ; and the attention of entomologists is 

 also periodically attracted by the variety of moths in 

 its vicinity. 



The parish church of Duddingston is of great 

 antiquity, and is exceedingly interesting. At the gate 

 is still to be seen the " jougs " hanging on the wall. 

 In 1592 an Act of Parliament was passed that irons 

 and stocks were to be provided at the parish kirks 

 for punishing idle beggars and vagabonds.^ Though 

 long since fallen into disuse, the "jougs" are allowed 

 to hang for the inspection of the curious, as a speci- 

 ' Index to Scottish Acts of Parliament, p. 326. 



