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is divided into two chief rooms, tlie larger of which 

 is 33 feet long by i8 feet wide. In the walls are 

 cavities, which I believe served as flues, heated by 

 fires on the ground floor, for 1 could find no trace of 

 fireplaces in the principal rooms. To the north-west 

 of Fasildas's castle are the remains of a great hall, 

 the entrance arch of which is the largest fragment 



The Palace of 



Still standing. This, I fancy, must have been the 

 audience-chamber mentioned by Bruce, though his de- 

 scription would certainly lead one to suppose that it 

 was part of the main building. Still further to the 

 north-west is a square structure, the battlements of 

 which rest on an elaborate pattern of open brickwork. 

 This, my guides said, was built by Hannes I., son of 

 Fasildas. A short distance from this, further to the north, 

 is the much-ruined court-house and guard-room with 

 the watch-tower still standing, though a large part of 



