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permanent or prolonged occupation. » How far they displayed an 
architectural character little is left by which to judge. It is 
very probable that the great display of buttresses, while intended 
chiefly to secure strength, were also utilised for architectural 
effect. A well-formed splayed base course remains on one of the 
buildings, and several fragments of mouldings have been obtained, 
some of them carved, and these and other finds, such as stone 
floor tiles, neatly marked with the chisel in squares and diamond 
forms measuring about an inch each way, seem to show that 
elegance was not wanting. 
_. New members elected :—Mr John Boreland, Closeburn ; Mr 
William Duncan, Rotchell Park ; Mr Christopher Smyth, English 
Street ; Mrs Philip Sulley. 
