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pews. An open roof was substituted for the white-washed 

 ceiling, and a beautiful porch at the North-West angle 

 was added, greatly enhancing the fine effect of the aforesaid 

 addition contributed by Mr Andrew Smith of Whitchester. 

 Every effort was made to preserve the historical features of 

 the older building. The heraldic stone, bearing the arms 

 of the Sinclairs of Longformacus, which occupied a space 

 outside on the South wall, was transferred to the inside of 

 the nave and fixed in a suitable place on the same wall 

 near the pulpit, while the handsome panelling which orna- 

 mented the Longformacus gallery was set up at the entrance 

 to the apse, and a blind Gothic arch, surmounted with the 

 inscription from St. Augustine's Confessions: — ^^ Mors Ch^-isti 

 mors mortis mihi," was placed on the North-East angle of the 

 apse under the memorial tablet of Mrs Raitt, a former owner 

 of the lands of Longformacus. Before leaving the church 

 attention was drawn by Rev. Mr Harvie to several Communion 

 vessels he had kindly brought from the Manse for exhibition, 

 as well as to a variety of Communion Tokens, three-cornered, 

 square, and circular, which had been in use at different pei'iods 

 in connection with the celebration of the Sacrament. The 

 President conveyed the thanks of the company to the reverend 

 gentlemen who had addressed them on the past and present 

 condition of the church ; and thereafter led the way to the 

 South side of the building, where an example of the ancient 

 instrument of punishment— the "jougs," and a fine sundial 

 still ornament the outside walls. In the surrounding church- 

 yard are erected monuments to Rev. Robert Monteith, Rev. 

 George Bell, Rev. Selby Orde, Rev. Walter Weir, and Rev. 

 George Cook, successive incumbents of the parish. 



Following the church walk till it joined the public road 

 at the bridge over the Dye Water near the Post Office, the 

 members proceeded along the South bank of the stream to 

 its junction with the Watch, which flows Eastward from the 



base of the Twinlaw Cairns, and whose channel 

 Rathburne supplies most promising ground for the scrutiny 

 House. of the botanist. At this point a rustic bridge 



crosses it and leads to the modern mansion-house 

 of Rathburne, situated on a knoll above the river, and 

 nearly opposite the ancient pele qf ByukUw ou tbe I^ortU 



