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property." The whole building was measured, however, and 

 it was found that the kirk was 36 feet long by 19 feet 9 

 inches broad; the isle 17 feet 10 inches long by 14 feet 10 

 inches broad ; the breadth of the arch 3 feet 1^ inches, and 

 its length 10 feet 6 inches. A mausoleum still stands in 

 the churchyard, apparently of modern construction ; at least 

 it is not easy to connect it with the dimensions given above. 

 The northern wall seems older than the rest, and may be 

 either a fragment of the nave or the north wall of the 

 chancel. On 3rd March 1807, the Presbytery sanctioned the 

 removal of church, manse, offices, with garden and glebe, 

 to "a. more centrical site " at some distance. It is not 

 unlikely that the stones of the ancient church were used 

 as material for the new erections. (Eev. Dr Leishman's 

 Notes.) 



The present occupant of Makerstoun House, Mr Harrison 

 Cripp, F.R.C.S., most kindly entertained the party to lun- 

 cheon. Before leaving, Mr Cripp's hospitality was suitably 

 acknowledged by the President. 



The splendid trees in the policies of Makerstoun House 

 are worthy of notice. A Beech, evidently of great age, 

 measures 17 feet 6 inches in girth at the base, and there 

 are many others almost as fine. 



Recrossing the river, the company once more entered their 

 carriages and proceeded back to 



LITTLEDEAN TOWER, 



which was reached about mid-afternoon. The Rev. Mr 

 Graham read a most interesting historical account of the 

 fine old ruin, which he has kindly permitted us to insert 

 in this Report. 



" This is a very old Border Peel, the favourite residence 

 of a famous and redoubtable family, the Kers of Cessford, 

 who also possessed the extensive property of Nenthorn, in 

 Berwickshire. The building — now so grievously wrecked, 

 thanks to the invasions of barbarous onslaughts, not of 

 dare-devil foes, but of pick and shovel and gunpowder, to 

 provide material for the erection of stables and the repairing 



