78 DESCRIPTJON OF PLATES 



MATRIX DISCOVERED IN CANONGATE, 

 JEDBURGH. 



(Plate III.) 



In the course of removing an old foundation in the Canongate 

 of Jedburgh, a workman came upon the stone here leproduced, 

 which was at once taken possession of by Mr Walter Laidlaw, 

 F.S.A. (Scot.), ever ready, in the cause of antiquarian research, 

 to add to the treasures at the Abbey. A photograph of it 

 was accordingly forwarded to the Curator of the British 

 JVtuseum, with the suggestion that at one time it might have 

 been used as a mould for cannon-balls. In reply, it was 

 stated that this conjecture was correct. Since its discovery, 

 one such ball at least has been found in the neighbourhood. 

 The matrix, which is of sandstone, measures one foot nine 

 inches in height by one foot six inches in width. The largest 

 cavity is three inches in diameter. The portion of it figured 

 is all that has been discovered. 



