372 Mr A. J. Adie on the Expansion of Stone, Sfc. 



siderable distance from the buildings ; and, so long as the stones 

 continued to fall, it was impossible to save any of the very valu- 

 able property from the shops below, which, but for this, might 

 have been easily and leisurely done. Now, no part of the stone 

 was at any time red-hot, and the firemen were standing on the 

 window-soles very soon after the flames retired from them, so 

 that no danger was to be apprehended from the risk of cast-iron 

 being melted in such a situation. Indeed, the cast-iron columns 

 in the interior of the building did not appear to be much injured 

 by the fire. 



Edinburgh, April 4. 1835. 



