$6 Dr Kennedy on an ancient Ship 
countries by sea, when it is well known that they often perish 
from this cause. Dampness, of course, will perform its office 
at any rate, if moisture is not excluded ; yet it is certain, that 
the growth of the vegetables which constitute mould, accelerate 
the evil ; whether by retaining moisture, or by what means, is 
not very apparent. This, in fact, happens equally in the case 
Of dry rot in wood, and, indeed, in all others where this cause 
operates. It is a curious illustration of the truth of this view 
of a remedy, that the aromatic seeds of all kinds are not subject 
to mould, and that their vicinity prevents it in others with which 
they are packed. They also produce the same effect daily, even 
in animal matters, without its being suspected. Not to repeat 
any thing on the subject of cookery, I need only remark, that 
it is common to put pepper into collections of insects or birds, 
without its having been remarked, that it had the same power 
of keeping off mould, as of discouraging or killing the ptinus 
omnivorus, or other insects that commit ravages in these cases. 
In concluding these hints, I might add, in illustration of 
them, that gingerbread and bread containing carra way- seeds is 
far less liable to mouldiness than plain bread. It will be a 
matter worthy of consideration, how far flour might be preserved 
by some project of this kind. 
Art. VII. — Notice respecting an ancient Ship discovered in a 
Garden at Stranraer , in Galloway . By Alexander Ken- 
nedy, M. D. F. R. S. E. &c. & c. Communicated by the 
Author. 
1 HE accompanying very curious notice, of the discovery of 
an ancient ship, I copied, some time ago, from a manuscript 
account of the Bishoprick of Galloway, in the possession of 
Thomas Goldie, Esq. of Dumfries. Who was the author of 
the manuscript is not known. 
The ship was discovered at Stranraer ; and of the particulars 
recorded regarding that parish, I need only advert to that 
which mentions the Bishop of Galloway as being the patron of 
it. This fixes the composition of the manuscript previous to 
the abolition of Episcopacy in Scotland ; and, if I mistake not. 
