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T h e a t ta r w a s o f w h it e m a r b le v e in e d w i th g r e y , an d is vulga j
fu p p o f e d to h a v e r e a c h e d f r om f id e to f id e o f th e c h a n c e l : b u u d j
S a c b e v e r e l* , w h o faw i t w h e n a lm o i t en tir e ,, a ffu re s u s , th a t th e®
w a s f ix fe e t b y fo u r .
T h e d em o l it io n o f th is fto n e w a s o w in g to th e b e l i e f o f the fu n *
i l i t io u s ; w h o w e r e o f o p in io n , th a t a p ie c e o f i t c o n v e y e d to thd
p o ffe iT o r fu c c e fs in w h a t e v e r h e u n d e r to o k . A v e r y fm a ll portill
is n ow l e f t ; an d e v e n th a t w e c o n t r ib u t e d t o d im in ifh .
N e a r th e a l ta r is th e t o m b o f th e a b b o t M a c-k im o n . Hisj
f ig u r e lie s r e c um b e n t , w i th th is in f c r ip t io n r o u n d th e margin, j J
ja c e t J o h a n n e s M a c - F in g o n e a bbas de H y , q u i a b iit anno Z ta sJ
M ille jjim o q uingen tésim o, cu ju s anim æ p r o p itie tu r D e u s altiflimm
Amen-.
O n th e o th e r f id e is th e to m b a n d f ig u r e o f A b b o t K enneth.
O h th e f lo o r is th e e f f ig y o f an a rm e d k n ig h t , w i th a w h i lk by i l l
f id e , as i f h e j u f t h a d re tu rn ed ; f r om th e f e a f t o f l h e l l s in the hall J
E in g a l.
A m o n g th e fe fu n e r e a l f a b j e f l s , th e in te rm e n t fa f e w y ea rs ago) f l
a fem a le r em a r k a b le f o r h e r lin e a g e m u f t n o t b e om i t t e d . She wall
a d i r e f t d e f c e n d a n t , an d th e la f t o f .th e C la n an o ifttr , o jiia h i.-o ï
k e e p e r s to th e m o 'n a ile r y . T h e f i r f t o f th e f am i l y c am e over witfj
C olum ba, b u t f a l l in g U n d e r his. d ifp le a fu r e , i t w a s d e c r e e d o n 't lie ini-:
p r e c a t io n o f th is i r r i ta b le fa in t , th a t n e v e r m o r e th a n f iv e o f his clanJ
ih o u ld e x i f t a t o n e t im e • an d in c o n fe iju e n c e w h e n a fix tli wasJ
b o rn , o n e o f th e f i v e w a s t o lo o k fo r d e a th . T h i s , r e p o r t fays, a i
w a y h a p p e n e d t i l l th e p e r io d th a t th e ra c e w a s e x t in g u i fn e d inthil.
w om a n .
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