chain dividing into three parts, with a bullet at the end of eao*
Thefe bullets were fometimes of lead, fometimes of * copper. WlJ
of this kind are often feen in paintings of martyrdoms. I t is li*
gular, that the Europeans found among the natives of Bengal tf
claffical fcourge, or one nearly refembling i t : the bullets in th e !
dian Chawbuc, or whip, being affixed to thongs inftead of chains. 1
The great church, divided into four places of worihip-; and SI
Giles’s, v/ith its tower terminated by a crown of ftone, b u ilt byl
Mine; anceftor of a celebrated race of architefts, grace p a r t o f ij
ftreet below the Parlement-clofe.
The Trane church is remarkable for its fine Ionic front.
Here are four chapels for the ufe of the proteftants of the clnircj
of England. The new one, when completed, will be a moll elegaJ
building ; and the front adorned with a beautiful portico, fupportcj
by fix Boric pillars, with fuitable finiffiing. Over the altar is J
Afcenfion by Mr. Runciman-; and here are befides fo u r othJ
paintings by the fame gentleman. Thefe, with a fine o rgan , a l
comfortable proofs of the moderation, that' at prefent reigns 1
the church of Scotland, which a few years ago would havelookel
with horror on thefe innocent decorations; and never have pel
mitted to others what they did not approve. Perhaps the dii
approbation itill continues : then how far more meritorious is. till
toleration!
At the bottom of Cannongate Hands the magnificent palace o|
Holyrood-houfe, once- an abby of canons regular of St. Augujlim
founded by Bavid I. in 1128, and dedicated to the Uoly-nA
This was the richeft of the religious houfes in North Britainthl
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annual