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the travellers and the antiquary—Camden and Lieut . Spratt , R . N ., CaerpMlly Castle , Glamorganshire : " From the Avest wall of this room project single stones like those in the hall , but with characters on them , probably only Masons' marks , " ecce
signa .
Again at St . Ital's hermitage in Llan Hammwlch parish , Brecknockshire , on the top of a hill , not far from the church , on the two side stones there is this variety of crosses .
As variety is pleasant , whether in a forest or a flower-garden , and also for easy comparison , we shall not hesitate to introduce the following from the bare Ax * alls of Grey-friars Church , Edinburgh .
After some beautiful descriptions of natural scenery , the Lycian traveller thus describes the Turkish ruin , called the Eski , ( olcl ) Khan . " This is a large ancl imposing quadrangular building constructed of squared blocks of calc-sinter , each marked Avith a Masomc monogram . Tlie materials of this edifice had not been derived from the neighbouring ruins , but had been heAvn especially for it . We counted more than thirty different Masonic emblems . Among the most frequent were the folloAAing : —
The entrance to the Khan is a magnificent gateway of Saracenic architecture , highly ornamented , and in part constructed of xvhite marble . The marble slabs bore inscriptions , probably sentences from the Koran . " We hasten to a close , and last , though to many xx * e trust not least , present the Mason-mark of Robert Burns , the bard
of Scotland . v " Dear to him her Doric language , Thrilled his heartstrings at her name ; And he left her more than rubies , In the riches of his fame . "
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From Assyria Ancl E Gypt To The Favoured...
the travellers and the antiquary—Camden and Lieut . Spratt , R . N ., CaerpMlly Castle , Glamorganshire : " From the Avest wall of this room project single stones like those in the hall , but with characters on them , probably only Masons' marks , " ecce
signa .
Again at St . Ital's hermitage in Llan Hammwlch parish , Brecknockshire , on the top of a hill , not far from the church , on the two side stones there is this variety of crosses .
As variety is pleasant , whether in a forest or a flower-garden , and also for easy comparison , we shall not hesitate to introduce the following from the bare Ax * alls of Grey-friars Church , Edinburgh .
After some beautiful descriptions of natural scenery , the Lycian traveller thus describes the Turkish ruin , called the Eski , ( olcl ) Khan . " This is a large ancl imposing quadrangular building constructed of squared blocks of calc-sinter , each marked Avith a Masomc monogram . Tlie materials of this edifice had not been derived from the neighbouring ruins , but had been heAvn especially for it . We counted more than thirty different Masonic emblems . Among the most frequent were the folloAAing : —
The entrance to the Khan is a magnificent gateway of Saracenic architecture , highly ornamented , and in part constructed of xvhite marble . The marble slabs bore inscriptions , probably sentences from the Koran . " We hasten to a close , and last , though to many xx * e trust not least , present the Mason-mark of Robert Burns , the bard
of Scotland . v " Dear to him her Doric language , Thrilled his heartstrings at her name ; And he left her more than rubies , In the riches of his fame . "