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 12 tecture, and superior to any other part of the building. The roof, which is arched, is supported by a middle range of pillars, running North and South having their capi- tale very highly ornamented with the figures of fruit, flowers &c. Corresponding to these are columns adjoining to the walls, which, as they rise spring into semi-arches and are every where met at acute angels by their opposites, ornamented with carvings at the crossing and closing of the lines,—The out- side, like the main body of the Cathedral, is also adorned with abutments and windows, over which figures of different animals are cut in stone, find above the roof, which rises to a great height from the ground, is now a small garden, ornamented with flower-pots and shrubbery, the life rent property of the Magistrate to whose care the disposing of the burying ground in the Church-yard is Committed. This South Cross is of a much mare recent data than the other parts of the Cathedral, having been founded and built to its present height by Bishop Blacader, about the year 1500. The Cathedral is enlightened with 157 Windows including the old Barony Church; is supported with 117 Pillars, high and low; and is in circumferance round the walls, without following the line of measure of. the Ifles 325 elfs or 975 feet. Its length, within the walls is 284 feet, breadth 65 feet. The height of the Choir from the floor to the roof, is 90 feet:that of the Nave, or