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 CLUNY CASTLE 233 FOURTH PERIOD that the architect of Cluny Castle possessed the rare talent of harmonising the lines of his work into so masterly an arrangement, it is difficult to say, but we must allow that there are few productions of the present 'iLAST TOWCR. CLUNX FIG. 685. Cluny Castle. day which could be subjected to the ordeal of taking its aspect in any possible point without detecting something tame or awkward in the FIG. 686. Cluny Castle. general composition when thus taken at a disadvantage. And, viewed as a defensible position, Cluny having hitherto had the advantage of its original scheme being but little tampered with, it is so guarded by