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 FOURTH PERIOD 420 ARGYLL S LODGING courtyard, with steps leading down in the centre, and a parapet wall on either hand along the front of the terrace. The views in the courtyard (Figs. 859, 860, and 86 1) are extremely quaint and interesting, show- ing buildings of various heights, and of modest architectural pretensions and size, adorned here and there with carved pediments over the windows, which have simple mouldings, and are enriched with the interlacing FIG. 860. Argyll's Lodging. View in Courtyard. ornament so characteristic of the seventeenth century in Scotland. An elaborate but somewhat stumpy porch, with Roman Doric pilasters projecting from the main building opposite the gateway, conspicuously marks the principal entrance, and the staircase turrets at the four