St. Giles?s Church. The whole were contained in
twenty large boxes, and amounted to several tons
in weight. Dr. William Chambers having been exceedingly
anxious to discover, if possible, the
mutilated remains of the Marquis of Montrose,
which had been interred in St Giles?s in 1661,
MONOGRAM OF tiEORGE HERIOC?S NAM k.
?Made on a Chimwy-piece in lht Xosfitul.)
for this purpose prior to their removal to the Greyfriars.
This examination was most carefully carried
out under the direction of Professors Maclagan and
Turner, of the Edinburgh University, but no trace
of those lost and interesting remains could be discovered.
