. The castles, palaces, and prisons of Mary of Scotland. The operations of j)artially draining the loch, in March, 1831, havebrought to light two othi-r interesting relies,—the first of which is ahandsome sceptre, apparently of cane, hilted with ivorv and nionnteilwith silver, upon which the words ISIary Queen of Scots arealmost wholly legible, although the ivory and silver are much decayed. It is surprising that this royal relic should have been found in thelake ; and the only way in which it can be satisfactorily accounted for is,that in the hurry of Queen ^Marys flight she mav have lost thi
. The castles, palaces, and prisons of Mary of Scotland. The operations of j)artially draining the loch, in March, 1831, havebrought to light two othi-r interesting relies,—the first of which is ahandsome sceptre, apparently of cane, hilted with ivorv and nionnteilwith silver, upon which the words ISIary Queen of Scots arealmost wholly legible, although the ivory and silver are much decayed. It is surprising that this royal relic should have been found in thelake ; and the only way in which it can be satisfactorily accounted for is,that in the hurry of Queen ^Marys flight she mav have lost thistreasured end)lini of her royalty. This conjecture is borne out by thecircumstance that the sceptre was found near the place called * ClarysKnowe, the landing-place of the fugitive queen. About the same time, a marble tigure, delicately-sculptured, of ahuman form in miniature, was found near the island of St. Serf, and issupposed to have decorated one of the niches of that famous monastery. It is worthy of remark that we owe the discovery of tlie ke
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