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EDINBURGH CASTLE 461 THIRD PERIOD in charge of the Castle, having been at one time divided into two stories, with a floor let into the masonry, so as to convert it into a powder- magazine. Some years ago, however, it was revealed by Professor FIG. 4C2. Edinburgh Castle. Chapel. Daniel Wilson, and was fortunately rescued by the efforts of the Anti- quarian Society of Scotland from this unworthy fate, and restored to its original shape and use, and we understand that through the munificence of Mr. William Nelson, a distinguished citizen of Edinburgh, it is about