CHAPTER XVII.

EXTRACTS FROM EARLY REPORTS.

Wide range of subjects on which Mr. Stevenson gave advice-- Reports on ruins of Aberbrothock Abbey--St. Magnus Cathedral, and Earl’s Palace, Kirkwall--St. Andrews Cathedral--Montrose Church Spire--Melville Monument, Edinburgh--Lipping of joints of masonry with cement--Provision for flood waters in bridges --Hydraulic mortar--Protection of foreshores--Cycloidal sea wall--Checking drift sand--Night signal lamps--Cause of heavy seas in Irish Channel--Sea routes across Irish Channel--Build of Ships--Prospective increase of population--Tidal scour-- Unscrewing of bolts by the waves--Cement Rubble cofferdams-- Buoyage system--Observations on fog signals--Regulations for steam vessels--Notes on shipwrecks 236