ance. The north and south transept is still a fine ruin, but there are no traces of any thing more. The inside of it is regular and elegant, but in want of some advantages, which the present state of the parish does not permit ; a great part of the land being lost by the encroachments of the sea, and more rendered useless every day by the drifting of the sand. The south aisle contains two monuments of Knights Templars, who, if they are actually buried here, must have been among the latest of their famous order ; and also a modern one to the memory of John Stewart, Esq. late Commander of the Mount Stewart East Indiaman. The middle aisle is the longest and most spacious, but contains nothing remarkable. In the north are two monuments of Monks, as appears from their habit, but who, or what they were, is uncertain ; and in the Vestry-room is another Knight Templar, in excellent preservation.
At the south-west corner of the Church yard stood a square tower, detached from any building, which probably contained the -
