but none at the east end. There is a doorway in the south wall, which was the entrance from without, and another on the north, for the use of the inmate of the lesser room. This north doorway has traces externally of something having abutted beside its western jamb; and to the east of it is a curved springing stone, apparently of a porch covering the doorway. The top of this porch may have served as a landing to a doorway into an upper room above the larger chamber of the house, the existence of which is indicated by the set-off for its floor, but how the steps up to the landing were managed is uncertain.

As the plinths of the chapel run along both sides for their full length, as well as across the west end and round the buttresses, the chapel was clearly built before the rooms north of it. The area to the east is covered by a later cottage, but as there is no east window, it may stand upon the site of an earlier appendage to the chapel.

In conclusion, the writer has to express his indebtedness to several kind friends for help in preparing this paper: to Mr. William Brown and the late Sir Lowthian Bell, for laying open so much by their excavations; to Lord Stanley of Alderley, for many useful points of information; and to Mr. Ambrose Poynter, for sundry notes and for the majority of the illustrations. Mr. Charles Clement Hodges has also obligingly permitted the reproduction of the photographs shown in the plates. Mr. W. H. Knowles has kindly furnished me with notes and the plan of the house and chapel of the Mount. The drawings reproduced in Plate VIII. and Fig. 5 were made for the Yorkshire Archæological Society, many years ago, by Mr. W. Riley.

PAUL JONES, PIRATE.

BY T. B. WHYTEHEAD.

THE following letters (in my possession) were written by my greatgrandfather, William Whytehead, vicar of Atwick, in 1778, to his cousin, Miss Constable, of Sigglesthorne. He was born at Flamborough in 1729, and graduated at Sidney-Sussex College, Cambridge. He was curate of Bridlington, and was appointed to Atwick in 1756; was vicar of Hornsea, and also of Mapleton, and died at Easingwold in 1817. He married Rachel, daughter of Henry Yates, surgeon, of Easingwold, her mother being a daughter of William Kitchingman, of Carlton Husthwaite. The letters are interesting as showing the . alarm that existed at the period when Paul Jones's squadron was threatening the coast. For safety Mr. Whytehead had sent his family to stay at Sigglesthorne.

"Madam,

"Between 11 & 12 last night when the Drum beat to arms I immediately mounted my Horse and went to the Sand to have ocular proof of what was passing. When I got there could not observe any appearance of ships nearer than 4 or 5 miles to the northward by what we could judge from the Report of Cannon and Lights for Signals. I met my friend B. Bedell upon the Sand & asked him whether he thought it requisite that I should ride to Silston to acquaint you, but he advised me not to come as it would alarm you so much and as we both then judgd unnecessarily. I returned to the Town to relieve my family from their fears, and then returned to the Cliffs where the soldiers were asembled. They fired 3 volleys and then returned. I took one behind me & rid on the cliffs a mile or two to the Northward, observed many false fires from the ships for signals but no Reports of Cannon; about 2 o'clock this morning I got back to our Beck where was a Guard of 3 or 4 soldiers & the man who watches the Beacon; just then two ships came from the Southward opposite to the Beck and stood as near to the shoar as they possibly could; then I did expect to see their boats come ashoar, and so did the Guard, who desird me to ride up to the Town in all haste & bring down all their Fellowsoldiers; however I thought it more prudent to wait until I saw the Boats landing; the Ships did not stay many minutes before they put off again. I waited until they got about a League from the land & then went, very well satisfied, to Bed; however one of the Guard went up for the Soldiers again; who again musterd and went to the