at first, they were read as d. i. c.; but, on being more carefully examined, the last letter was found to be g. there was no record or legend of any prisoner with those initials, and many fruitless guesses were made what the name could have been. at length, it was suggested that the letters were not initials, but the complete word, dig. the floor was examined very carefully under the inscription, and, in the earth beneath a stone, or tile, or some fragment of paving, were found the ashes of a paper, mingled with the ashes of a small leathern case or bag. what the unknown prisoner had written will never be read, but he had written something, and hidden it away to keep it from the gaoler."