Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 13. köideSociety of Antiquaries of Scotland., 1879 Includes List of members. |
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Page 86 - ... breast, ie a bare spot from which the feathers have fallen off with the heat in hatching; its egg is twice as big as that of a Solan goose, and is variously spotted, black, green, and dark ; it comes without regard 'to any wind, appears the first of May, and goes away about the middle of June.
Page 38 - He was clothed in a white habit, to show his innocence and integrity of heart, that he would be a light to his people and maintain the true religion. The white apparel did afterwards belong to the poet by right. Then he was to receive a white rod in his hand, intimating that he had power to rule, not with tyranny and partiality, but with discretion and sincerity. Then he received his forefathers...
Page 38 - Then he received his forefathers' sword, or some other sword, signifying that his duty was to protect and defend them from the incursions of their enemies in peace or war, as the obligations and customs of his predecessors were. The ceremony being over, mass was said after the blessing of the bishop and seven priests, the people pouring their prayer for the success and prosperity of their new created Lord.
Page 86 - The sea-fowl are, first, Gairfowl, being the stateliest, as well as the largest sort, and above the size of a Solan goose, of a black colour, red about the eyes, a large white spot under each, a long broad bill...
Page 82 - Pole in his hand, & knocketh them down, as they fly over him. There be many sorts of these fowls, some of them of strange shapes, among which there is one they call the Gare-fowl, which is bigger than any Goose, and hath Eggs as big almost as those of the Ostrich.
Page 37 - I thought fit to annex the ceremony of proclaiming the Lord of the Isles. At this the Bishop of Argyle, the Bishop of the Isles, and seven priests, were sometimes present ; but a Bishop was always present, with the chieftains of all the principal families, and a Ruler of the Isles. There was a square stone, seven or eight feet long, and the tract of a man's foot cut thereon, upon which he stood, denoting that he should walk in the footsteps and uprightness of his predecessors, and that he was installed...
Page 37 - A heap of stones was erected in form of a pyramid, on the top of which the young chieftain was plac'd, his friends and followers standing in a circle round about him, his elevation signifying his authority over them, and their standing below their subjection to him. One of his principal friends delivered into his hands the sword wore by his father, and there was a white rod delivered to him likewise at the same time. Immediately after, the chief Druid (or orator) stood close to the pyramid and pronounced...
Page xviii - THE SOCIETY. 1. One General Meeting shall take place every year on St Andrew's day, the 30th of November, or on the following day if the 30th be a Sunday. 2. The Council shall have power to call Extraordinary General Meetings when they see cause. 3. The Ordinary Meetings of the Society shall be held on the second Monday of each...
Page 82 - Scotland lyeth farthest out into the sea, is very mountanous & not accessible but by climbing. It is incredible, what number of fowls, frequent the rocks there ; so far as one can see, the sea is covered with them, and when they rise, they darken the sky, they are so numerous. They are ordinarily catched this way : A man lies upon his back with a long Pole in his hand, & knocketh them down, as they fly over him.
Page 204 - The remains of human industry found during the excavations of the Lochlee Crannog, calculated to throw light on the civilisation and social economy of its occupiers, are very abundant. They comprise a large variety of objects, such as warlike weapons, industrial implements, and personal ornaments, made of stone, bone, horn, wood, metal, etc.