------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transcriber’s Note: This version of the text cannot represent certain typographical effects. Italics are delimited with the ‘_’ character as _italic_. Superscripted characters are preceded by ‘^’, and if there are multiple characters they are contained by ‘{ }’. There is a single ‘m’ with a macron, which appears here as ‘m̄’. Footnotes have been moved to follow the chapter in which they are referenced. Footnotes were numbered beginning afresh with each chapter. They have been resequenced across the entire text for uniqueness. On occasion, notes are cross-referenced by number. These references have been changed as well. Minor errors, attributable to the printer, have been corrected. Please see the transcriber’s note at the end of this text for details regarding the handling of any textual issues encountered during its preparation. CELTIC SCOTLAND ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _Printed by Thomas and Archibald Constable_ FOR DAVID DOUGLAS, EDINBURGH LONDON HAMILTON, ADAMS, AND CO. CAMBRIDGE MACMILLAN AND BOWES. GLASGOW JAMES MACLEHOSE AND SONS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CELTIC SCOTLAND: A HISTORY OF Ancient Alban BY WILLIAM F. SKENE, D.C.L., LL.D. HISTORIOGRAPHER-ROYAL FOR SCOTLAND. VOLUME II. CHURCH AND CULTURE. _SECOND EDITION._ EDINBURGH: DAVID DOUGLAS 1887 _All Rights reserved._ PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION. This volume being now likewise out of print, it has been thought right to issue a new edition. The Author has for this purpose carefully revised the text, and made such corrections and alterations as appeared to be demanded. These, however, he was glad to find are few in number and unimportant in character. EDINBURGH, 27 INVERLEITH ROW, _2nd May 1887_. PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.