Origin of the Finé or Sept, 171 The Ciné or kinsfolk, 171 The Ceile or tenants, 172 The Fuidhir or stranger septs, 173 Territorial basis of Finé, 175 The four families of the Ciné or kinsfolk, 176 Members of the four families, 179 The Geilfiné chief, 180 Relation of Geilfiné chief to the Ri Tuath, 184 Law of Succession, 187 Sluaged or hosting, 188 Fosterage, 190 Later state of the Finés, 192 The Tribe in Wales, 197 Fines for Slaughter, 204 The sept in Wales, 205 Fosterage in Wales, 207 CHAPTER VI. THE TRIBE IN SCOTLAND. Early notices of tribal organisation, 209 The tribe among the Picts, 210 The tribe in Dalriada, 212 The tribe in Galloway, 214 Modification of original tribes under foreign influences, 214 Passing of the Mortuath into the Earldom, and the Tribe into the Thanage, 215 Distinction of people into free and servile classes, 216 Classes of freemen, 217 Ranks of bondmen, 220 Measures of land, 223 Burdens on the land, 227 The Cain or Can, 228 Conveth, 232 Expedition and hosting, 234 Assimilation to feudal forms, 236 Tenure in feu-farm, 237 Ranks of society on Crown lands, 238 CHAPTER VII. THE THANAGES AND THEIR EXTINCTION.