It is only necessary to add to this account, that, while Capt. Barclay is descended from respectable ancestors of the ancient family of Barclay, he has an undoubted right, by the mother’s side, to the title of Earl of Monteith and Airth, being the representative of Lady Mary Graham, the eldest daughter of the last Earl of Monteith and Airth, who was descended of David, Earl of Strathern, the eldest son of Robert II. by his queen, Euphemia Ross. THE END. D. CHALMERS & CO. Printers, Aberdeen. FOOTNOTES [1] Its height was sixty-eight feet; its breadth, ninety-five; and its length, two hundred and thirty. [2] Pausanias, lib. v. [3] Pausanias, lib. vi. [4] West’s Dissertation on the Olympic Games, p. 61. [5] West’s Dissertation, p. 176. [6] West’s Dissertation. [7] The odes of Pindar, which have been handed down to us, were made for these occasions. [8] Gillies’ History, vol. i. c. 6. [9] West’s Diss., p. 243. [10] Gillies’ Hist. chap. vi. [11] Rollin, vol. v. p. 54. [12] Dissertation on the Olympic Games, last paragraph. [13] Edgeworth’s Essays on Professional Education, p. 166. [14] Genuine Guide to Health. [15] Chap. vii. p. 447. [16] Code of Health, vol. i. p. 494. [17] It is a curious fact remarked by Mr. Jackson, and founded on the experience of all swift runners, that “for the first two or three hundred yards one feels very much distressed, but after that a _second wind_ comes, which lasts until one is spent with bodily fatigue.”--_Code of Health_, vol. ii. p. 100. [18] See Appendix. [19] A learned antiquary has obligingly communicated to the author the following etymon of the name _Barclay_: “_Barclay_ is a compound word, and pure Gaelic. _Bar_ is borrowed from the Gaelic, and adopted into the English language. In both, the signification is the same, i. e. the bar or bolt of a door, gate, &c. _Clay_ is the Gaelic _Cladh_, pronounced _clay_, and signifying a sword. Every one knows that _Cladh Mor_, pronounced _Claymore_, signifies the _great_ or _broad_ sword. As _C_ and _G_ are commutable letters in the Gaelic, it is generally written _Cladh_, though, sometimes _Gladh_. _Gladh_ is the radix of the Latin _Gladius_; and _Cladh_, perhaps, of the Latin _Clades_. The name _Barclay_, then, literally imports, ‘_The Bar Sword_,’ or ‘_Sword of Defence_.’ “Previous to the use of gunpowder, when every thing depended on personal strength and individual exertion, the single arm of a hero often decided the fate of the battle. Many of our ancient families derived their names from feats of prowess; and there is no doubt that the Barclays received their name from some singular act of heroism performed with the sword.”