_Supporters_, two grayhounds, proper collared gules, and leashed." There can be no doubt that the Urquhart arms should be the three _bears'_ heads, though they are often described as three _boars'_ heads. The records of 1742 and 1760 in the Lyon Register make this quite certain. Probably the close resemblance between the two words is the principal cause of the confusion with regard to the matter which exists. In the sculptured coat of arms, of which we give a representation, the heads certainly have a superficial resemblance at least to those of boars. A correspondent who takes an interest in this question remarks, however, that "though the heads have tusks worthy of any boar, they (_i.e._ the heads) are set at right angles to the necks in a way in which no boar could be represented." On the other hand, the snouts of the animals have that distinctly _retroussé_ shape which we associate with pigs, both wild and domesticated. The question is, therefore, not so simple as at first sight it appears, and can scarcely be adequately dealt with in a mere footnote. Accordingly we leave our readers to discuss and settle the difficulty. [189] See p. 4, _supra_. [190] _Works_, p. 170. [191] _Scenes and Legends of the North of Scotland_, Hugh Miller, p. 48. This battle is supposed to be mentioned by Blind Harry, who has celebrated the achievements of Wallace in the following uncouth lines:-- "Wallace raid throw the northland into playne. At Crummade feill Inglismen thai slew. The worthi Scottis till hym thus couth persew. Raturnd agayne and come till Abirdeyn, With his blith ost apon the Lammess ewyn" (vii. 1084-88). [192] _Works_, p. 174. [193] _Works_, p. 175. [194] The editor of the 1774 edition of the Tracts of Sir Thomas Urquhart says that he had compared the genealogy with the records kept by the Lord Lyon of Scotland, which go back as far as the reign of Alexander II. (A.D. 1214-1249), and had found it strictly correct from that period. In Appendix I., which contains the lists of names of Sir Thomas's ancestors, we have taken the liberty of indicating the names on which reliance can be placed, by printing them in italics (see p. 211). [195] Sir Thomas is said to have remarked about "_the Pedigree_," that by the first generation of readers it would be received with scoffs, that the second generation would have their doubts about it, but that the third generation would be heavily inclined to believe it. Time has moved somewhat more slowly, however, than he anticipated, and probably but few of us have as yet got past the second stage.