^{page 55 note a} See PI. II.

^{page 55 note b} PL III. figs. 1, 2, and the stone at Ruthven, fig. 3.

^{page 55 note c} PI. IV.

^{page 55 note d} PI. V.

^{page 56 note e} “The field of pursuit to utter destruction,” is the interpretation given to me by the clergyman of the parish, but it may also signify “the field of sorrow or anguish.”

^{page 56 note f} The figure appears with large mustachios which seem to indicate a remote antiquity, as the Celtæ shaved all but the upper lip. The habit seems the tunic or tonnag, which terminated at the knees, and was open on each side.

^{page 56 note g} It has been supposed to represent the white bull or cow, objects of veneration with the Druids, while some view it as the Musimon, an animal now extinct.

^{page 56 note h} It is singular that neither in England nor Wales, do there appear to be any stones on which the least trace of similar sculpture can be discovered, but it would, however, appear from the curious Triads that there had been such obelisks “on which the arts and sciences of the world were to be read.”

^{page 57 note i} This authority has been conjectured to imply some sort of divination performed by their means. They may have been borne as symbols of power. The “rod of office” is sufficiently expressive; a staff is still an ensign of power, and the sceptre of modern times is derived from this simple insignia of authority.

^{page 58 note k} Dornadilla, who reigned 260 B. C. according to some of the Scottish historians, wrote a treatise on the chace, and settled its laws; and hunting was believed to be a principal enjoyment in heaven of the ancient Gael. There exists some curious fragments of Bardic lore on this subject.

^{page 58 note l} A work noticed by Mr. Davies, gives obscure intimations concerning the import of “the sprig with their woven tops tyed with a hundred knots after the manner of the Celtæ?” The ancient letters of this people derived their names from different trees, and branches of these being placed “in the tablet of devices,” “were read by sages versed in Science” The same word that signified trees was applied to letters, and the word came to signify prophets, evidently from their knowledge of this secret alphabet. Taliessin boasts of his acquaintance with every sprig, and his knowledge of the meaning of the trees, which he calls “understanding his institute.”