among the pr-elates, and they were generally, but not always, TOJ
i e c rated at B r o n tb em . Even after the eeffion o f the E b u d # to ¡M
la n d by M a g n u s, the patronage o f this bilhoprick was. by trea ty J j
Curved to the archbiihap o f Brontheim*. This, fee was endowed with!
thirteen iflands ; but fome o f them were forced from them by J
tyranny o f fome o f the little chieftains,; thus for example, R a[a, 3
the honeft D e a n fays, was perteining to M a c-G y lly cb a lia n by ’J
fvvord, and to the b ifh o p o f theiOes by heritage.
T . t l e or Sod ok. T h e title o f thefe prelates, during the oonjunaion o f Afy„ J
S o d o r,' had been univerfally miftaken, till the explications of t J
moft ingenious writer, D r . M a cfh e r fo n -% ; it was always fu p p o f j
to have been derived from Soder, an imaginary tow n ,. either ¡ 1
M a n or in J o n a : whofe derivation was taken from the Gm i
S o t e r or Saviour. Dur ing the time th at the Norwegians we-reil
poffeffion o f the ifles, they divided them into two parts-J
n o rth ern , which comprehended all that lay to the X o r th o f r i l
point o f J rm m u r ch a n , and were called the N o rd erey s, from n M
d er No rth, and ey an iiland. -And the Sudereys took in thol
that lay to tne S ou th o f that promontory. T h is was only a c l
divifion, for the fake o f governing thefe fcattered dominion!
with more -fac ility ; for a feparate viceroy was fent to each, bui
both were lu b je ft to the fame jurifdi&ion civil and eccleliafticall
B u t as th e Sudereys was the moil: important, that had the honol
* Sir DavidDalrytnple'i Annals Scotland, 178.
t T h e D e a n .
J P- 282, and Tor/an,, in many parts o f his hiftory o f the Orknies.
If g i v i n g n am e to th e b i lh o p r i c k , a n d th e i lle o f M a n r e ta in e d
L h titles , l ik e as E n g la n d u n ite s t h a t o f F ra n ce , n o tw i th f t a n d in g
L y centuries h a v e e la p fe d f in c e o u r r ig h t s to th e n ow u fu r p e d
Itles are lo f t .
I Proceed on o u r w a lk . T o th e w e f t o f th e c o n v e n t is th e a b -
l o t ’ s m ou n t, o v e r lo o k in g th e w h o le . B e n e a th fe em to h a v e b e en
lie gardens, o n c e w e l l c u l t iv a t e d , fo r w e a r e t o ld th a t th e m o n k s
lanfplanted f r om o th e r p la c e s ,, h e rb s b o th e f c u le n t an d m e d ic in a l.
I Beyond th e m o u n t a r e th e ru in s o f a k i ln , an d a g r a n a r y : an d
tar it, was th e m i l l . T h e l a k e o r p o o l th a t fe r v e d i t la y b e h in d .;
is now d r a in e d , an d is- th e tu r b e r y , th e fu e l o f th e n a t iv e s : i t
appears to h a v e b e e n o n c e - d iv id e d , , f o r a lo n g th e m id d le r u n s - a
tailed1 w a y , p o in t in g to- th e h i l l s . T h e y n e g le ó t a t p r e fe n t th e
ionveniency o f a mill-, and' u fe o n ly querns*
North f rom th e g r a n a r y e x te n d s a n a r row f la t , w i t h a d o u b le d ik e
and fofs o n o n e fid e ,, an d a f in g le d ik e o n th e o th e r . A t th e en d is a
Square co n ta in in g a ca irn an d fu r r o u n d e d w i th a f to n e d ik e . T h i s
is called a b u r i a l p l a c e : i t m u f t h a v e b e e n in v e r y e a r ly tim e s
ptemporary w i th o th e r ca irn s, p e rh a p s in th e d a y s o f D r u id tfm ;
for bilhop P o c o c k m e n t io n s , th a t he h a d fe en tw o ñ o n e s fevfen
pet high, w i th a t h i r d la id a c ro fs o n th e i r t o p s , a n e v id e n t C ro n i-
fb : he alfo a d d s , th a t th e Ir ijh n am e o f th e i ila n d w a s In ijh B r u -
» ; which a g r e e s w i th th e a c c o u n t I h d v e fom ew h e r e r e a d , th a t
* had b e en th e fe a t o f B r a id s e x p e l l e d b y Golum ba, w h o fo u n d :
Pe® t-here.
Before ! q u i t t h i s - h e i g h t , I m u f t -o b fe r v e , th a t t h e w h o le o f
weir religious .b u i ld in g s w e r e c o v e r e d o n 't h e n o r th fid e b y d ik e s ,
as -