N ames, ex. Dumfrieftiire, and k irk ü d b rig h t,-to the bay of Wigton, white th e No-
tent, &c.- vantse £ j|ec( modern Wigtonlhire, and extended upwards to Ayr e-bay.
- T h e fourth fouthern tribe was that of the Damnii, who ..poflelfed. the
centralvÉegioh; from near the fo'urce of the Clyde, to that óf the Erne.
On’ the fiarth-eS® of the Damnii wpte frdt&'lke;|Hth
of. Forth „ts-the Ri^en Dee,.while -the- T e x a ü helftr^d^mod& p s ^ t^ s = d f
Aberdeen and Bamf.. To the weft of them were the Vasofeagi, extending
. from Fort William . to: the Gaftra Alata or Invernefs. The
1 other tribes- fcare.cly dcieryc, enumeration : the Cornabii pblfeffed
: th é moft northern parts of ' Scotland, from Dunfby-head to Strath-
Ha ver. Four tribes extend along- themorth-weft, down to LocH Linny
to the foüth of which-are placed. the Epidii, urii A f g y l v f e t e
divided.by Loch .Fyn. frem-tffi.l.'Gaadnhi, w ho held that p a te to-the“feaft
©f Argyfelhire, catted CoWafy’ïö of Dtf-feftilhton.,
After the time d f Ptokr»y little- * iufókfttóöh ar-ifts èmÊeöMjh'gf-'the
geography o f Scotland, till-, after th é l¥pfe öf-4e#étf é t ëlgh^eEu^ries,,
we find the dawn qft -the pfefekt narhëS-dmd!
Roman period, the proWstlsê'A« Vatefrt kt|eftïwdêëff athat p^ft"wijle h
'was forrth o f the .Clyde and Eefth^j-as Tot a ftïort''^)abésj#® ^® i|^ u t
, A. D. 140 tö 1 7 ^ the name of Vefpafiarta had beeft imjSirtedf-ftMhe
region extending from the Forth to Loch ISfefs. . The remains of
Romatp roads form the >©hief evidenee o f the fi-iM^iftefEoh^if'Sae 1M e r
■ province* ■' ■
' in the middle ages-, the nairte;of Albarry_fiad §^©§0 a,pplfëd%)“th a tK r t
o f S eottetd which lies on the n orth o f tfie Firths*; arid about the year
ï 200^ was- written -th'e Defcrifitio Albania:. ih> the fowFtéèftthi»@®pry,,
-Forduö produced a-larger ami more precifc idea © fiS d o aW ^ ^ fe ^ h y -
Harding* who wrote his rhyming Cferon rel S% inc-dip'treig-n' óftdEdfe.-rd
TV, gives a tolerably exarft.-dËfcri|jtian fOf^SêstWiKi'; which
■vifitéd ; and fome "maftufcriptseof firs yvor-k’. contain at rude: map' of: the
country. It muft be qbferved, th a t'th e mifapprehenfions of Ptolemy
concerning the due pofition of N orth Britain;, are: rectified, even in old
Anglo-Saxon drawing?. ..The firft engraved map is that ppblifhed by
Biftiop Lefley, with his H ifto ry ; but it abounds with portentous. errors,
which have been flowly removed. T h e Atlas published in .therdaft
. ' century,
century, does honour to the iiiduftry and abilities of Pont, and the munificence
of Sir John- S co tt; and the recent exertions of Dorret, Roy,
Mackenzie,- H uddard, Agflie, a n d ^M e ^ « ^vcgc^ui.bK.ed to eftablifh
feme exa&nefs in the geographical and hydrographical delineation of
thekoymtry.
The original population bf; Scotland by the Cirnbri, and by the Phfti,
forms, as; ufual, the firft hiftbncal .epoch. - -
2. The ■ e&tranch.pf. Agri-cola in® Scotland, and the fubfcqucnt con--
fii&s with the Romans, till the latter abandoned Britain. <
'3. The fett-lement of the Dalriads, or At-taeotti, in- Argylefiiire, about
the^year, and their' repulfion to Ireland about the middle, o f the
fifth fctgStady-.-'
■ ^«•’..Wi^boftiSfirlbeiheht a’ rtegttlar- hiftory of
Ssbtl'andr'from' -Draft, A i
y.‘ Tftqjfppfcn -ef ilh'e Da'kiads, D. fplSgf^niPthe fdbfed'udbt -eveftts-
©f Dal#iA®c ftb$y.> 15
! introduftfeft ‘o f Chriftianify amodg'.'ffee’ GSedenfAris; in th e
jb'igii-fdfJBrudi §.
7.l5?Fhd union o f ifte f ld ti attd?At'taeodi, ?®d§ns®eriribtfr;’-'(A.' Dv 843;
relgifr bf-lMailcolm. IIE| "'A. D. i&yS^J’.Trohl wnloffp'e'riB’d
gfbfreremlfetlbn:.began to take 'place,»fifed- the hiftory bbcotnh'i7 more
Antneftfi’c^ J
The-exttimftrcrn o f tn^arfcfcSrnric ot kiffgS, irt tfie perfdrf o fM a r-
gfret^of N bfway^^gfanm^b^itbr. of'iffejtaftder fm o f l^his
(A‘eu f u!iS2ffi?fied thmlfibitTafy ihfefp'qffiMpdf^'Ed'v^'afa I, king* o f Eag-
laticf, Which v^asft'lM’fofe femfee^f"md‘enrri 1 Ky. Wnich after-hardR uiihap--
pily pfevailed;-b’et\teen the kingdonts.
. ito; The acceffidif o¥'|n e Houfe, Be j Stuarf' t^ ffie \ Scp?iuf -ll|rape ; a ;
fi’umv^ynicH b r o d u c c d * n g e f t i o u s and mtellrgent, but moft unfor--
tunate. princes.'1
, 11. jjThe. 'cftabhlftmlnt of ^e^rdfeffant renglo®, A. D.t ry-hn.'
x?2. The, upi bn r,©ft hlTwjQ h r q Mi s,', b y - the acc^ftipij p f Tames. Vj-t©
ih^EngliftiTeeptfe, A. D. 1=6.03,,-,
1 w x
N am e s, ex.
t e s t , &C7
HiftorlcaP
Epochs.- '