THE

CELTIC MAGAZINE:

A Monthly Periodical

DEVOTED TO THE

LITERATURE, HISTORY, ANTIQUITIES,
FOLK LORE, TRADITIONS,

AND THE

SOCIAL AND MATERIAL INTERESTS OF THE CELT
AT HOME AND ABROAD.

CONDUCTED BY

ALEXANDER MACKENZIE, F.S.A. SCOT.,

Author of "The History and Genealogies of the Clan Mackenzie"; "The History of
the Macdonalds and Lords of the Isles"; "The History of the Camerons"; "The
History of the Mathesons"; "The Prophecies of the Brahan Seer"; "The
Historical Tales and Legends of the Highlands"; "The History of the
Highland Clearances"; "The Social State of the Isle of Skye in
1882-3"; &c, &c.

VOL. X I.*

INVERNESS: A. & W. MACKENZIE, 47 HIGH STREET.

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All Rights Reserved.

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17, 184, and 211

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An Old Church Process.-Kenneth Macdonald, F.S. A. Scot.

The Heroic Tales of the Celts.-Alex. Macbain, M. A., F.S. A. Scot.

The Conflicts of the Clans

30, 70, 116, 169, 217, 316, 369, 413, and 465

The State of the Highlands a Hundred Years Ago.-A. M. 38, 77, 137, and 174

Death of the Highland Magazine

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The Town of Inverness Covenanting with a Clock-keeper, 1682.-Charles

Fraser-Mackintosh, M. P.

45

Do.

do.

Yachting and Electioneering in the Hebrides.-Hector Rose Mackenzie... 106,

152, 203, 249, 298, 349, and 407

Etymology of Dumbarton.—Thomas Stratton, M.D.

Gaelic Almanac

Gaelic Society of Inverness-Fourteenth Annual Dinner

The Editor of the Guelph Mercury on the Editor of the Celtic Magazine

The Loch-Fyne Bard

168

173

183

223 and 275

The Late Henry Bradshaw, M.A.-The Rev. Donald Masson, M.A., M.D. 229

Tree Myths and Forest Lore.-William Durie

The Camerons of Rannoch

The Past and Present Position of the Skye Crofters.-Lachlan Macdonald
of Skeabost

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Smuggling in the Highlands.-John Macdonald, supervisor,

The Highlands and Islands-Their Social and Literary History-1775-

1832.-Provost Macandrew

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The Poems of William Ross.-A. Mackay Robson

The Edinburgh Brewer and the Minister.-M. A. Rose

The Horizontal Mill at Kirtomy.-Alex. Mackay

A Great Unknown Scot.-W. J. Douglas

Tragic Fulfilment of a Caithness Prediction.-M. A. Rose

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417 and 450

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470

487

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557

Concerning Lochiel—1664, 1717, and 1784.-Charles Fraser-Mackintosh,

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