An Laoidheadair Gaelic na ain spioradail

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payment ot' his Titho^ beinc^ chiefly paid in grnin, Avhi( h
ìn those days was not very plcnty. Tliese measures being
frcquently resorted to, caused the people to dislike hini and
his whole train of Priors, Rectors, Src. who officiated under
him. This reverend and miuhty Prelate is said to haVe
had his temper often ruffled by his tlock, who, to mortify
his pride, lampooned him with personalities and practical
jokes. One of these I heard repeated when very young
it runs thus:
" An Carsalach mor tha'n rarnasarie,
A tha na coig cairt na chasan ;
Tha dhroll mar dhruinnein, na curra,
'Sa sgroban lom, gionach, farsaing."
The great Carswell of Carnasary, whose logs are .'J
quarters (or 45 inches) in length^his runip as hard as ihe
back of a crane—his stomach capacious, greedy and empty,
and very ill to satisfy.
The Right Rev. Bishop was exaUed far above a Rector,
or Minister of a Parish, (as some publishers choose Ui
state), he was high Bishop of Argyle, mighty and wealthy
above all otliers, in holy orders, over three districts—hc
could vie vvith any Baron or Chief within his Diocese,
and built the Cnstle of Carnasary^ so as to compete with
his superior Argyle himseìf. Ihis castle is situated on a
rising ground at the top of a Strath called Strathmore,
within less than a mile north from Kilmartine, where fhe
wall is stiU nearly entire. When the Earl oj Argyìe
saw it, he approved much of the elegance of its structure,
but disapproved of its situation, which he considered as
despicable as if erected on a dunghill. The Right Rrv.
Prehite may have thought this retired situation niore suit-
Jible for his studies ihan any other site on the coast, wliere
lìeautiful and extensive scenery, and the terrific roaring
of the Gulf of Breacan might interrupt his meditation.
It appears that a tribe of the Druidsm?idie choice of tliis
Strath-sgeodinnis^ frequently called Strath-more, for
their place of worship and interment. I remember seeing
at the bottom of this Strath, edging an extensive moss,
(perhaps 25 miles in circumference), more than a score of
circiilar cairns of different magnitudes, and nrarly tho
same form, with sniall open circles, (whicli might bc
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