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CHISHOLM AND SEAFORTH ESTATES 293
various clan histories and elsewhere, and it seems desirable
that it should now be made fully available. Like the
Chisholm papers it is of interest in many ways. Economically,
it shows how these large estates were held, what
rents were paid, and of what these were composed, as
well as the prices of produce. The names of the tenants
will be of value to genealogists ;
while their variety seems
to have an important bearing on some of the current
theories as to the nature and constitution of a Highland
clan. An examination of the depositions—also preserved
in the Register House—from which the rental was made
up shows that a large number of the tenantry had
regular tacks and were not mere tenants at will.