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fhire, fliould fend two of his monks to fuperintend the conftruc- 

 tion of the building. This letter is dated in 1426. The demo- 

 lition of the religious houfes at Perth began in 1559. Adam 

 For MAN, the laft prior, and fome other of the monks who did 

 not adopt the reformed religion, retired to Errol, not far diftant, 

 where they poffeffed a confiderable property. This was probal 

 bly after the date of 1562, mentioned above. 



1803. 

 Account of the term Skull or Skoll as ufed in old Writin'^s r ^P'"" 

 bemg an Article m the Etymological Dlaionarv of the ^rnt 't"="iJ"ord 

 tjh Language, propofed to be pubHflied by the Reverend 

 John Jamieson, D. D. Read April 1803. 



The work, of which this communication is to make a part, 

 IS intended to illuflrate the affinity of the language fpo- ' 

 ken m the low country of Scotland, with the Saxon the 

 Iflandic, and other dialedls of the Gothic. The import- 

 ance of this undertaking cannot be queftioned. Etymology i& 

 often the only light by which we can trace the migrations of 

 the early inhabitants of countries, and, in the prefent inftance 

 may afford the explanation of a leading fad in the hiftory of 

 this ifland, viz. the eftablifhment of the language in queftion 

 over all the low part of Scotland, from a period of very remote 

 antiqmty, while the Gaelic was the language of the mountain- ^ ' 



oils part. The following is an extrad from Dr Tamieson's 

 paper. 



Skul,. 



