166 THE IRISH PEOPLE. 



Of that of the Govan Police, who, as descendants 

 of the old Soots or Irish, may be taken as representa- 

 tives of the old Irish. 



VIII. Ihon Derricke in 1581 published his linage 

 of Irdande, to which he appended twelve wood-cut 

 illustrations, of which ten contain ninety pictures of 

 the Irish Woodkerne, or " Wilde Men in Ireland." 

 The author, though a reckless libeller of Irishmen 

 in verse and prose, yet writes nothing against their 

 physique, and in his wood-cuts portrays them as 

 fine looking men. See 3rd Edition, printed by 

 Black, of Edinburgh, in 1883. 



