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if it be found for the defendant in B.R. and for felony in 
the fame county w here the court fits, or before juftices of 
aflize, &c. he (hall be forthwith arraigned upon this ver¬ 
dict of twelve men, as on an indictment. 2 Hale's Hijt. P.C. 
151. The pleas upon arraignment are either the general 
ilfiie, Not guilty ; plea in abatement, or in bar; and the 
prifoner may demur to the indictment. He may alfo con- 
fefs.the faCt, but then the court has nothing more to do 
than to proceed to judgment againft him. 
AR'RAN, an ifland of Scotland, in the frith of Clyde, 
between Kintyre and Cunningham. Of this ifland an en¬ 
tertaining defeription is given by Mr. Pennant, in his Tour 
through Scotland, vol.ii. 172-4.84. “Arran, orproperly 
Arr-inn, or ‘the ifland of mountains,’ feems not to have 
been noticed by the ancients, notwithlhmding it muff have 
been known to the Romans, whofe navy, from the time of 
Agricola, had its fiation in the Glota EJhiarium, or the frith 
of Clyde. Camden indeed makes this ifland the Glota of 
Antonine ; but no fuch name occurs in his Itinerary : it 
therefore was beflowed on Arran by fome of his commen¬ 
tators. By the immenfe cairns, the vaft monumental 
ftones, and many relics of druidifm, this ifland mu ft have 
been confiderable in ancient times. Here are ftill traditions 
of the hero Fingal, or Fin-mac-coul, who is fuppofed here 
to have enjoyed the pleafures of the chace; and many 
places retain his name : but I can difeover nothing but oral 
hiftory that relates to the ifland till the time of Magnus 
the Barefooted, the Norwegian viCtor, who probably in¬ 
cluded Arran in his conquefts of Kintyre. In 1456, the 
whole ifland was ravaged by Donald earl of Rofs and lord 
of the ifles. At that period it was the property of James 11 . 
but in the reign of his fucceffor James III. w hen that mo¬ 
narch matched his fitter to Thomas lord Boyd, he created 
him earl of Arran, and gave him the ifland as a portion. 
Soon after, on the difgrace of that family, he caufed the 
countefs to be divorced from her unfortunate hufband ; 
and beflowed both the lady and ifland on Sir James Fla- 
milton, in whole family it continues to this time. 
“ Arran is thirteen miles from Sgreadan-point north, to 
Beinnean fouth ; and the number of inhabitants are about 
7000, who chiefly inhabit the coafls; the far greater part 
of the country being uninhabited by reafon of the vaft and 
barren mountains. Here are only two parifhes, Kilbride 
and Killmore ; with a fort of chapel of eafe to each, found¬ 
ed in the laft century, in the golden age of this ifland, 
when it was bleffed with Anne duchefs of Hamilton, whofe 
amiable difpofition, and humane attention to the welfare 
of Arran, render at this diftant time her memory dear to 
the inhabitants. The principal mountains of Arran are, 
Goatfield or Gaoilbheinn, or ‘the mountain of the winds,’ 
of a height equal to molt of the Scottifh Alps, compofed 
of immenfe piles of moor-ftone, in form of woolpacks, 
clothed only with lichens and modes, inhabited by eagles 
and ptarmigans; Beinbharrin, or ‘the fharp-pointed 
Ceum-na-Caillich, ‘the ftep of the carline or old hag;’ 
and Grianan-Athol, that yields to none in ruggednefs. 
The lakes are Loch-jorfa, where falmon come to (pawn; 
Loch-tana; Loch-na-jura, on the top of an high hill; 
Loch-mhachrai; and Loch-knoc-a-charbei, full of large 
eels. The chief rivers are, Abnan-mhor, Moina-mhor, 
Slondrai-machrei, and Jorfa; the two laft remarkable for 
the abundance of falmon. 
“ The climate is very fevere; for, befides the violence 
of wind, the cold is very rigorous. The principal difeafe 
here is the pleurify. The practice of bleeding twice every 
year feems to have been intended as a preventative againft 
the pleurify : but it is now performed with the utmoft re¬ 
gularity at fpring and fall. The duke of Hamilton keeps 
a furgeon in pay; who at thofe feafons makes a tour of 
the ifland. On notice of his approach, the inhabitants of 
each farm affemble in the open air; extend their arms; 
and are bled into a hole made in the ground, the common 
receptacle of the vital fluid. In burning fevers, a tea of 
wood forrel is ufed with fuccefs, to allay the heat. An 
infufton of ranfoms, or allium urfinum } in brandy, is efteem- 
ed here a good remedy for the gravel. The men are firorv--, 
tall, and well made; and all lpeuk the Erfe language, but 
the ancient habit is entirely laid afide. The leafes of their 
farms are for nineteen years. The fucceeding tenants ge¬ 
nerally find the ground little better than a caput mortuum ; 
and for this reafon: Should they at the expiration of the 
leafe leave the lands in a good ftate, fome avaricious neigh¬ 
bours would have the preference in the next letting, by'of- 
fering a price more than the perfon who had expended 
part of his fubftance in enriching the farm could poflibly 
do. This induces them to leave it in the original ftate. 
The method of fetting a farm is very Angular; each i& 
commonly polIeHed by a number of fmall tenants; thus a 
farm of 40I. a-year is occupied by eighteen different peo¬ 
ple, w'ho by their leafes are bound, conjunelly and feverally, 
for the payment of the rent to the proprietor. Thefe live 
on the farm in houfes cluttered together, fo that each farm 
appears like a little village. The tenants annually divide 
the arable land by lot; each has his ridge of land, to 
w hich he puts his mark, fuch as he would do to any wri¬ 
ting: and this fpecies of farm is called run-rig, i.e. ridge. 
They join in ploughing ; every one keeps a horfe or more ; 
and the number of thofe animals confume fo much corn, 
as often to occalion a fcarcity ; the corn and peafe raifed 
being (much of it) defigned for their fubfiftence, and that 
of the cattle, during the long winter. The pafture and 
moor-land annexed to the farm is common to all the pof- 
feflbrs.” Arran forms part of the county of Bute ; and in 
it are many natural curiofities highly deferving the atten¬ 
tion of travellers. 
Arran, a province of Perfia, fituated between Geor¬ 
gia, Adirbeitzan, and Shirvan, furrounded by mountains. 
Arran Isles, three iflands on the weft coaft of Ire¬ 
land, in the mouth of Galway-bay, in lat.53.0. N. Ion. 
10.0. W. They are called the South Ifles of Arran, to 
diftinguifh them from another ifland of the fame name, 
called the North Ifte of Arran, fituated on the coaft of 
Donnegal in Ulfter. Lat.55.0. N. Ion. 8.50. \V. 
To ARRAN'GE, v.a. [arranger , Fr.J To put in pro¬ 
per order for any purpofe.—How eftedhially are its nuif- 
cular fibres arranged, and with what judgment are its co¬ 
lumns and furrows difpofed! Gheyns. 
ARRAN'GEMENT,y. The difpofition of the parts^oF 
a whole, in a certain order. The modem philofophy fliews 
us, that the diverftty of the colours of bodies depends en¬ 
tirely on the fituation and arrangement of the parts, which 
reflect the light differently; the diverftty of taftes and 
fmells on the different arrangements of the pores, which 
render them differently fenfible; and the general diverftty 
of bodies on the different arrangement of their parts. The 
happy arrangement of words makes one of the greateft 
beauties of difeourfe. 
AR'RAN’T, adj. [a word of uncertain etymology, but 
probably from errant, which being at firft applied in its pro¬ 
per lignification to vagabonds, as an errant or arrant rogue , 
that is, a rambling rogue , loft, in time, its original fignifica- 
tion ; and, being by its ufe underftood to imply fomething 
bad, was applied at large to any thing that was mentioned 
with hatred or contempt.] Bad in a high degree.—Coun¬ 
try folks, who hallooed and hooted after me as at the 
arrantejl coward that ever fhewed his ftioulders to the 
enemy. Sidney. 
AR'RANTLY, adv. [from arrant. ] Corruptly; fliame- 
fully.—Funeral tears are as arrantly hired out as mourn¬ 
ing clokes. L’EJlrange. 
AR'RAS, f. [from Arras, a town of Artois, where 
hangings are woven.] Tapeftry; hangings woven with 
images: 
Thence to the hall, which was on.every fide 
With rich array and coftl.y arras dight. Fairy Queen. 
Arras, acity of France, and capital of the department 
of the Straits of Calais, fituated on the Scarp. Before the 
revolution, Arras was the capital of Artois ; it was taken 
by the French, king Lewis XIII. and annexed to F'rance 
