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man to instant imprisonment; but afterwards a com¬ 
promise was effected, and the result was the following 
inscription, which is still partly legible :— 
PATRICIUS &TEWARDUS, OrCADI/E ET ZeTLANDI/E 
Comes, I.V.R.S., 
Cujus functamen. saxura. est, Dom. ilia manebit, 
. . . labilis e contra, si sit arena perit. 
A.D. 1600. 
This Patrick Stewart eventually was deservedly 
executed for some, or more likely for all, the crimes 
he had been guilty of. 
During our short stay at Lerwick, we learned many 
other curious particulars respecting the ancient habits 
and customs of this remote branch of the Celtic family, 
and being limited for time, instead of visiting, as we 
gladly would have done, the many curious records of 
remote antiquity which are plentifully scattered over 
the islands in the shape of mounds, circles, runic 
stones, ancient tower churches, inscribed memorials, 
“ standing stones,” and other antiquarian objects, we 
sat and listened to tales of witchcraft, the influences of 
the “evil eye,” and other abominations of the “good 
old times.” We endured also the depressing effects 
of stories of savagery committed by the feudal chiefs, 
that only equalled, though they do not surpass in 
barbarous injustice, the revolting and iniquitous state 
