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INTRODUCTION. xiii
back with regret to a people who have so marked the
history, the poetry, and the achievements of distant ages,
and who, in the ranks of the British army have stood
foremost in the Une of battle and given place to none."
Thanks are here accorded tq >11 those who kindly
supplied blocks for the illustrations.
The following pages do not pretend to be a history
of Ttr nam beann. They merely touch the fringe of a
few subjects of interest. But if they serve as an appetiser
to a greater study of an interesting people, they have
not been written in vain.
A. C.