A COL LECTI O N BE ING D OF A O S F O O B O E RAWINGS RM RIAL BEARING R M T M ST N S , " W OO CA V & c . E T S D R INGS , SEALS , , WITH RACT O TH E LYO REGISTE RS A ND E OG FR M N , GEN AL ICAL N OTES CO MPILED FR O M PU B LIC REC ORDS R OU A THE S RCES , L e ten a 3 5 th B a . m er a Yeoman i u nt , tt I p i l ry, ILLUSTRATED B Y A . M . T R A I L L T P R I N T E D T O R H E A U T H O R . 1 02 9 . W N D BY . SO N . PRI TE A ALKER , GALASHIELS P EFA E R C . The chief O bject O f t his b o o k is t o preserve a rec o rd o f the A o a a Of a a a o O f rm ri l Be rings m ny ncient Orkney f milies , s me o o a a a re n o t a n o f which , th ugh pr b bly q uite uthentic , in y the O f L o ffi a r e o t o o o registers the y n O ce , but nly be f und up n a o o a n d a a a n d a re o dec ying t mbst nes fr gile se ls , c nsequently in a a O f o O f gre t d nger being l st sight beyo nd a ll h o pe o f rec o very . 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