I proceed to discuss the foreign elements found in our dialects, the chief being Scandinavian and French.

The influence of the former has long been acknowledged; a due recognition of the importance of the latter has yet to come.

In conclusion, I give some selected specimens of the use of the modern dialects.
I beg leave to thank my friend Mr P.Giles, M.A., Hon.

LL.D.

of Aberdeen, and University Reader in Comparative Philology, for a few hints and for kindly advice.
W.W.