Some of the panels were circles, and they were filled in with coats-of-arms; some were squares and they contained a bestiary of that day.

It was hard indeed to decide whether the circles or the squares were more interesting.

The former had the arms of every family in Scotland that had the remotest connection with the Carnegies, and besides swept in a wider field, comprising David, King of Israel, who was placed near Hector of Troy, and Arthur of Brittany not far from Moses--all of whom had appropriate crests and mottoes.

In the centre were the arms of our Lord Christ as Emperor of Judea, and the chief part of them was the Cross.

But it came upon one with a curious shock, to see this coat among the shields of Scottish nobles.