The record was entered in a book called the Bolden Buke; the parish of Bolden occurring first in alphabetical arrangement.

In order to render the work more easy of consultation, we have adopted the alphabetical arrangement in preference to a more scientific classification.

By the alphabetical arrangement in the separate entries of each article the reader, I venture to think, will be greatly facilitated in his researches.

" Alphabetical arrangement is not the only option," he said.