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8. as the Safety of each individual consisted in a general Union, these little Societys us'd to Stick firmly together, & therefore were distinguish'd by Some Common Name; this was long before either Surnames or Coats of Arms, were introduc'd; when they grew in vogue the descendants & relations of every Chieftain took his Name & Arms, the other Vassals in time did the same; thus Clanship was form'd, & in a couple of Generations all believ'd to be Sprung from the Same Ancestors, & therefore with the greater alacrity follow'd their Chief whom they at the same time look'd upon as the head of their family, & consequently these associations could be overcome but never broke; in some parts of the Kingdom the change of Manners, & difference of Government has never yet been able to root out. what at first was only immaginary; in other Feudal Kingdoms these unions have been form'd, but not to the degree they have in Scotland.