Excerpt from Caledonia, Vol. 7: Or, a Historical and Topographical Account of North Britain From the Most Ancient to the Present Times In opposition to such objectors it has been affirmed, and not opposed, that the Caledonians who met Agricola in conflict were undoubtedly the unmixed descendants of the Celtic aborigines of the British Island. In the progress of ages the first people may seem to weak intellects to have acquired new dis criminations, and in the advancement of their fortunes to have appeared to contemporary observers under a new name but the Pictish people who became predominant upon the Roman rece'ssion, are acknowledged by intelligent inquirers to be merely the genuine descendants of the original Colonists under a novel appellation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.