CHAPTER VI.

THE TRIBE IN SCOTLAND.

Early notices of tribal organisation, 209 The tribe among the Picts, 210 The tribe in Dalriada, 212 The tribe in Galloway, 214 Modification of original tribes under foreign influences, 214 Passing of the Mortuath into the Earldom, and the Tribe into the Thanage, 215 Distinction of people into free and servile classes, 216 Classes of freemen, 217 Ranks of bondmen, 220 Measures of land, 223 Burdens on the land, 227 The Cain or Can, 228 Conveth, 232 Expedition and hosting, 234 Assimilation to feudal forms, 236 Tenure in feu-farm, 237 Ranks of society on Crown lands, 238