Excerpt from Historical Account of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, and of the Society in Scotland for Propagating Christian Knowledge, Incorporated by Royal Charter 1709: Establishment of the London Board, Styled by King George IV. "The Royal Highland School Society," With a Topographical Chart of the Schools, Names of the Patrons, Patronesses, Vice-Presidents, and Directors, &C., &C., &C A11 antiquarian writers have adopted the same legendary history of the Celtic or Scots nation, the foundation of which they ascribe to Gathelus, son of Cecrops, king of Athens, the same who, with an army, assisted Pharaoh, king of Egypt, in his wars against the Ethiopians, who had at that time laid waste the Egyptian dominions as far as Memphis, the chief city.
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