To the Editor of the "Nortu-Cnina Dairy News"?
Sir,—Your writer in Notes and Comments" under date of September 14 does not go far enough in stating that many family names in Scotland bear a similarity to Danish and German Many are undoubtedly uptions of the latter, but those who brought them to Scotland were not of Germanic origin although coming and taking their names from Germany.
An ethnologist would note that the so-called "'Scotsmen" who bear these names have most of the physical characteristics. (although not always the nasality) of a race dwelt upon throughout the Bible. Furthermore it may be stated that that these charact€ris-ties and these names are not always found together, but that a great numb¢r of "Scotsmen'' with such characteristics disguise their origin under names that are purely Scotch—disguise it, that is, to superficial observers, One who knows where to look for these characteristics would find no difficulty in placing the origin, for "example, of the Duchess of York, who was recently mentioned by the writer of your
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