The coast is here low, & seems to tempt an Invasion, & we met with no appearance of these stones further in the Country. besides I do not know what foundation we have to suppose our pictish ancestry were so exceedingly religious —there are no appearances which favour such a notion from the present conduct of the people, 「我々のピクト人の先祖が過剰に宗教的だったと推察する根拠はない。人々の現在のふるまいから推察するに、そのような考えを支持するappearancesはない」 https://editions.curioustravellers.ac.uk/doc/0054
