Excerpt from Heathen Mythology Corroborative or Illustrative of Holy Scripture It may not be amiss to preface this little volume with a few memorial words respecting its highly esteemed author, who died while it was passing through the press. He was the seventh child and fourth son of Mr. John Barclay, a merchant in Glasgow, and was born in that city on the 18th January, 1799. He was named after his uncle, Hugh Hay, of Paris House, Perthshire - the name being a family one. One of his earliest and most vivid remembrances was that of a visit paid to this relative, and of having been driven to Perth, across the old Bridge of Earn, to see the volunteers of those days at exercise on the North Inch. It was his first glimpse of the city in which the larger portion of his life was spent, and by which he came to be held in such just honour and regard. 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.