2 Ellen Key Celtic blood. The Scotch have always shown themselves brave and proud, devoted and true, and spiritually alive; but also fanatical and hard. Per Hallstrom speaking of the Scotch says: "This peculiarly composite and strongly in- dividualised nation with its Celtic emotional- ism, Anglo-Saxon power and passion, Norse disposition, and Puritanic Bible -faith ... It has been said of the Scotch temperament that it carries more sail than the English, and at the same time ploughs deeper into the waters." The M'Kay' clan is still one of the most act- ive and united clans in Sutherland, the meagre northern part of Scotland. The meaning of the name MacKay is best interpreted by "war-flame, " or "fiery" and "warlike. " The coat-of-arms shows a firmly closed fist holding a dagger. Under it are the words : Mmiu Forti. After the Thirty Years' War, many foreign families, whose male descendants had served under Gustavus (Adolphus) II, came to Swe- den and settled there. Among these we find James M'Key, who, during this war, was * This is the usual spelling though it varies between Kay, Cay, and Key.