Ancient musical instruments — Priestly harpers — Hereditary harpers — Irish versus Scottish harpers — Royal harpers — Use of harp universal — Welsh sarcasm — Mary Queen of Scots' harp — ~the last of the harpers The Harper of Mull — From harp to pipes — The clarsach — Pipes supplanting bards — The last clan bard — Bardic customs — Bards' jealousy of pipes — The bard in battle — Duncan Ban Mac Intyre — Two pipers scared — When the pipes became paramount — The fiery cross — The coronach.