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 PREFACE. 
 
 After the Editors devoted much of their time 
 in compiling materials for an additional collec- 
 tion of Ossian's poems, and in comparing different 
 editions collected from oral recitation; having 
 also perused the controversy, written by men of 
 highly respectable abilities, establishing the au- 
 thenticity of the poems of Ossian; also, upon the 
 other hand, considered what has been stated a- 
 gainst the authenticity of these poems, by a few 
 whose abilities are well known in other matters, 
 though they have failed in this vain and frivolous 
 attempt. Having contemplated both sides of the 
 question, and weighed the balance with reason 
 and justice; the Editors consulted with some of 
 the first characters in the nation about the matter, 
 who, after serious consideration, have granted 
 their approbation for publishing the following 
 .-hccts, and favoured the Editors, not only with 
 
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 their wise and friendly instructions, but also with 
 their liberal subscriptions and support to defray 
 the expence of printing. 
 
 This work is much indebted to the royal 
 family, nobility, ladies, and gentry of Britain at 
 large, particularly to the right reverend bishops 
 and clergy of every denomination, and to the res- 
 pectable subscribers of every rank ; the work is 
 under double obligation to the benevolence of the 
 people of England and lowlands of Scotland, al- 
 though unacquainted with the original of these 
 poems, who did not hesitate to give their generous 
 assistance to prevent so ancient a monument of 
 genius from being lost; and the Editors most 
 respectfully and unfeignedly thank the public, 
 for the more than ordinary encouragement given 
 them for executing this work; the number of the 
 subscribers does them honour : they can present 
 to the public a considerable number of the first 
 names in the nation; as more have come to their 
 hands than have appeared before the works of 
 authors of established reputation, which the list 
 of subscribers annexed to the work will testify. 
 
 The novelty of cadence, in what is called prose 
 -version, though not destitute of harmony, will not 
 to common readers supply the absence of the fre- 
 quent returns of rhyme. It is, however, doubtful 
 whether the harmony which poems might derive 
 from rhyme, even in much better hands than that 
 of the Editors, would atone for the simplicity and
 
 PREFACE. ?ii 
 
 energy which they would lose. The determina- 
 tion of this point shall be left to our readers. 
 
 The language and the structure of these poems, 
 like every other thing about them, bear the most 
 striking characters of antiquity. The language 
 is bold, animated, and metaphorical; such as it 
 is found to be in all infant states, where the 
 words, as well as the ideas and objects, must be 
 few; and where the language, like the imagina- 
 tion, is strong and undisciplined. No abstract, 
 and few general, terms occur in the poems of Os- 
 sian : of course the conversation is figurative and 
 poetical ; adorned with such tropes of rhetoric 
 as a modern would scarce venture to use in the 
 boldest flights of language. This character, 
 therefore, so conspicuous in the poems of Ossian, 
 could be impressed so deeply on them only by 
 one who saw, and felt, and bore a part in the 
 scenes he is describing. A poet, in his closet, 
 could no more compose like Ossian, than he 
 could act like him in the field or in the mountain. 
 The composition also, though it is, like the 
 language, bold, nervous, and concise, is yet plain 
 and artless ; without any thing of that modern 
 refinement, or elaborate decoration, which waits 
 on the advancement of literature. No foreign 
 ornament is hunted after. The poet is always 
 content with those which his subject naturally 
 suggests, or which lie within his view; farther 
 than that tract of heavens, earth, air, and sea,
 
 viii PREFACE. 
 
 which lay, we may say, within his study, he rarely 
 makes any excursion. The wild and grand na- 
 ture with which he was familiar, and his own vast 
 genius, were the only resources to which he cared 
 to be indebted for his ornaments. 
 
 The love of novelty, which, in some degree, is 
 common to all mankind, is more particularly the 
 characteristic of that mediocrity of parts, which 
 distinguishes more than the one half of the human 
 species. This inconstant disposition is never 
 more conspicuous, than in what regards the ar- 
 ticle of amusement. We change our sentiments 
 concerning it every moment, and the distance be- 
 tween our admiration and extreme contempt, is so 
 very small, that the one is almost a sure presage of 
 the other. The poets, whose business it is to 
 please, must very often forfeit their own judg- 
 ment to this variable temper of the bulk of their 
 readers, and accommodate their writings to this 
 unsettled taste. A fame so fluctuating deserves 
 not to be much valued. 
 
 Ossian is perhaps Ihe only poet who never re- 
 laxes, or lets Jiimself down into the light and 
 amusing strain; which I readily admit to be no 
 small disadvantage to him with the bulk of 
 readers. He moves perpetually in the region of 
 the grand and the pathetic. Assuming it then, as 
 we well may, that the poems now under conside- 
 ration are genuine, venerable monuments of very 
 remote antiquity, we proceed to make some re-
 
 PREFACE. i* 
 
 marks upon their general spirit and strain. The 
 two great characteristics of Ossiari's poetry, are 
 trnderrites and sublimity: it breathes nothing of 
 the gay and* cheerful kind; an air of solemnity 
 and seriousness is diffused over the whole. One 
 key-note is struck at the beginning, and support- 
 ed to the end : nor is any ornament introduced, 
 but what is generally concordant with the usual 
 tone of melody. The events recorded are all 
 serious and grave; the scenery throughout wild 
 and romantic. The extended heath by the sea- 
 shore; the mountain shaded with mist; the tor- 
 rent rushing through a solitary valley; the scat- 
 tered oaks ; and the tombs of warriors overgrown 
 with moss— all produce a solemn attention in the 
 mind, and prepare it for great and extraordinary 
 events. We find not in Ossian an imagination 
 that sports and dresses its gay trifles to please the 
 fancy; his poetry, more perhaps than that of any 
 other writer, deserves to be styled the poetry of 
 the heart. It is a heart penetrated with noble 
 sentiments, and with sublime and tender pas- 
 sions*; a heart that glows and kindles the fancy; 
 a heart that is full, and pours itself forth. Ossian 
 did not write like modern poets — to please read- 
 and critics., lie sung from the love of poetry 
 and song; his delight was to think of the heroes 
 amongst whom he had flourished ; to recall the 
 affecting incidents of his life ; to dwell upon his 
 past wars, and love, and friendship, till, as he ex-
 
 x PREFACE. 
 
 presses it himself, " there comes a voice to Ossian, 
 and awakes his soul. It is the voice of years 
 that are gone ; they roll before me with all their 
 deeds:" and under this true poetic inspiration, 
 giving vent to his genius, no wonder we should so 
 often hear and acknowledge, in his strains, the 
 powerful and ever pleasing voice of nature. 
 
 It is necessary here to observe, that the beauties 
 of Ossian's writings cannot be felt by those who 
 have given them only a single or a hasty perusal. 
 His manner is so different from that of the poets 
 to whom we are accustomed ; his style is so con- 
 cise and so much crowded with imagery ; the 
 mind is kept at such a stretch in accompanying 
 the author, that an ordinary reader is at first apt 
 to be dazzled and fatigued rather than pleased. 
 His poems require to be taken up at intervals, 
 and to be frequently reviewed, and then it is 
 impossible but his beauties must open to every 
 reader who is capable of sensibility. Those who 
 have the highest degree of it, will relish them the 
 most. 
 
 In every age, there has been a neglect of living 
 authors: it often happens, that the man who 
 Writes, differs greatly from the same man in com- 
 mon life; his foibles, however, are obliterated by 
 death, and his better parts, his writings, remain ; 
 his character is formed from them, and he, that 
 was no extraordinary man in his own time, be- 
 comes the wonder of succeeding ages. From thi«
 
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 source, proceeds our .veneration for the dead. 
 Their virtues remain, but the vices, which were 
 once blended with their virtues, have died with 
 themselves. 
 
 - Sublimity, as belonging to sentiment, coincides, 
 in a great measure, with magnanimity, heroism, 
 and generosity of sentiment. Whatever discovers 
 human nature in its greatest elevation; whatever 
 bespeaks a high effort of soul, or shows a mind 
 superior to pleasures, to dangers, and to death, 
 forms what may be called the moral or sentimen- 
 tal sublime, for which Ossian is eminently distin- 
 guished. Wherever he appears, we behold the 
 hero. 
 
 The objects which he pursues are truly great: 
 to bend the proud, to protect the injured, to de- 
 fend his friends, to overcome his enemies by gene- 
 rosity more than by force. A portion of the same 
 spirit actuates all the other heroes; valour reigns, 
 but it is a generous valour, void of cruelty, ani- 
 mated by honour, not by hatred. We behold no 
 debasing passion among Fingal's heroes, no spirit 
 of avarice or insult, but a contention for fame; a 
 desire of being distinguished and remembered for 
 
 .llant actions; a love of justice, and a zealous at- 
 tachment to their friends and country. Such is 
 the strain of sentiment in the whole of Ossian's 
 works. 
 
 Among the causes which make our ancient 
 poems vanish so rapidly, poverty, and the iron
 
 Xii PREFACE. 
 
 rod, in most places, have a large share; from the 
 baneful shade of these destroyers. of the muses, 
 the light of the song- must fast retire. It is with ex- 
 ceeding joy that the increase of more useful know- 
 ledge can be mentioned as another reason for the 
 neglect of ancient tradition, owing much to the 
 benevolent and Christian scheme of the honour- 
 able society of London and Edinburgh, who have 
 this for their object. Once the humble, but happy 
 vassal, sat at his ease at the foot of his grey rock, 
 or green tree,, contemplating on. the works of na- 
 ture, adorned with all her beauty and charms; few 
 were his wants, and fewer still his cares; he be- 
 held his beloved spouse, and affectionate children, 
 diverting themselves about his happy cottage. 
 His herds frisked around him on his then un- 
 measured mountain. He hummed the song, and 
 tuned his harp with joy, while his soul, in silence, 
 blessed his chieftain. 
 
 " Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast; 
 To soften rocks, and bend the knotted oak." 
 
 If we err in praising too much the time of our 
 forefathers, it were also repugnant to good sense, 
 to be altogether blind to the imperfections of our 
 own. If our forefathers had not so much wealth, 
 they had certainly fewer vices than the present 
 age. Their tables, it is true,- were not so well 
 provided with superfluity and delicious varieties, 
 neither were their beds so soft as those of modern 
 times. And this, in the eyes of men who place
 
 PREFACE. xiii 
 
 their ultimate happiness in those conveniences 
 of life, gives us a great advantage over them. 
 
 Notwithstanding the poetical advantages which 
 are ascribed to Ossian's machinery, it must be ac- 
 knowledged it would have been much more beau- 
 tiful and perfect, had the author discovered some 
 knowledge of a Supreme. Being. But those who 
 write in the Gaelic language seldom mention re- 
 ligion in their profane poetry ; and when they 
 professedly write of religion, they never mix with 
 their compositions the actions of their heroes. To 
 allege that a nation is void of all religion, would 
 betray ignorance of the history of mankind. The 
 tradition of their fathers, and their own observa- 
 tions on the works of nature, together with that 
 superstition which is inherent in the human frame, 
 have in all ages raised in the minds of men some 
 ideas of a superior being. Hence it is, that in 
 darkest times, and among most barbarous na- 
 tions, the very populace themselves had some 
 faint idea at least of a divinity. The Indians, who 
 worship no God, believe that he exists. Jt would 
 be doing injustice to the author of these poems, 
 to think that he had not opened his conceptions to 
 that primitive and greatest of all truths. But, let 
 his religion be what it will, it is certain, that he 
 has not alluded to Christianity, or any of its rites, 
 in his poems; which ought to lix his opinions, at 
 least, to an era prior to that religion. 
 
 Among the nations of the east, poetry had the 
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 s iv PREFACE, 
 
 same attention paid to it. The book of Job is 
 truly poetical. In the western parts, the remains 
 of Runic and Celtic poetry, show how early and 
 how carefully this art was cultivated, insomuch 
 that some nations could never be reconciled, 
 even to the Scriptures, till they had got them in 
 the form of poems. In consequence of this in- 
 fluence of poetry over the passions, we find, that 
 in the early stages of all states, of which we have 
 an account, it has been encouraged and honoured, 
 the persons of its professors held sacred, and their 
 character respected. The holiest men, as Moses, 
 David, and Solomon, were eminent for their skill 
 in it. The greatest lawgivers, as Lycurgus, Solon, 
 and Alfred — the greatest warriors, Alexander, 
 Caesar, and Augustus, practised or patronized the 
 art. To polished nations, poetry affords pleasure; 
 but to infant states, it affords not only pleasure, but 
 advantage : and for the one reason or the other, 
 both have never failed to recommend it, by making 
 it an ingredient in their future felicity; all ages, 
 nations, and religions, agreeing in giving music 
 and poetry a place in their paradise, however 
 much they differ in their other notions of it. If 
 this poetry has been cultivated in other nations, 
 and allowed to have such influence upon their 
 morals, it might be expected to flourish more 
 here under its peculiar advantages, so as to pro- 
 duce all the effects ascribed to it upon the Caledo- 
 nian heroes.
 
 PREFACE, xv 
 
 The rest of this preface is intended to answer 
 Doctor Samuel Johnson, and Mr. Malcolm Laing, 
 the Doctor's disciple, and one of the greatest 
 champions that ever started against the authenti- 
 city of Ossians poems. We must beg the indul- 
 gence of our readers, while we follow them both 
 through the mazes which they tread. To ascertain 
 such an important point in the history of litera- 
 ture, must be an object highly interesting to every 
 reader. 
 
 If the dispute betwixt James M'Pherson, Esq. 
 and Dr. Samuel Johnson, had been concerning 
 manuscripts brought from a distant or unknown 
 region, with which we had no intercourse; or con- 
 cerning a translation from the Asiatic or American 
 language, which scarce any body understood, 
 suspicions might naturally have arisen, and an au- 
 thor's assertion been anxiously and scrupulous- 
 ly weighed. But in the case of a literal trans- 
 lation, professed to be given of old traditionary 
 poems of our own country; of poems asserted to 
 be known in the original to many thousand inha- 
 bitants of Great Britain, and illustrated too by 
 many of their tales and current stories concerning 
 them, sueh extreme scepticism is altogether out of 
 place. For who would have been either so hardy, 
 or so stupid, as to attempt a fraud which could 
 not have failed of being immediately detected? 
 Either the author must have had the influence to 
 engage, as confederates in the fraud, all the natives
 
 xvi PREFACE. 
 
 of the Highlands and Islands, dispersed as they 
 are, throughout every corner of the British domi- 
 nions, or we should, before this time, have heard 
 their voice exclaiming — "These are not our poems, 
 nor what we were accustomed to hear from our 
 bards, or from our fathers." Such remonstrances 
 would, at least, have reached those who dwell in 
 a part of the country, which is adjacent to the 
 Highlands; and must have come loud to the ears 
 of such, especially, as were known to be promo- 
 ters of Mr. M'Pherson's undertaking. The si- 
 lence of a whole country, in this case, and of a 
 country, whose inhabitants are well known to be 
 attached, in a remarkable degree, to all their own 
 antiquities, is of as much weight as a thousand 
 positive testimonies. The Scots, in place of sup- 
 porting so ridiculous a claim, must have utterly 
 rejected it. 
 
 But as reasoning alone is not apt to make much 
 impression, where suspicions have been entertain- 
 ed concerning a matter of fact, it was thought 
 proper to have recourse to express testimonies. 
 The honourable Highland Society of Scotland 
 applied to several persons of credit and honour, 
 both gentlemen of fortune and clergymen, who 
 are natives of the Highlands and Islands of Scot- 
 land, and well acquainted with the language of 
 the country : some of these have had it in their 
 power to be more particular and explicit in their 
 testimonies than others. There is not, however,
 
 PREFACE. Mii 
 
 one person who insinuates the most remote 
 suspicion that Mr. Macpherson has either 
 forged or adulterated any one of the poems he 
 has published; but we beg to refer the reader to 
 the report of the committee of the Highland So- 
 ciety of Scotland, where a copy of the above gen- 
 tlemens' letters are inserted, with the affidavits of 
 others, for the perusal of the public. 
 
 With regard to the manner in which the origi- 
 nals of these poems have been preserved and trans- 
 mitted, which has been represented as mysterious 
 and inexplicable, we have the following plain but 
 satisfactory account: That until the present cen- 
 tury, almost every great family in the Highlands 
 had its bard, to whose office it belonged to be 
 master of all the poems of reputation in the coun- 
 try; that among these poems, the works of Ossian 
 are easily distinguished from those of later bards, 
 by several peculiarities in the stvle and manner; 
 that Ossian has always been reputed the Homer 
 of the Highlands, and all his compositions held 
 in singular esteem and veneration ; that it was 
 wont to be the great entertainment of the High- 
 landers, to pass the winter evenings in discoursing 
 of the times of Fingal, and rehearsing these, old 
 poems, of which they have been all along enthu- 
 siastically fond; that when assembled at their 
 festivals, or any public occasions, wagers were 
 often laid who could repeat most of them; and to 
 have store of them in their memories, was both
 
 xviii PREFACE. 
 
 an honourable and a profitable acquisition, as it 
 procured them access to the families of great 
 men : that with regard to their antiquity, they are 
 beyond all memory or tradition, in so much that 
 there is a phrase commonly used in the Highlands 
 to this daj% when they would express any thing 
 which is of the most remote or unknown antiqui- 
 ty, importing that it belongs to the age of Fingal. 
 
 Before mankind became acquainted with the 
 -art of writing, all the transactions, worthy of being 
 preserved, were couched in verse, which bards 
 repeated on solemn occasions, and sent from one 
 generation to another by oral tradition. We have 
 Cicero's authority (Tuscuhm Questions, L. IV. 
 No. 3 and 4), that at Roman festivities, anciently, 
 the virtues and exploits of their great men were 
 sung. And Ammianus Marcellinus (L. XV. c. 
 9) informs us, that they sung, in heroic verse, the 
 gallant actions of illustrious men. 
 
 When the use of letters became known, these 
 songs were undoubtedly the first compositions 
 upon which that valuable invention was employ- 
 ed ; for as they were the only repositories of the 
 laws, religious ceremonies, and memorable actions 
 of their fore-fathers, mankind would be naturally 
 solicitous to have them carefully collected and 
 preserved in writing. The same custom prevail- 
 ed in Peru and Mexico, as we learn from Garcil- 
 asso, and other authors. We are also told by 
 Father Gobien, that even the illiterate inhabitants
 
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 of the Marian Islands have bards, who are greatly- 
 admired, because in their songs are celebrated the 
 feats of their ancestors. There are traces of the 
 mme among the Apalachites in North America. 
 The first seal that a young Greenlander catches is 
 made a feast for the family and neighbours. The 
 young champion, during the repast, descants up- 
 on his address in catching the animal; the guests 
 admire his dexterity, and extol the flavour of the 
 treat. Their only music, which is a sort of drum, 
 accompanies a song in praise of seal-catching; in 
 praise of their ancestors; or in welcoming the 
 sun's return to them. Take the following ex- 
 ample: 
 
 " The welcome sun returns again., 
 Ainna-ajah, ajah, ah-hu! 
 And brings us weather fine and fair, 
 Amna-ajah, ajah, ah-hu!" 
 
 The names of so many credible witnesses, silenced, 
 for a lime, the enemies of Ossian; till Dr. John 
 son's Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland 
 renewed the dispute, and set again all the scrib- 
 blers in an uproar. This learned sage aspersed, 
 not only the translator, but likewise his country- 
 men, with every illiberal taunt that envy and ma- 
 lice could invent. We shall leave to the memory 
 of the Dr. the satisfaction arising from the ap- 
 plause of his admirers, and proceed to examine 
 his arguments. The hostile spirit with which he 
 set forward in his inquiries i- 1 well known: be
 
 xx FHEFACE. 
 
 knew nothing of the language or the people ; his 
 researches were confined to the inns where he 
 put up, or to the families where he visited, most 
 of whom were habituated to English manners 
 and customs. Were any foreigner, distrustful of 
 the works of our great bards being genuine, to 
 proceed along the great roads of England, and 
 endeavour to procure attestations to the au- 
 thenticity of Paradise Lost, or Shakespeare's 
 plays, at every inn where he alighted, we are 
 afraid he, as well as Dr. Johnson, would retain 
 his doubts at the end of his journey. 
 
 Our adversary introduces the debate with ac- 
 quainting us that he made particular inquiry in 
 the islands, "and was informed by a gentleman, 
 who is generally acknowledged the greatest mas- 
 ter of Hebridian antiquities, that there have indeed 
 once been Bards and Seanachies ; and that Seana- 
 chie signified the man of talk, or of conversation ; 
 but that neither Bard nor Seanachie had existed 
 for some centuries." On this information, and 
 the notion that the Gaelic language was an un- 
 written language, Dr. Johnson chiefly grounds 
 his disbelief of the works of Ossian : but we do 
 not despair of producing reasons that will con- 
 vince the reader of the falsity of both. 
 
 As Dr. Johnson conceals the name of this 
 boasted antiquarian, the whole weight of the as- 
 sertion rests upon his word. Now, what degree 
 of credit is due to that, will be seen hereafter;
 
 PREFACE. xxi 
 
 but we can prove that bards, of distinguished 
 abilities were, and are, still in existence in the 
 Highlands; for the satisfaction of our readers, 
 we shall insert a few of their names. Duncan 
 M'Inlyre, of Glenorchy, Argyleshire, author of 
 that immortal poem, entitled Bein- Domain, with 
 many other songs of extraordinary merit, which 
 are a great acquisition to the Celtic language, 
 died only within these six years. Mr. William 
 Ross, of Ross-shire, died only a few years ago, 
 in the prime of life; some of his productions are 
 still extant, as a memorial of his ingenuity and 
 taste, highly deserving to be enrolled in the annals 
 of history, as an ornament to succeeding ages. 
 Robert M*Kay, commonly called Rob Domi, of 
 Lord Reays country, died about thirty years ago, 
 whose works are an honour to the republic of 
 ietters. Kenneth M'Kenzie, of Inverness-shire, 
 nothing inferior to those named above, is still alive. 
 John Murray, Esq. writer, late of London, now 
 residing at Ardfreck, Isle of Skye, if suitable en- 
 couragement was afforded him, is capable of com- 
 posing poetry in Gaelic, Latin, and English, 
 that would not disgrace the genius of a Milton or 
 a Shakespeare. Several more might be adduced 
 in the Highlands and Isles, who, if they met with 
 encouragement, would not be inferior to any fo- 
 reign poets. 
 
 Having, by way of preamble, observed this 
 much wiih regard to the bards and compositions 

 
 xxii PREFACE. 
 
 of the Highlanders, we shall proceed to the rest 
 of Dr. Johnson's arguments, and taking para- 
 graph by paragraph, answer the most important 
 of them with as much precision as the crowded 
 and confused manner in which he has arranged 
 them will admit. 
 
 " Of the Gaelic language," says he, " as I un- 
 derstood nothing, I cannot say more than I have 
 been told; it is the rude speech of a barbarous 
 people, who had few thoughts to express, and 
 were content, as they conceived grossly, to be 
 grossly understood." 
 
 Though the Dr. at the first setting out, confes- 
 ses his ignorance of the Gaelic; yet this da- 
 ring self-sufficient man, in the same breath, pro- 
 nounces it the rude speech of a barbarous people * ; 
 but as he brings no authority to support him, let 
 us adhere to the accounts of persons that are bet- 
 ter versed in the language, and who assure us that 
 the numerous flections of consonants, and varia- 
 tion in declension, make it very copious f. 
 
 * Notwithstanding the Greeks, and after them the Romans, had the 
 vanity to call all other nations barbarians, it must appear very ridicu- 
 lous, in a man of Dr. Johnson's knowledge, to stigmatize, with that ap- 
 pellation, the undoubted remains of the Celts, a celebrated people, who 
 once possessed all the kingdoms, from the pillars of Hercules, to the 
 banks of the Vistula, and from the Hellespont, to the shores of the 
 Baltic. With respect to the Highlanders, we boldly assert the impu- 
 tation to be injurious and false: the short account given of their man- 
 ners, from Sir John Dalrymple's Memoirs, at the end of the third 
 book, shows them to be as much civilized as any of their neighbours. 
 
 + See the Dissertation concerning the Era of Ossian.
 
 PREFACE. xxiii 
 
 Martin, who was a native of Skye, and wrote 
 in the last century, mentions several ancient ma- 
 nuscripts in the characters of the country, which 
 he himself met with: Avicenna, Averroes, Joan- 
 nes-de-vigo, Bernardus Gordonus, and several vo- 
 lumes of Hippocrates, in the possession of Fergus 
 Beaton, in the island of South-Uist ; he takes no- 
 tice of having seen the Life of Saint Columba, at 
 Mr. John M'Neils, in the isle of Barra, and ano- 
 ther copy of the same at Mr. M'Donald's of Ben- 
 bee u la. 
 
 For a proof of what he relates, concerning the 
 quarrel, or battle at sea, between John, earl of 
 Hoss, and Eneas, his son, he cites the manuscript 
 of Macvurich, and Hugh M'Donald, two ancient 
 genealogists. Gilbert Murray, who lived in the 
 twelfth century, is said to have translated the 
 Psalms and Gospel into the Irish language, or 
 Scots Gaelic. — See the Description of Caithness y 
 by the Reverend Alexander Pope, minister of 
 Reay, in Mr. Pennant's tour in Scotland, in 
 1769*. 
 
 * Besides the above authorities, we see others in the attestations, par- 
 ticularly that of Lachlan M'Pherson, Esq. of Strathmashie, who accom- 
 panied Mr. M'Pherson, in 1760, through a part of the Highlands, 
 when in search of the poems of Ossian, positively declares, that among 
 the manuscripts he saw at that time, in his possession, there was one of 
 as old a date as the year 1410. This, alone, is sufficient to confute 
 the Dr whose argument is grounded on hearsay, which without any 
 evidence, in matters of fact, avails little, especially when an eye-witness 
 publicly sets his name to what he avers.
 
 xxiv PREFACE. 
 
 But had we no authorities to allege on this 
 occasion, reason alone would furnish arguments 
 sufficient to prove that the Gaelic has been a writ- 
 ten language for ages. The use of letters, where- 
 ever it was not known before, always accompanied 
 the introduction of the Christian religion: now we 
 are certain that the Highlanders, and inhabitants 
 of the western isles of Scotland, were converted 
 to the faith in the sixth century, since which time 
 they must have been acquainted with the art of 
 writing; that they should not, we must suppose 
 their pastors, and the several communities of reli- 
 gious people, who, for a thousand years, subsisted 
 among them, were either ignorant of, or never en- 
 deavoured to adapt to letters, their native lan- 
 guage. This hypothesis outrages probability, 
 and has not a parallel in the annals of mankind, 
 Besides, as the Dr. himself allows the Irish to be 
 a cultivated tongue, we cannot conceive how he 
 can refuse some degree of improvement to the 
 Gaelic, since it is a dialect of the same language, 
 and there has been always an intimate and con- 
 stant intercourse between the nations. 
 
 No person can imagine that the He]>rew teemed 
 with books when Moses wrote, and yet the two 
 songs that go in that lawgivers name, are in the 
 highest strain of poetry. The same may be said 
 of Homer; though the Greek, in his time, was. in 
 its infancy, his productions have never yet b$en 
 equalled by the greatest geniuses of the most re
 
 PREFACE. Xi» 
 
 lined and polished ages. Ossian, like Homer, 
 lived in an early period. As music and songs of 
 bards, were the favourite amusement of his coun- 
 trymen, as well as of all the Celtic nations, the 
 language has been sufficiently polished for poe- 
 tical compositions; yet not so much so, as to 
 render it quite effeminate, like most of our 
 modern tongues, which are so full of abstract 
 terms, that no poet of our days rises to that unaf- 
 fected strength of expression, so remarkable in 
 the compositions of primitive times. Of these, the 
 old scriptures, Homer, and Ossian, will remain 
 the patterns of style and sublimity to every suc- 
 ceeding generation. 
 
 " In an unwritten speech, nothing that is not 
 very short, is transmitted from one generation to 
 another. Few have opportunities of hearing a 
 long composition often enough to learn it, or have 
 inclination to repeat it so often as is necessary to 
 retain it, and what is once forgotten is lost for ever. 
 I believe there cannot be recovered, in the whole 
 Erse language, five hundred lines of which there 
 is an evidence to prove them an hundred years 
 old. Yet I hear the father of Ossian boasts of tw«; 
 chests of ancient poetry, which he suppressed, 
 because they are too good for the English. He 
 that goes into the Highlands, with a mind naturally 
 acquiescent, and a credulity eager, for wonders, 
 may come back with an opinion very different 
 from me; for the inhabitants, knowing the igno-
 
 xs.vi PREFACE. 
 
 ranee of all strangers in their language and anti- 
 quities, perhaps are not scrupulous adherents to 
 truth; yet I do not say they deliberately speak 
 studied falsehood, or have a settled purpose to 
 deceive. They have enquired and considered 
 little, and do not always feel their ignorance. 
 They are not much accustomed to he interrogat- 
 ed by others, and seem never to have thought 
 upon interrogating themselves; so that if they do 
 not know what they tell to be true, they likely do 
 not perceive it to be false." 
 
 We have already shown that the transactions of 
 all nations, before the introduction of letters, were 
 couched in verse, and handed down to posterity by 
 persons who made it their sole study to learn these 
 compositions themselves, and teach them to others. 
 This was the first origin of poetry : hence the 
 Greeks or Rhapsodists, of whom Homer was one; 
 hence the Scalds or Scalders of Scandinavia; 
 hence the Eubages or Bardi of Gaul; hence the 
 Seanachies or Ferdan of the Irish and Scotch. 
 The great number that lived by this profession, 
 whose sole time was then taken up in repeating 
 them in public and teaching them to others, made 
 them not only .masters of the longest compositions, 
 but rendered it impossible that any worth preser- 
 ving should be lost. 
 
 That some of these songs were of considerable 
 
 length, we may judge by what Tacitus relates of 
 
 Germans, whose whole history, he says, was
 
 PREFACE. xxvti 
 
 recorded in ancient poems delivered down by oral 
 tradition. We are assured that Garcilasso com- 
 posed the History of Peru from the songs which 
 his mother, a princess descended from the Incas, 
 had taught him in his youth. Now, poems could 
 not be very short that contained all the actions of 
 a warlike people, or from which the materials of 
 a history could be collected. 
 
 A6 to the orthography of theGaelic, the bigotted 
 sage knew nothing about it; but allowing it even 
 to be in the unsettled state that he represents, we 
 see no advantageous consequence he can draw 
 from thence, since a language may arrive at no 
 small degree of perfection, and be unsettled in its 
 orthography. Witness the English, which, not- 
 withstanding the number of dictionaries that have 
 been compiled to fix its orthography, has still many 
 words that are spelled according to the caprice 
 and whim of writers. What the Dr. advances, 
 that there is not, in the Gaelic language, iive 
 hundred lines in which there is an evidence to 
 prove them a hundred years old, is equally erro- 
 neous and absurd — as false as malicious: besides 
 the works of Ossian, whose authenticity is attested 
 by so many credible witnesses, and antiquity 
 undeniable, there are many compositions in the 
 Gaelic language, which might be proved much 
 older than the term he speaks of. Had Dr. 
 Johnson any candour, he would have preferred 
 these reasons, to uncertain hearsay.
 
 sxviii PREFACE. 
 
 By -what the Dr. states, it evidently appears 
 that many gave him very different accounts from 
 those he has delivered to the public. But the Dr. 
 hated the Scotch ; accordingly, his journey among 
 them was not to give a fair and impartial account 
 of the people and their manners, but only to vilify 
 the nation in general ; to contradict, in particular, 
 all that had been advanced with regard to the 
 poems published by Mr. M'Pherson. But though, 
 in a strain of insolent pedantry, he upbraids them 
 with ignorance, yet he is not quite so abandoned 
 as to charge them with any open breach of sin- 
 cerity: therefore, truth sometimes broke from him 
 by surprise. 
 
 " I suppose my opinion of the poems of Ossian 
 is already discovered ; 1 believe they never existed 
 in any other form than that which we have seen. 
 The editor, or author, never could show the 
 original, nor can it be shown by any other; to 
 revenge reasonable incredulity, by refusing evi- 
 dence, is a degree of insolence with which the 
 world is not yet acquainted; and stubborn au- 
 dacity is the last refuge of guilt. It would be 
 easy to show it if he had it; but where could it be 
 had; it is too long to be remembered, and the 
 language formerly had nothing written. He has 
 doubtless inserted names that circulate in popular 
 stories, 2nd may have translated some wandering 
 ballads, if any can be found; and the names, ami 
 some of the images, being recollected, make an
 
 PREFACE. xxix 
 
 inaccurate auditor imagine, by the help of Cale- 
 donian bigotry, that he has formerly heard the 
 whole." 
 
 That the editor could never show the original, 
 is asserted directly in the face of facts. Mr. 
 M'Pherson, even before the translation made its 
 appearance, published proposals for printing, by 
 subscription, the originals; but finding no encou- 
 ragement, he contented himself with leaving a 
 copy of the archetype some months in the book- 
 seller's shop, for the inspection of the public; and 
 when Temora came out, the original of the seventh 
 book was given as a specimen of the Gaelic lan- 
 guage. We cannot devise what other methods, 
 than these mentioned, the editor could have pos- 
 sibly taken, to convince the public, in general, of 
 the authenticity of the poems. 
 
 As for the editor passing his own compositions 
 for ancient poems, by inserting names that circu- 
 late in ancient stories and wandering ballads; the 
 impossibility of such a fraud appears, by the pains 
 taken to compare Mr. M'Pherson's version with 
 the original songs still remembered by many of the 
 natives, as well as with written copies to be found 
 in the hands of some gentlemen of taste and learn- 
 ing. Upon the nearest examinations, the transla- 
 tions were allowed to be amazingly literal, even so 
 much so, as often to preserve the cadence of the 
 Gaelic versification*. 
 
 * This, Mr. Becket has sclercn!v aroweU in the public papers. 
 E
 
 *» PREFACE. 
 
 " It is said, that some men of integrity profess 
 to have heard parts of it; but they heard them 
 when they were hoys, and it was never said that, 
 any of them could recite six lines. They remem- 
 ber names, and perhaps some proverbial senti- 
 ments, and having- no distinct ideas, coin a resem- 
 blance without an original. The persuasion of 
 the Scots, however, is far from being universal: 
 and in a question so cnpable of proof, why should 
 doubt be suffered to continue. The editor has 
 been heard to say, that part of the poem has been 
 received by him in the Saxon character: he has 
 then found, by some peculiar fortune, an unwrit- 
 ten language, written in a character which the na- 
 tives probably never beheld." 
 
 The first part of this argument has been already 
 proved false, by many credible witnesses of the 
 first respectability: as for Mr. M'Pherson to hold 
 forth, that part of the poem has been received by 
 him in the Saxon character, it was no "peculiar 
 fortune;" therearea considerable number of Gaelic- 
 Bibles, at this day, printed in the Saxon character, 
 throughout the Highlands. The Editors of these 
 sheets have one of them ; these characters are still 
 extant in writing, much more so at the period that 
 Mr. M'Pherson compiled his edition of the poems 
 of Ossian. 
 
 Sir James Ware (in the Antiquities of Ireland, 
 c. iii.) informs us, that the Saxons, having no al- 
 phabet of their own, borrowed the old British
 
 PREFACE. xxxi' 
 
 letters from the Irish, when, after their conversion, 
 they flocked to that kingdom for education. 
 Camden, p. 1318, inclines to the same opinion. 
 What seems to put it beyond a doubt is, that the 
 Saxon character is similar m Scotland at this day. 
 The Dr. therefore, discovers his ignorance in up- 
 braiding Mr. M'Pherson with finding an unwrit- 
 ten language, which the natives never beheld, since 
 it was the common one they were acquainted with. 
 
 " 1 have yet supposed no imposture but in the 
 publisher, yet am far from certainty, that some 
 translations have not been lately made that may 
 now be obtruded as parts of the original work. 
 Credulity on one part is a strong temptation to 
 deceit on the other, especially to deceit of which 
 no personal injury is the consequence, and which 
 flatters the author with his own ingenuity. The 
 Scots have something to plead for their easy re- 
 ception of an improbable fiction ; they are seduced 
 by their fondness for their supposed ancestors. A 
 Scotchman must be a very sturdy moralist, who 
 does not love Scotland better than truth; he will 
 always love itbetter than inquiry; and if falsehood 
 flatters his vanity, will not be very diligent to detect 
 it. To be ignorant is painful ; but it is dangerous 
 to quiet our uneasiness by the delusive opiate of 
 hasty credulity." 
 
 Dr. Johnson, after every attempt to overthrow 
 i he authenticity of Ossian, here maliciously en- 
 deavours to invalidate whatever may hereafter be-
 
 jcxxii PREFACE. 
 
 produced in his favour. But the supposition that 
 some have been employed in making a Gaelic 
 version, to obtrudeupon the public for the original, 
 is as groundless as it is invidious. Though Dr. 
 Johnson is ignorant of the Gaelic language, all in 
 the kingdom are not. W. Cambrensis, already 
 quoted, professes to know enough to detect any 
 forgery that might be attempted. The same gen- 
 tleman declares, he had both seen and heard the 
 poems sung, long before he saw the form in which 
 they were given by Mr. Becket. 
 
 The acquaintance of the Irish with these poems, 
 puts their authenticity beyond a doubt, and des- 
 troys at once the extravagant notion that the 
 Lowlanders, as well as Highlanders, from a love 
 to their country's supposed ancestors, have combin- 
 ed to palm the grossest forgeries upon the learned 
 world. It could only be one of Dr. Johnson's dispo- 
 sition, who has stuck at nothing to satisfy his pri- 
 vate antipathy, who could have had the temerity to 
 accuse them of a thing so evidently impracticable 
 and absurd. But, however such wanton attacks 
 upon the character of a wise and respectable 
 nation, may please the malignant spirit of some; 
 yet they will never, with the better part, gain him 
 any credit, either as a philosopher or a man. 
 
 " But this is the age in which those who could 
 not read have been supposed to write; in which 
 the giants of antiquated romance have been ex- 
 hibited as realities. If we know little of the
 
 % 
 
 PREFACE. xxxiii 
 
 ancient Highlanders, let us not fill the vacuity with 
 Ossian. If we have not searched the Magellanic 
 regions, let us, however, forbear to people them 
 with Patagons." 
 
 Dr. Samuel Johnson was the first, and will 
 probably be the last, that travelled in search of 
 records which he could not read, and criticised a 
 language of which he never understood a syllable. 
 However, we are confident that the public iu ge- 
 neral are too impartial to allow themselves to be 
 deceived by the misrepresentations of one who 
 was too ungenerous to judge with candour, and 
 too ignorant to discover a fraud, if any such had 
 been intended. The absurdity is so gross, that 
 the public are forced, however reluctantly, to be- 
 lieve that these poems are not fictitious, but in 
 reality an emblem of the customs and manners of 
 the Caledonians at that period, 
 
 DiodorusSiculus (lib. v.) reports of the Celtic, 
 that, though warlike, they were upright in their 
 dealings, and far removed from deceit and du- 
 plicity. Caesar says (De Bello Africo), the Gauls 
 are of an open temper, not at all insidious ; and in 
 fight they rely on valour, not on stratagem; and 
 though cruel to their enemies, yet Pomponius 
 Mela (lib. iii.) observes, that they were kind and 
 compassionate to the supplicant and unfortunate. 
 Strabo describes the Gauls (lib. iv.) as studious of 
 war, and of great alacrity in fighting; otherwise, 
 an innocent people, altogether void of malignity.
 
 Hesays that they bad three orders of men — Bards, 
 Priests, and Druids: that the province of the 
 Bards was to study poetry, and to compose songs 
 in praise of their deceased heroes ; that the Priests 
 presided over divine worship ; and that the Druids, 
 besides studying moral and natural philosophy, 
 determined all controversies, and had some direc- 
 tion even in war. Caesar, less attentive to civil 
 matters, comprehends these three orders under 
 the name of Druid ; and observes, that the Druids 
 teach their disciples a vast number of verses, which 
 they must get by heart. The Celts (says Elian, 
 Tar. Hist.) are the most enterprising of men: they 
 make those warriors, who die bravely in fight, the 
 subject of songs. And Diodorus Siculus, already 
 quoted, informs us, that the Gauls had poets 
 termed Bards, who sung airs, accompanied with 
 the harp, in praise of some and dispraise of others. 
 Of this, if reason and authentic history are to be 
 relief on, we can entertain no doubt, but the 
 nnersofthe Gallic, and British Celtic, including 
 the Caledonians, were such as are above related; 
 and as the manners ascribed by Ossian to his 
 count rvmen are in everv particular conformable to 
 those now mentioned, it clearly follows, that he 
 was no inventor, but drew his pictures of manners 
 from real life. This is proved from the same in- 
 trinsic evidence as has been urged above; and 
 now, by authentic history so much heightened, as 
 nut to leave the least room for a doubt.
 
 PREFACE: 
 
 It would be an insult to the* -press, as well as 
 abusing I lie patience of our readers, to insert here 
 •lithe babbiing and vain arguments that Dr. John- 
 son held forth to support his vulgar opinion- 
 Having; thus far answered his remarks, regarding 
 the poems of Ossian, and the character that he 
 imputed to the Scottish nation in general, we shall 
 give a few hints, relating to his tour and conduct 
 during his travels. 
 
 Dr. Johnson, who probably had never tra- 
 velled farther than from Litchfield to Loudon, 
 would naturally be astonished at every thing 
 he saw, and would dwell upon every common 
 occurrence as a wonder. He was received 
 with the most flattering marks of civility by every 
 one, and his name had opened to him an acrjuaint- 
 ance, which his most sanguine wishes could 
 scarce have hoped for, but which his maim 
 certainly would never have obtained. He was 
 almost carried about for a show. Every one de- 
 sired to have a peep at this phenomenon; and 
 those who were so happy as to be in his company, 
 were silent the moment he spoke, lest they should 
 interrupt him, and lose any of the good things he 
 was going to say. But the Dr. who never said 
 any thing that did not convey some gross reflc^ 
 tion upon themselves, soon made them sick of 
 jokes at their own expenee. A man of illib< 
 manners, and surly disposition, who all his life 
 lonur had beta at enmitv with the Scoten, takes a
 
 MMfti PREFACE. 
 
 sudden resolution of travelling amongst them; 
 not, according to his own account, " to find a 
 people of liberal and refined education, but to see 
 wild men and wild manners." Confined to one 
 place, and accustomed to one train of ideas, inca- 
 pable of acquiescing in all the different tempers he 
 might meet with, and mingling with different so- 
 cieties, he descends from his study, where he had 
 spent his whole life, to see the world in the High- 
 lands and Western Isles of Scotland. Behold 
 this extraordinary man on his journey, in quest of 
 barbarism! and at length sitting down, wearied, 
 and discontented, because he has met with some 
 degree of civility in the most desert parts; or, to 
 speak more properly, I ecause he has found nothing 
 more barbarous than himself. 
 
 One cannot, therefore, be surprised at his obser- 
 ving, that ** the windows in some of the little 
 hovels in Scotland, do not draw up, as his own 
 do in London, or that such a spot of ground does 
 not produce grass, but is fertile in thistles." He 
 found himself in a new world; his sensations 
 were those of a child just brought forth into day- 
 light, whose organs are confused with the nume- 
 rous objects that surround him, and who disco- 
 vers his surprise at every thing he sees. A petty 
 and frivolous detail of trifling circumstances are 
 the certain signs of ignorance and inexperience. 
 
 In regard, however, to facts, to conversation, 
 and to affairs of literature, one might reasonably
 
 PREFACE. xxxvii 
 
 have expected from the Dr. more candour and 
 more veracity. But, here again we are disap- 
 pointed ; he has his own maxims, and he never 
 moves from them. He has taken a resolution not 
 to believe Fingal to be the work of Ossian, but an 
 imposition on the public by Mr. M'Pherson ; and, 
 after various observations, almost unintelligible, 
 from the language they are conveyed in, he is so 
 kind as to conclude they are forgeries. Now, what 
 degree of attention ought one to pay to a man who 
 can misrepresent facts so grossly, and pervert 
 them to his own purposes. " A Scotchman," Dr. 
 Johnson says, " must be a very sturdy moralist, 
 who does not love Scotland better than truth." 
 But what country, or what attachment, is it that 
 makes the Dr. himself regard truth so little? 
 
 On many other subjects his observations are 
 equally ingenious, novel, and entertaining. In 
 spite of the many able men this country has pro- 
 duced, and whose works are an honour to every 
 department of science, the Dr. finds out the Scotch 
 are no scholars, but that they possess a middle 
 state betwixt profound learning and profound ig- 
 norance. Thus you see how we have been hither- 
 to imposed upon. Some people have thought 
 that Dr. Robertson, Mr. Hume, Dr. Beattie, Dr. 
 Blair, and Dr. Smith, were ingenious men: but 
 quite the contrary; they are only a few degrees 
 above profound ignorance. Suppose one should 
 ask, at what line of this literary barometer the 
 
 F 
 
 191
 
 xxvviu PREFACE. 
 
 Dr. places himself; whether it is at profound 
 knowledge, at perfection itself, or whether he is 
 contented with being only a little degree above 
 Dr. Beattie? How much is the world obliged to 
 Dr. Johnson for rectifying the wrong opinion 
 entertained of the Scotch nation? They have, 
 however, one consolation in all this dearth of 
 learning—that they have no pedantry; that they 
 never brandish their knowledge in your face; that 
 they seek for no distinction in words, nor prido, 
 themselves in phrases; that they are not fond of 
 these pompous descriptions, which " amaze the 
 unlearned, and make the learned smile;" happy in 
 giving no offence, but anxious to convince Dr. 
 Johnson and his disciples of their error, and to 
 convert them to the path of truth. 
 
 Truth will always stand on its own solid basis ; 
 and we are sensible that a candid and discerning 
 public will* not be misled by any thing which may 
 drop from the pen of the prejudiced, however in- 
 temperate their zeal, or respectable their abilities 
 may be. All that we solicit, in the present case, 
 is an unbiassed attention to the plain and una- 
 dorned facts which we have presumed to lav 
 before them. Indeed, we flatter ourselves, though 
 we have no such pretensions to literature as the 
 Dr. that truth from us will not, on that account, 
 meet with a less favourable reception. 
 
 The invention of letters, like most other human 
 discoveries, was probably accidental. The He-
 
 PREFACE. xxxix 
 
 verend Edward Bavies, curate of 01 veston, Glou- 
 cestershire, in his Celtic Researches, a work lately 
 published, thinks it arose originally from symbols, 
 and tells us, the old Welch and Irish letters are 
 named from different trees*. Though he is of 
 opinion the Druids were in possession of this 
 knowledge from the remotest antiquity, he never- 
 theless makes it appear that they were not the 
 original inventors, but merely religious observers 
 of the system. It is remarkable that the names of 
 xnauy letters in the Hebrew, Greek, and Irish al- 
 phabets, are nearly allied. This resemblance de- 
 monstrates their descent from one original parent 
 language; which similarity in the names, as well 
 as in formation of letters, cannot be attributed to 
 mere chance. Take for instance the following 
 words: — 
 
 Hebreic. 
 
 Greek, 
 
 Irish. 
 
 Aleph 
 
 Alpha 
 
 Ailim 
 
 Beth 
 
 Beta 
 
 Beith 
 
 Heth 
 
 Eta 
 
 Eadha 
 
 .lod 
 
 .Iota 
 
 Jodha 
 
 :\nn 
 
 Nun 
 
 Nion 
 
 Kesh 
 
 Ro 
 
 Ruis, &c 
 
 Also, that the Celtic, Sanscrit, and Roman 
 languages, bear the strongest marks of affinity, is 
 self-evident. To give this argument its full weight, 
 we shall here add a short synopsis of the Celtic, 
 Saner it, anil Roman languages. 
 
 Sec his ingenious conjectures on this subject, sect. viii. page ?8f>
 
 xl 
 
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 
 Celtic. 
 
 Sanscrit, 
 
 Roman. 
 
 English. 
 
 Dia 
 
 Deva 
 
 Deus 
 
 God 
 
 Aran 
 
 Aram 
 
 Aratutn 
 
 Cultivated land 
 
 Mathair 
 
 Matara 
 
 Mater 
 
 A mother 
 
 Brat hair 
 
 Bhratara 
 
 Frater 
 
 A brother 
 
 Faidh 
 
 Vaidi 
 
 Vates 
 
 A prophet 
 
 Tir 
 
 Dhara 
 
 Terrra 
 
 Land 
 
 Uim 
 
 Bhumi 
 
 Humus 
 
 Ground 
 
 Sacaird 
 
 Sacradas 
 
 ; Sacerdos 
 
 A priest 
 
 Dorus 
 
 Dwara 
 
 Fores 
 
 A door 
 
 Maothadh 
 
 Matta 
 
 Madidus 
 
 Wet, drunk 
 
 Maighne 
 
 Maha 
 
 Magnus 
 
 Great 
 
 Gien 
 
 Janu 
 
 Genu 
 
 The knee 
 
 Mios 
 
 Mas 
 
 Mensis 
 
 A month 
 
 Riogh 
 
 Raja 
 
 Rex 
 
 A king 
 
 Naoi 
 
 Nav 
 
 Navis 
 
 A ship 
 
 Cladb, 
 
 Cladha 
 
 Clades 
 
 A calamity 
 
 Diu 
 
 Divos 
 
 Dies 
 
 A day 
 
 Son 
 
 Swana 
 
 Sonus 
 
 Sound 
 
 Stadh 
 
 Sthan 
 
 Statio 
 
 A station 
 
 Bim 
 
 Bhim 
 
 Timor 
 
 Fear 
 
 Peann 
 
 Parna 
 
 Penna 
 
 A pen 
 
 Meadhon 
 
 Madhya 
 
 Medium 
 
 The middle 
 
 Roth 
 
 Rath a 
 
 Rota 
 
 A wheel 
 
 Fem Bhean Vamini 
 
 Faemina 
 
 A woman 
 
 Fear, Fir 
 
 Vir 
 
 Vir 
 
 A man 
 
 Falla 
 
 Vala 
 
 Valor 
 
 Strength 
 
 Rud 
 
 Rai 
 
 Res 
 
 A thing 
 
 Mein 
 
 Mana 
 
 Mens 
 
 The mind 
 
 Nuadh 
 
 Nav a 
 
 Nov us 
 
 New 
 
 Stabul 
 
 Sthir 
 
 Stabilis 
 
 Stable 
 
 Ruadh 
 
 Rudhir 
 
 Rubir 
 
 Red 
 
 Loc 
 
 Loca 
 
 Locus 
 
 A hollow 
 
 Lubhd 
 
 Lubhda Lubido 
 
 Lust 
 
 Tu 
 
 Twau 
 
 Tu 
 
 Thou 
 
 Ceal 
 
 Ceal as 
 
 Ccelum 
 
 Heaven 
 
 San-Scri- 
 
 ■ SanskritaSanetum- 
 
 Holy writ 
 
 obhte 
 
 
 scriptum 

 
 Celtic. 
 
 Sanscrit. 
 
 Aon 
 
 Ec 
 
 Da 
 
 Dwau 
 
 Tri 
 
 Traya 
 
 Ceithir 
 
 Chator 
 
 Coig 
 
 Pancha 
 
 Sia 
 
 Shat 
 
 Seachd 
 
 Sapta 
 
 Ocht 
 
 Ashta 
 
 Nai 
 
 Nova 
 
 Oeich 
 
 Dasa 
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 
 Roman. 
 
 IZnglis 
 
 Unite 
 
 One 
 
 Duo 
 
 I WO 
 
 Ties 
 
 Three 
 
 Qua 
 
 Four 
 
 Quinquc 
 
 Five 
 
 Sex 
 
 Six 
 
 Septem 
 
 Seven 
 
 Octo 
 
 Eight 
 
 Novem 
 
 Nine 
 
 Decern 
 
 Ten* 
 
 xli 
 
 The courteous reader will be pleased to observe, 
 that the above Celtic words are spelled and pro- 
 nounced after the Irish orthography. 
 
 The Phoenicians, if we credit fame, were the 
 first who attempted to give stability to words, by 
 marking them with rude characters Pliny (lib, 
 S. cap. J 2. also lib. 7. cap. 56.) is very full to 
 the above purpose. It is in the next place neces- 
 sary to compare these alphabets. 
 
 The Phoenician, or (which is the same thing) 
 the Hebrew or Chaldaic letters, are, Aleph, Beth, 
 Gimel, Daleth, He, Vau, Dsain, Cheth, Teth, 
 Tod, Caph, Lamech, Mem, Nun, Samech, Ain, 
 Pe, Tsade, Koph, Resh^Shin, Tau, in all twenty- 
 two. The Greek letters introduced by Cadmus, 
 are, Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, Jota, 
 Kappa, Lambda, Mu, Nu, Omikron, Pi, Ro, 
 Sigma, Tau, Ypsilon, in all sixteen. To these, 
 Palamcdes, about the time of the Trojan war, 
 
 * See the Dissertation of Mr. Huddleston, of Lunan, on the antiqui- 
 ty of the use of letters among the Celts, p. 381.
 
 xiii PREFACE. 
 
 added, Xi, Theta, Phi, Chi; and Simonides af- 
 terwards added, Zeta, Eta, Psi, Omega. From 
 the correspondence of the names of the Greek 
 letters to those of the Hebrew, it is clear the former 
 were derived from the latter. The plenitude of 
 the Roman alphabet, as well as the name of the 
 letters, being omitted, and the form or figure only 
 retained, is a clear argument that it is much more 
 modern than either of the preceding. The Irish 
 alphabet is, A, B, C, J), E, F, G, I, L, M, N, O, 
 P, R, S, T, U, in all seventeen. Though H has 
 latterly crept into the language, it was originally, 
 as among the Greeks, an aspirate, and marked by 
 a dote above the line. It is initial in no Celtic 
 word, and merely used as an euphonic, or in com- 
 bination with some other letter, as a substitute to 
 supply the place of some letter wanting in the 
 Irish alphabet. The Irish alphabet contains many 
 genuine marks of remote antiquity, which deserve 
 minute consideration. 
 
 Its name, viz. Beth-luisNion, an Oghum; i. e. 
 " the alphabet of Ogum." See Toland, p. 82, 83, 
 84, &c. This word is sometimes written Ogam 
 and Ogma. Lucian (see Toland's quotation, p. 
 81 and 82) gives a very particular account of 
 Ogum or Ogma, which he latinizes Ogmius. 
 
 This name is no idle fiction or whim of the 
 Sards or Seanachies, as poor Pinkerton imagines. 
 Lucian, who wrote about three centuries before 
 St. Patrick's arrival, calls it phone te epichorio;
 
 PREFACE. x'.iii 
 
 i. e. a word of the country, a Gaelic word. The 
 antiquity of the word Ogum, and that it was Celtic, 
 is thus established as early as the middle of the 
 second century. The title of the Irish alphabet is 
 therefore no fiction subsequent to the arrival of 
 St. Patrick. 
 
 Its arrangement, viz. B, L, N, &c. is another 
 mark of its antiquity, for we all know that the ar- 
 rangement of the Roman alphabet is quite diffe- 
 rent. When St. Patrick had introduced the 
 Roman language and letters, the Roman arrange- 
 ment of the alphabet prevailed, and this was the 
 only alteration the Irish alphabet underwent. 
 
 The names of the Irish letters, viz. Ailm, an elm ; 
 Beth, a birch ; Coll, a hazle ; Vuir, an oak ; Bad- 
 ha, an aspen-tree; Fearn, an alder-tree; Govt, an 
 ivy-tree; Jodha, a yew-tree; Luis, a quicken-tree; 
 37?/m, a vine; Nuin, an ash; Oir, a s pin die- tree ; 
 Pietk-Bhog, not translated by the Irish gramma- 
 rians. Teine, not translated ; U, heath; Uath (the 
 aspirate h) a white thorn-tree. Of these letter*, 
 Jidh, Jodha, Mitin, and Nuin, bear a marked af- 
 finity to the Hebrew — Beth, Jod, Mem, and Nun. 
 as well as to the Greek — Beta, Jota, Mn, and 
 Nu. The idea is so original, that this alphabet is 
 considered as a wood, and the letters as trees, 
 that the Irish could not possibly have borrowed it 
 from any nation in the world. Another mark of 
 antiquity is, that the meaning of Pieth-Bhog-Snil 
 and Teine are not known, and tliev are conse-
 
 xliT PREFACE, 
 
 quently left untranslated by the Irish grammarians. 
 Had this alphabet been a modern fabrication, 
 there could have been no difficulty in assigning a 
 signification to these, as well as to the rest. It 
 also possesses this peculiarity, in common with 
 the Hebrew alphabet, that the name of every let- 
 ter is significant and expressive*. 
 
 But the strongest proof of the antiquity of the 
 use of letters among the Celts is, that they have 
 only one letter more (F), than the letters of Cad- 
 mus. The Greeks, till the siege of Troy, had the 
 same number, introduced by Cadmus. If the 
 Celts borrowed their alphabet from the Greeks, 
 they must have done it prior to the siege of Troy, 
 when the Celtic, Grecian, and Phoenician letters., 
 were the same. If borrowed at an after period, 
 their alphabet would have been more numerous, 
 and hence we conclude it as old as the siege of 
 Troy. 
 
 If, as some have surmised, the use of letters was 
 taught by Adam or Enoch, this knowledge, at the 
 dispersion, would be carried away by those of 
 mankind who moved north, as well as those who 
 proceeded to the east, the south, or west of Babel ; 
 and supposing this invaluable art was only found 
 out after the dispersion, it would even then be 
 
 * See Mr. Huddleston's dissertation on the antiquity of the use of 
 letters among the Celts, p. 389, 390, 391, 396. Those who wish more 
 information upon this subject, may consult the Notes of that learned 
 and impartial antiquarian.
 
 PREFACE. 3d? 
 
 communicated by degrees to those tribes that lay 
 most remote, especially, if there was any inter- 
 course by trade. This was evidently the case 
 with regard to the inhabitants of these islands*. 
 At a very early period, the Phoenicians, coasting 
 along the shores of the Mediterranean, made set- 
 tlements in the isles of Cyprus and Rhodes, and 
 extending their navigation, passed successively 
 into Greece, Italy, Sicily, and Sardinia; nor did 
 the southern parts of Gaul and Spain escape 
 them. About 1260 years before the Christian 
 era, instigated by the love of gain, they entered, 
 the ocean, and landed on the western coast of 
 Spain. That country is said to have presented 
 them the same spectacle that America, in the six- 
 teenth century, did to the Spaniards. Though 
 destitute of arts and industry, the inhabitants had 
 abundance of gold and silver; with the value of 
 which they seemed so little acquainted, that they 
 exchanged them freely for oil, glass, and other 
 trinkets. Silver, in particular, was so plentiful, 
 that the Phoenicians, unable to convey away all 
 they had obtained, were obliged to take out the 
 lead with which their anchors were loaded, and 
 put that metal in its place. From Spain and the 
 northern parts of Gaul, they visited Great Britain 
 and Ireland. 
 
 But, to return to our intended discussion, Mr, 
 
 * See Rutherford's View ofA't. lent Hision/. 
 G
 
 slvi PKEFACJL. 
 
 Laing, after having, as he imagines, completely 
 deprived the poems of all pretensions to antiquity, 
 then gives a real account of their origin, which 
 he pretends cannot be very remote, on account, of 
 the many modern terms they contain, and the si- 
 milarity of numberless passages to the writings of 
 ancient and mpdern poets. At last he would per- 
 suade us, that Mr. M'Pherson was not only the 
 author, but publicly avowed it. Mr. Laing would 
 likewise persuade us, that religion is essential tc^ 
 epic poetry ; and that the silence of Ossian's com- 
 positions, in this respect, is a strong proof against 
 their authenticity. 
 
 The notions of the northern tribes, in general, 
 Mere not so absurd. At the dispersion, they car- 
 ried with them the religion of INoah and his im- 
 mediate descendants. Their only temples were 
 woods or groves, where they worshipped the Su- 
 preme Lord of the Universe. It is evident, the 
 partial favour of such a being must always pre- 
 ponderate, and consequently detract from the 
 merits of the conqueror. The Celtic bard, there 
 fore, kept heavenly agency out of sight, and left 
 the victory to be decided by the strength, prowess, 
 and superior address of the combatants. 
 
 Mr. Laing would likewise persuade us, that in 
 Ossian's time, the Caledonians, having no other 
 vessels but what were made of wickers, covered 
 with hides, could not navigate the seas, nor pass 
 into different parts, as described in these poems.
 
 PREFACE. ' \h], 
 
 Ship-building - , though as old, and probably 
 more so, than the building of Noah's ark, has been 
 many ages in arriving at its present perfection. 
 That at the period we are speaking of, there were 
 small craft made of wickers, covered with skins, 
 we do not deny, since such have till lately been 
 in use. But Mr. Laing might as well endeavour 
 I persuade a person, ignorant of the maritime 
 ^kill of this country, that because cock-boats ply 
 in our rivers and along our coasts, there are no 
 larger vessels to transport us to the East and West 
 Indies. Tacitus does not mention that any inter- 
 course subsisted between the north of Scotland 
 and Scandinavia, or that the vessels of the High- 
 landers were provided with sails. Mr. Laing 
 concludes, that they never passed into Scandina- 
 via in a siugle ship, nor had any vessels capable 
 to carry them over, although it is allowed, on all 
 hands, that the Highlanders, were in the constant 
 habit of passing from the main land to the islands, 
 and to the north of Ireland ; and any one ac- 
 quainted with the tempestuous seas which lash 
 the northern coasts of Scotland and Ireland, will 
 be convinced that a vessel capable of living in 
 them, would have little to fear in crossing over to 
 the mouth of the Baltic. Such are the conclusive 
 detections from the Roman history and middle 
 
 ages. 
 
 Mr. Laing divides his detections (so he terms 
 his objections) into eight general heads, under
 
 xhfii PREFACE. 
 
 which he introduces numerous minute detec- 
 tions. 
 
 Mr. Laing's first detection is from the Roman 
 history of Britain, whence he deduces, as an his- 
 torical fact, that there was not a Highlander 
 in Scotland, of the present race, at the beginning of 
 the aera assigned to Fingal. The proofs which he 
 produces for this formidable fact are, that some 
 Irish historians fix the arrival of the Scots in this 
 island at fifty years later than the sera assigned to 
 Fingal ; and that this account is supported by a 
 number of concurring testimonies; among which 
 are particularly pointed out, the indisputable opi- 
 nions of Whitaker and Pinkerton. Whether the 
 immaculate truth of the Irish fabulous historians, 
 and the itnimpeacJiable accuracy of Messrs. 
 Whitaker and Pinkerton, might not admit of some 
 question, we shall leave it to our readers to decide. 
 Yet we shall state a few considerations which in- 
 duce us to believe, that the very same race who 
 possess the country to the north of the Grampians, 
 were its possessors far beyond any date assigned 
 even by fabulous records, that the Gael or Cale- 
 donians, are the same race who inhabited the High- 
 lands of Scotland, time immemorial, and that they 
 are entirely distinct from the Scots, appears from 
 the following considerations. 
 
 1. The Gael and Scots differ from each other 
 in their language, manners, customs, superstitions, 
 prejudices, and traditions. 2. Among the Scots,
 
 PREFACE. xlit 
 
 their country is universally known by the name 
 Scotland ; they have no other name for their own 
 race than the Scots. Scot is a very general proper 
 name, and is often incorporated with the name of 
 places. 3. Among the Gael, on the other hand, 
 the term Scot is utterly unknown; they never call 
 themselves by this name, they never call their 
 coimtry Scotland. Scot is never used as a proper 
 name among the pure Highlanders; nor does the 
 appellation of a single town, valley, or river, shew 
 that it was known to their language. Buchanan 
 expresses his surprise at thisstrange circumstance, 
 that one half of the nation should completely have 
 forgotten its own name. 4, The Highlanders 
 universally call themselves the Gael, their own 
 nation Gaeltachd; the kingdom of Scotland at 
 large, they know only by the name Albiu (Albion), 
 and its inhabitants by the name of Albanich, the 
 term of Albin is employed as a proper name, and 
 it is often incorporated with the name of places, 
 Bredalbin, &c. 5. On the other hand, the word 
 Albin, or Albion, is utterly unknown among the 
 common people of the Scots, who have not learnt 
 it from books, or from their northern neighbours. 
 6. The natural inference from these circumstances 
 is, that the Gael and Scots, are a distinct race; 
 that the Gael are the race who possessed Cale- 
 donia in the time of the Romans, and Albin in 
 the time of the Greeks. These observations, 
 drawn from circumstances of which every one mav
 
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 ascertain the truth, must appear more convincing 
 than the unsupported conjectures of a few fabu- 
 lous historians. 
 
 The other detections from the Roman history 
 contain such a tissue of gratuitous suppositions 
 and misrepresentations, as we have rarely seen in- 
 troduced into any controversy. Fingal is sup- 
 posed to have fought with Caracalla, in the year 
 208; and because some Irish historians fix the 
 date of another battle, in which he was engaged, 
 to near a century afterwards, this is to be con- 
 sidered as absurdity; which forms an undeniable 
 detection of Ossian. Had these very accurate 
 historians (the redoubtable supporters of a mil- 
 lenium of fabulous kings), placed the two battles 
 five centuries asunder, we should consider it much 
 the same in regard to the decision of the question. 
 The mention of the name of Caracalla in the 
 poems ofOssian, is another detection of the same 
 class. 
 
 The absurdity, says Mr. Laing, was remarked 
 by Gibbon, that the Highland bard should describe 
 the Son of Severus by a nick-name, invented four 
 years afterwards, after the battle in 208; scarcely- 
 used by the Romans themselves till after the death 
 of that emperor, and seldom mentioned by the most 
 ancient historians. INow, with due deference to 
 Mr. Gibbon, be it remarked, that this battle took 
 place in FingaVs youth, before his marriage with 
 Ossians mother ; and that Ossian composed his
 
 PREFACE. li 
 
 poems in his old age, after all his numerous rela- 
 tions and friends of his youth had gone to the halls 
 of their fathers. " The name Caracalla must, 
 therefore, hate been common over the whole Ro- 
 man empire, long before the poem where it is men- 
 tioned was written; it had even been used by 
 historians, who look upon the use of a nick-name 
 as inconsistent with the dignity of their writings, 
 till after it has been long sanctioned by common 
 usage." The name Caracalla could, besides, be 
 easily assimilated to the usual Gaelic appellations; 
 and by the easy conversion which Ossian adopt*, 
 in Caracul, it was, according to the common usage 
 of the Gaels, made to denote a person of quality 
 (Garg-shuil), terrible eye. The name Anloniw 
 was altogether different from any thing in the 
 Gaelic language, nor could any meaning be at- 
 tached to it; and had not the familiar sound of 
 Caracalla occured, Ossian would only have dis- 
 tinguished this prince by his well known title. 
 Son of the King of the world. Had Ossian been 
 made to employ the term Anlonius, it would have 
 been indeed a detection. 
 
 The succeeding detections from the Roman 
 history, are still more unfair. Mr. jVTPherson 
 gives certain gratuitous interpretations to support 
 the allusions in Ossian. Mr. Laing undertakes 
 to prove these interpretations to be absurd: the 
 poem must therefore be a forgery. Fingal turned 
 from battle. Mr. M'PIierson supposes it f
 
 lu PREFACE, 
 
 from the Roman province. Mr. Laing is positive 
 he must mean Valentia; and that the poem must 
 be an ignorant forgery, because the province of 
 Valentia did not then exist. In the same manner, 
 Ossian mentions Cams as securing himself behind 
 his gathered heap. Mr. M'Pherson supposes 
 Caros to denote the usurper Carusius, and the 
 gathered heap the wall of Agricola, which he al- 
 leges Carusius repaired. Mr. Laing asserts, 
 that Agricola did not. erect a wall, but merely a 
 chain of forts, and that Carusius consequently did 
 not repair this wall. It would not have required 
 much candour to perceive that Ossian's gathered 
 heap might allude to the entrenchments of a camp, 
 or indeed to any fortification, quite as well as to 
 the wall of Agricola. 
 
 Another class of detections is from tradition; 
 and here Mr. Laing thinks he has Ossian fairly, 
 because Mallet and Hume seem to be of his opi- 
 nion. Mallet may be perfectly correct, when he 
 affirms that the common class of mankind never 
 bestow a thought on any of their progenitors, be- 
 yond their grandfathers ; but had he been in the 
 smallest degree acquainted with the manners of 
 the Highlanders of Scotland, he would have 
 known that the most common peasant of the pure 
 and unmixed race, can always count at least six 
 or seven generations back ; and that this know- 
 ledge of his ancestors is his proudest boast; and 
 that the genealogy of the chieftains was in parti-
 
 TREFACE. I 
 
 cular, preserved with the most scrupulous vene- 
 ration. Among such a people, were the poems 
 which celebrated the most glorious actions of 
 their ancestors likely to be consigned to neglect? 
 
 Hume alleges it to be utterly impossible, that 
 so many verses could have been preserved by- 
 oral tradition, during fifty generations, among a 
 rude and uncivilized people; and adds, in support 
 of this opinion, his famous dogma, that where a 
 supposition is so contrary to common sense (in 
 other words, common experience), any positive 
 evidence of it ought never to be regarded. Hume 
 probably uttered this opinion before he was taught, 
 by Campbell's Essay on Miracles, that positive 
 evidence is sufficient to prove the most positive 
 dogma of the most subtile sophist, to be positive 
 nonsense. It is remarkable that such sagacious 
 inquirers as Mr. Hume and Mr. Laing, should 
 not have perceived that the rudeness of the High- 
 landers, which they so much insist upon, is the 
 strongest circumstance against their argument. 
 If songs, recounting the exploits of their ances- 
 tors, can be preserved for a long course of years 
 in any nation, surely it is among people who ac- 
 count warlike glory the only object of ambition; 
 who look upon their ancestors with veneration; 
 who have no intercourse, no change of objects to 
 awaken their passions, and distract their atten- 
 tion; who, in the intervals of repose, recite their 
 heroic sons:s as the highest enjovmenl of their 
 
 H
 
 If* PREFACE. 
 
 convivial hours; who have a peculiar class of the 
 nation, their bards, set apart for this express pur- 
 pose, and valued according to the number of 
 those songs which they can recite. Such were 
 the Highlanders of Scotland till a very late pe- 
 riod, yet Mr. Laing thinks it utterly absurd to 
 suppose that so many verses could have been pre- 
 served by memory among them, when we meet 
 no such thing in the civilized world among peo- 
 ple whose attention is distracted by a thousand 
 cares and a thousand pleasures, and are regard- 
 less of committing to memory what they can at 
 any time have recourse to in a printed book. 
 But he should have been more sure of facts, before 
 he asserted that such stretches of memory had not 
 occurred in the civilized world. He should have 
 known, that previous to the invention of printing, 
 not only many thousand verses, but even long 
 prose discourses of celebrated orators were com- 
 mitted to memory. The Scaligers, even in mo- 
 dern times, were not the only German scholars 
 who could repeat the JEneid and Iliad, Even in 
 regard to the Psalms, Mr. Laing asserts a very 
 small portion has ever been committed to me- 
 mory: he should have extended his inquiry to 
 the old Scottish dissenters, and among them he 
 would have found many who could not only re- 
 peat the Psalms of David, but a large portion of 
 the Old and Neiv Testament. 
 
 Mr. Laing observes, from the mutability of Ian-
 
 PREFACE. It 
 
 fuage, that the Gaelic language has undergone 
 great changes, he considers as proved, by its dif- 
 ference from the present Irish, a page of which, a 
 few centuries old, is confessedly unintelligible to 
 the people at present. He adds, that their pre- 
 servation, in an obsolete dialect, was impossible, 
 as people would naturally, for old words, substi- 
 tute those more familiar to them. 
 
 It is a pity that Mr. Laing's ignorance, in this 
 matter, should mislead his ingenuity; for had he 
 been capable of comparing the Irish and the Gae- 
 lic languages, he would have discovered that the 
 former differs from the latter, chiefly in having a 
 greater admixture of Saxon words and idioms; 
 anil from the fact, that the Irish of two centuries ago, 
 approaches much nearer to the present Gaelic, 
 than to the present Irish; otherwise he would be 
 led to conclude that the Gaelic has remained uu- 
 corrupted, while the Irish has undergone great 
 changes. With regard to the language of Ossian 
 being obselete, it in fact appears so only in those 
 parts of the Highlands where the original lan- 
 guage is most corrupted. The superior purity of 
 the diction, tends only to make a deeper impres- 
 sion on the memories of the people, in all the 
 poems of Ossian. 
 
 The immense shoals of barbarians who poured 
 into Italy, and remained there after the decline of 
 tjie Roman empire, quite changed the Latin 
 tongue, though long brought to perfection, and
 
 lvf PREFACE. 
 
 enriched with, innumerable -books, and transform- 
 ed it gradually into the present Italian. Almost 
 every language in Europe has, from similar cau- 
 ses, in a greater or less degree, undergone the 
 same metamorphosis. The English itself, is a 
 farrago of as many languages as there have been 
 invaders. So that, from the ancient British, it is 
 become a mixture of Saxon, Teutonic, Dutch, 
 Danish, Norman, and modern French, interlard- 
 ed with Latin and Greek. The Welch continuing 
 an unmixed people, kept their original speech. 
 So have the inhabitants of the Highlands and He- 
 brides: unconquered, and free from the influx of 
 strangers, their language, for ages, continued the 
 same. 
 
 But the most remarkable of Mr. Laing's asser- 
 tions, is an affirmation that there never was a 
 Druid in Scotland ; for the refutation of this as- 
 sertion, it is not necessary to have recourse to the 
 legends of fabulous historians; the name Druid 
 is of Celtic origin; the traditional knowledge of 
 that order is universal, and the Druidical temples, 
 the circle of large stones placed on one end, with 
 a flat one in the middle, every where meet the tra- 
 veller, in his excursions through the Highlands. 
 We need only refer Mr. Laing to a very perfect 
 one, which is to be seen in the pleasure grounds 
 of Lord Breadalbane, at Taymouth. Against 
 this direct evidence, our author's only ground 
 for his assertion is, that Tacitus makes no ex-
 
 PREFACE. lrii 
 
 press mention of the Druids, in the wars of Gal- 
 
 gacus. 
 
 Mr. Laing asserts, that of the numerous attes- 
 tations of those who have heard, or remembered 
 to have known the originals, none, it is observa- 
 ble, ever presumed to assert that they possessed 
 them in writing, much less that they originally fur- 
 nished a single fragment of the poems which Mr. 
 M'Pherson had translated. 
 
 We are at a loss to determine whether our au- 
 thor has ever read Dr. Blairs Appendix to the 
 Dissertation on Ossian, or whether he wilfully 
 misrepresents it. When any one peruses the re- 
 spectable list of clergymen and gentlemen men- 
 tioned in that Appendix, and compares the facts 
 they attest, with this affirmation of Mr. Laing, 
 what degree of credit will he account due to the 
 fidelity of our historian : moreover, the col- 
 lection of documents published by the High- 
 land Society of Scotland, might convince the most 
 incredulous sceptic. 
 
 We cannot help remarking a very characteris- 
 tic trait in Mr. Laing's method of disputation. 
 He passes in silence over the numerous attesta- 
 tions we have mentioned, and under this head 
 only brings forward the testimonies of a few Eng- 
 lish and Irish travellers — a schoolmaster, who 
 died while a young man, and the author of a Gae- 
 lic dictionary, whose gross blunders are laughed 
 -if. bv every Gaelic scholar. These persons, he
 
 Iviii PREFACE. 
 
 tells us, only found a few trifling poems, and, 
 therefore, no more were to be found. 
 
 Whether such testimonies are to be preferred 
 to these learned and respectable men, living on 
 the spot, and conversant with the language and 
 antiquities, we leave our readers to judge. That 
 such inquirers as Mr. Laing mentions, should 
 have found poems, would certainly have been a 
 matter of surprise. 
 
 We are now come to that argument which Mr. 
 Laing had already expatiated upon in the third 
 volume of his history, and which he reckoned al- 
 together decisive, independent of any other. 
 From the manners and customs of the age in 
 which Ossian is said to have lived, he accounts it 
 impossible that the poems attributed to him, 
 could have been then produced. Mr. Laing's as- 
 sertion, with regard to the horrible barbarity of 
 the Highlanders in the third century, are, indeed, 
 sufficiently positive; but had he taken the trouble 
 to enquire into the ancient manners and state of 
 that people, he would not have been put to the mi- 
 serable shift of quoting what Dr. Johnson, in his 
 tour, says of their manners a hundred years ago, 
 to prove his own assertions, with regard to their 
 situation fourteen hundred years prior to that pe- 
 riod. The impossibility that the sentiments and 
 manners described in Ossians Poems, could have 
 belonged to the Highlanders of the third century, 
 Mr. Laing deduces from his ideas of the manners 
 
 1
 
 PREFACE. lix 
 
 which correspond to the state of society in which 
 they were then placed, and from the absurdity of 
 supposing that the people should have become 
 more barbarous, as they approached to civiliza- 
 tion. 
 
 In picturing out the Highlanders of the third 
 century, we conceive our author had before his 
 eyes a very different idea of manners from that 
 which existed among them. If there be any state 
 of society, previous to the introduction of artifi- 
 cial manners, in which the good principles of the 
 human heart are more frequently called into ac- 
 tion than the bad, it is in the pastoral state. 
 Those harassing fears of want, which perpetually 
 haunt a nation subsisting wholly by the chace, 
 have now given place to the ideas of property, in 
 the comforts of a more fixed abode. As indivi- 
 duals have now more leisure, Love, the most pro- 
 minent passion of the human heart, begins to un- 
 fold itself in all its power. As the patriarchal 
 government still prevails, and distinct ideas of se- 
 parate property have not yet been introduced 
 among the individuals of the same family, filial 
 respect, and the endearing attachments of kindred, 
 are their prevailing and habitual sentiments. The 
 effects of these harmonising sentiments are seen, 
 even in their contests with the neighbouring tribes, 
 and as the love of fame, rather than the gratifica- 
 tion of avarice or ambition, is their chief motive 
 for the combat, the vanquished captive is usually
 
 1* 'Preface. 
 
 released. In such a state of society, a remark- 
 able humanity of manners has ever been found to 
 prevail, unless some particular circumstance, of a 
 contrary tendency, occurred. Such was the 
 golden age, the Saturnian reign of the ancients; 
 such was the condition of the peaceable, amorous, 
 and poetical Arcadians ; such were the manners 
 Of the Jewish patriarchs, and of the Gael, in the 
 days of Ossian. 
 
 Ossian himself, a prince, a renowned warrior, was 
 a still more renowned poet. In his latter years, after 
 all his race, all the companions of his youth had fal- 
 len, his only consolation was to recite his sorrows, 
 and his former scenes of pleasure, to his harp. 
 When we consider all these circumstances, surely 
 it is in such a state of society, and from such a 
 poet, that we may expect an uniform heroism, 
 unknown to barbarians; a gallantry, which chi- 
 valry never inspired; a humanity which refine- 
 ment has never equalled, and a poetry tender 
 and sublime. 
 
 If we allow for the effect of these peculiar cir- 
 cumstances in which the Gael were placed, we 
 Khali find that the general tone of their manners cor- 
 responded, in a striking degree, with those of the 
 Jewish patriarchs; a remarkable humanity and 
 generosity of sentiment; a particular warmth in all 
 the attachments of kindred ; and a refined delicacy 
 in the intercourse of the sexes, are characteristic 
 of both. What hero and heroine of romance,
 
 PREFACE. Ixi 
 
 could be more chaste, more delicate, and constant 
 in their attachment than Isaac and Rebecca. 
 But Mr. Laing seems to think the existence of 
 such refined sentiments, in such a state of society, 
 so utterly impossible, that no positive evidence 
 should be received in support of it; we may, 
 therefore, soon expect another ingenious disserta- 
 tion, to prove that the writings of Moses are also 
 a forgery of the nineteenth century. 
 
 The absurdity which Mr. Laing so triumph- 
 antly insists upon, in the idea that the High- 
 landers should have become more barbarous as 
 they approached to civilization, would probably 
 have disappeared, had he been anxious to come 
 at the truth, rather than establish a theory. Are 
 there not in history, numerous instances of nations 
 who had attained to a great degree of humanity, 
 gentleness, and refinement, becoming even sud- 
 denly rude and ferocious to a great degree, in con- 
 sequence of strong excitements being presented 
 to the worst principles of their nature. Will not 
 Mr. Laing allow that the nation, among whom the 
 gallant and polite court of Edward the Third 
 could arise, where the ideas of freedom and equal 
 rights had begun to blossom; where men of wit 
 and learning (a Chaucer), and many other poets 
 flourished. Will he not allow that this nation 
 had become more barbarous during the struggles 
 of York and Lancaster, when literature was ut- 
 terly extinguished, and the whole kingdom pre- 
 i
 
 Ixii PREFACE. 
 
 sented one scene of rapine and bloodshed ? Would 
 not the horrid atrocities produced by the restless 
 ambition of a Sylla and Marios, have made an 
 industrious, temperate, patriotic Roman of the 
 age of Cincinnatus shudder. Have we not in our 
 own time seen a people, who boasted of being the 
 most polite and refined that the world ever pro- 
 duced, suddenly hurried into the most rude and 
 savage acts, by the strong excitements presented 
 to their avarice, ambition, and revenge. 
 
 A copious and curious source of detection of 
 Mr. Laing, is the constant imitation of the classics, 
 scriptures, and such temporary publications as 
 ■were then in vogue. 
 
 To enter into an examination in detail of the 
 instances of imitation which our author adduces, 
 would exceed our limits, and be equally tedious 
 and useless. There is nothing strange or impos- 
 sible in two writers using similar comparisons, 
 " Thus, like as the lion growleth, even the young 
 lion over his prey, though the whole company of 
 shepherds be called together against him ; at their 
 voice he will not be terrified, nor at their tumult 
 will he be humbled *. 
 
 Bishop Lowth observes this comparison is ex- 
 actly in the same spirit and manner, and very 
 nearly approaching to the expression of Homer. 
 " As the bold lion, mountain-bred, now long fa- 
 
 * Isaiah, chap. xxxi. i.
 
 PREFACE. Ixji 
 
 mished, with courage and with hunger stung, at- 
 tempts the thronged fold; him nought appals, 
 though dogs and armed shepherds stand in guard 
 collected; lie, nathless, undaunted, springs o'er 
 the high fence, and rends the trembling prey." 
 
 The learned bishop brings in a number of simi- 
 lar instances where the prophet resembles the 
 Greek and Latin poets ; we mention this, because 
 Mr. Lai rig pretends there is no resemblance be- 
 tween the sacred and prophane writers of anti- 
 quity. 
 
 In the beginning of the sixth book of Fingal, 
 Ossian thus addresses an old deceased friend, 
 " Be thy soul blest, O Carril, in the midst of thy 
 eddying winds; O that thou wouldest come to my 
 hall, when I am alone by night! I hear often thy 
 light hand on my harp; when it hangs on the dis- 
 tant wall, and the feeble sound touches my ear, 
 why dost not thou speak to me iu my grief, and 
 tell me when I shall behold my friends." 
 
 Did Kotzebue bear this passage in mind, when 
 raving of his dead wife, he exclaims, " when I am 
 thus alone, my Frederica seems with me. ] talk 
 to her as though she were present, and pour out. 
 to her all my heart. Ah! perhaps she may be 
 really present! perhaps she may hover about me 
 as my guardian angel! Ah! why does she not 
 appear for one moment, to give assurance to her 
 existence." 
 
 Would our limits permit, we might amuse our
 
 lxiv PREFACE. 
 
 readers with several curious blunders into which 
 Mr. Laing is led by his rage for etymologies, and 
 his ignorance of the language he attempts to criti- 
 cise. In the word cliadh, Mr. Laing has been 
 widely misled by his ignorance of the Gaelic lan- 
 guage. In the first place, he has confounded 
 cliadh and cliabh, two words of a very different; 
 signification. Cliadh signifies a hurdle, a plain 
 piece of wicker work, on which was usual to 
 thicken raw cloths, and were occasionally em- 
 ployed to shut the entrance of sheep cots. A 
 harrow is in the same manner called cliadh, 
 chiadhta, from its being formed of cross bars, like 
 chequer work. This is the word which Mr. 
 Laing assures us is literally the same with the 
 Latin Cista, both in original meaning and me- 
 taphor. The word cliabh, for which he evidently 
 mistook the other, denotes any thing made of 
 twigs, bent in a circular form, such as a basket; 
 and from a similar bending of the ribs, the human 
 breast. This metaphor, our author looks upon 
 as exactly the same with that by which the words 
 chest and trunk are applied to the same part, al- 
 though the latter evidently alludes to the close 
 and hollow form of the breast. The etymological 
 resemblance between cliabh and cista, we ac- 
 knowledge ourselves unable to discover. 
 
 Ossian's omission of wolves and bears, is no a 
 gument, as Mr. Laing asserts, of modern fabric 
 tion. A poet is not a zoologist. It cannot 

 
 PREFACE. lxv 
 
 expected he should mention all the beasts and 
 birds of the country. He onlv mentions those 
 which answer his purpose. Neither Homer nor 
 Virgil introduce the rhinoceros, or even the ele 
 pliant, nor any other ferocious beasts, though in- 
 habitants of the same regions that produce lions 
 and tvgers. The Highland bard seldom notices 
 animals. The attention seems wholly occupied 
 with hills, woods, floods, lakes, clouds, storms, 
 the sun, moon, stars, and other magnificent ob- 
 jects of nature. He never compares his heroes in 
 battle to beasts. Man, the most noble and intre- 
 pid of creatures, greatly losses instead of gaining, 
 by having his courage put in competition with the 
 .savage ferocity of a wolf or bear. 
 
 It would be abusing the patience of our readers 
 to repeat, over and over again, the same observa- 
 tions with regard to the other detections from 
 Roman history, and the middle ages. They are 
 all of the same stamp; the candour and modesty 
 of Mr. Laing, keep pace with each other on this 
 occasion. When it suits his purpose, the autho- 
 rity of Solinus, who affirms that no bees exist in 
 Ireland, and who makes the Orkneys three in 
 number, is preferred to that of Tacitus, who must 
 have had his accounts of these islands from the 
 very people employed in the expedition against 
 them. 
 
 The Reverend Mr. Rosing, pastor of the Danish 
 church in London, assured Sir John Sinclair,
 
 Ixvi FilEFACE. 
 
 that in Suhm's History of Denmark*, a work of 
 great authority, mention is made that " Swaran, 
 the son of Starno, carried on many wars in Ire- 
 land, where he vanquished most of the heroes that 
 opposed him, except Cuchullin, who, assisted by 
 the Gaelic or Caledonian king Fingal, not only 
 defeated and took him prisoner, but generously 
 sent him back again into his own country." He 
 further added, that these exploits would never be 
 forgotten, as they were celebrated by the Caledo- 
 nian poet Ossian, whereby Swaran obtained an 
 honour, denied to many heroes of his country, 
 much more deserving of it. 
 
 A pious zealot, John Carswell, in the preface 
 to his Form of Prayer, printed in the year 150'7, 
 expresses his concern for the neglect of printing 
 the Gaelic language in the following words: — 
 
 " We, Gaels of Scotland and Ireland, suffer pe- 
 culiar loss and inconvenience above any other 
 part of the world, in not having our literature and 
 language printed, as other tribes of men have; 
 and we suffer a greater than all other losses, in not 
 having the Holy Bible printed in the Gaelic, as it 
 is printed in Latin, English, and many other 
 tongues: and, besides, we have never had in print 
 the one-fourth of the history or antiquity of our 
 ancestors, although a certain portion of the litera- 
 ture of the Gaels of Scotland and Ireland exists 
 
 * See the letters that passed on that subject between Sir John Sin* 
 clairj Bishop Cameron, and others, voL i. p. 40.
 
 PREFACE, Ivvii 
 
 in manuscripts, in the possession of bards and 
 teachers and their patrons. Great is the labour 
 of writing by the hand, in comparison of printing-, 
 Which shortens and speedily furnishes whatever is 
 done by it, however great; and great is the blind- 
 ness, and sinful darkness, and ignorance, of those 
 who teach, and write, and compose in Gaelic, in 
 exhibiting much more attention, and showing 
 more anxiety to preserve the vain, extravagant, 
 false, and worldly histories of the Tnalh-de-Da- 
 'nails and Milesians — of the heroes of Fingal, the 
 sun of Comhal — of the Fingalians — and of many 
 others, which I shall not here mention, nor name, 
 nor attempt to examine." The author, from whom 
 these extracts are taken, died in the year 1572 s . 
 His memory is still preserved, by tradition, in tJu 
 parish of Kilmartin and in Lorn, where he chiefly 
 resided. The bards to whom he bore no good- 
 will, made him, in return, the subject of their sa- 
 tirical verses and invectives. 
 
 We have an invincible proof from the preface of 
 this man, that the bards were no strangers to lite- 
 rature; and that Ossian's poems and the Finga- 
 lians were held in great esteem at that period. 
 
 Selma, the famous palace of Fingal, was si- 
 tuated in that part of Argyleshire called Upper- 
 Lorn, upon a high eminence of an oblong form, 
 which, near the sea-shore, rises at equal distances 
 from the mouths of the lakes Etive and Cretan. 
 < mi the top of this hill are still to be seen vestiges
 
 Ixviii PREFACE, 
 
 of extensive buildings. The following-, from a 
 poem of Ossian, translated by Dr. Smith, is very 
 descriptive of the place, " The chase had ceased, 
 and the deer slept under the shadow of the trees 
 on the moss; the curtain of night descended on 
 the hills, and heroes were feasting in Selma. 
 There was song after song, as the custom was, 
 and the music of harps, with the barking of dogs, 
 in the interval of action, from the rock which rises 
 over the white beach." 
 
 The beach here mentioned answers exactly the 
 present aspect of the white sand that covers the 
 shore, around part of the hill on which Sehna 
 stood. There are two rocks, from either of which 
 the dogs might be heard to bark; but one rises 
 considerably higher than the other, and is known 
 to the inhabitants by the name of Dun-Bhaile-au- 
 righy or the hill of the king's town. Between 
 these two eminences stood the city of Beregonium; 
 in Fingal's days the capital of all the Highlands. 
 A street paved with common stones, running from 
 the foot of the one hill to the other, is still cal- 
 led S'lraid-a-mhargaicUi, "the market-street;" and 
 another place, at a little distance, goes by the 
 name of Straid-na-min, " the meal-street." About 
 twenty years ago, a man cutting turf in the neigh- 
 bourhood, found at the depth of five feet below the 
 surface, one of the wooden pipes that conveyed 
 water to the town. This shews that the natives 
 of these times had better notions of convenience 
 than some are willing to grant them.
 
 PREFACE. bt/t 
 
 Selma, in Fingal's time, by lightning, or some 
 other accident, was destroyed by fire. Ossian, 
 who had seen it in its glory, thus describes it in 
 ruins. 
 
 " And thou, Selma, house of my delight; is this 
 heap thy old ruins, where the thistle, the heath, 
 and the rank grass, are mourning under the drop 
 ofnight*." 
 
 Wo are likewise told, that a few years ago, one 
 of the tenants of an adjoining farm, while digging 
 for stones near the hill of Selma, discovered a 
 stone-coffin, which contained human bones of 
 more than an ordinary size. Several other relicts 
 of antiquity have, at different times, been found 
 near this place. 
 
 The king of Morven had other places of resi- 
 dence. On the side of Glen-Almon, Perthshire, 
 there is a small hamlet, named Fian-Theach, or 
 Fingal's hall. After this, at the west end of 
 Loch-Fraoch, in a place called Dail-chillin, he is 
 said to be buried. If so, Ossian, in his latter days, 
 dwelt not far distant from that spot; for in the 
 fifth Duan, verse 437, of the following poem, he 
 describes himself as repairing daily to his father's 
 tomb, feeling it with his hands, and uttering the 
 most tender lamentations. There we may, like- 
 wise, suppose he died; for, till about sixty years 
 ago, his sepulchre was to be seen on the opposite 
 
 " See Dr. Smith's Death of Gaul feme 33.
 
 Ixx PREFACE. 
 
 side of the same valley, at a place called Clach- 
 Oisian, or the monumental stone of Ossian. This 
 thick and ponderous mass, measuring seven feet 
 and a half in length, by five in breadth, the sol- 
 diers employed by General Wade, to make roads 
 through the Highlands, removed with engines, 
 Under it they found a coffin, formed, as often 
 mentioned in Gaelic poetry, of four gray stones, 
 containing some bones. It was the intention of 
 the officer, who commanded the party, to let the 
 bones remain within the sepulchre, in the same 
 position in which they were found, till the general 
 should see them, or his mind be known on the 
 subject; but the people of the country, venerating 
 the memory of their immortal bard, rose, by one 
 consent, to the number of seventy or eighty men, 
 and with bagpipes playing, and other funeral rites, 
 conveyed away his relics, and with much solem- 
 nity deposited them on the summit of a hill, diffi- 
 cult of access; where, sjequestered, they might re- 
 pose, no more liable to be disturbed by the feet or 
 bands of any mortal. Some alive, at least till 
 lately, attest the truth of this fact, and point out 
 the sacred sepulchre of the son of Fingal. 
 
 That these poems are a forgery, is an assertion 
 advanced by few, and is sufficiently obviated by 
 the irresistible fact, that many of them are still re- 
 peated in the original Gaelic, in most parts of the 
 Highlands of Scotland. If these poems were com- 
 posed by Mr. M'Pherson, who published only a
 
 PREFACE. Ixxi 
 
 translation of them, by what means did the High- 
 landers become possessed of the originals? The 
 stvle and manner of the poems is such as could 
 have entered into no human head these thousand 
 years past. But should we even admit that Mr. 
 M'Pherson used some unwarrantable freedoms, 
 it will no more invalidate the authenticity of these 
 poems, than the ignorance or incandour of a trans- 
 lator would invalidate the authenticity of any other 
 ancient work. This argument will not apply to Dr. 
 Smith and others, who published the originals 
 along with the translations. 
 
 That these poems are the work of Ossian is clear 
 from their internal evidence. His own history is 
 almost uniformly interwoven with that of the heroes 
 and great events which he celebrates. Had these 
 poems been composed during the fifteenth century, 
 what could have induced to transfer his fame to 
 another? The inhabitants of the Highlands and 
 islands of Scotland, amounting to upwards of half 
 a million of people, unanimously ascribe these 
 poems to Ossian. Can the utmost pitch of human 
 credulity imagine that half a million of people 
 would be unanimous in maintaining a falsehood, 
 or that any consideration, short of truth, could in- 
 duce them to ascribeihe most valuable, the most 
 exalted, and the most esteemed, of their ancient 
 poetry, to a mere non-entity? More than a thou- 
 sand places in the Highlands take their names 
 from Fingal's heroes (Colhron na Fcinne), the
 
 Ixxii TUEFACZ. 
 
 combat of Fingalians, so often mentioned by 
 Ossian, is a phrase so common in the Highlands, 
 that if only two boys wrestle, the spectators pro- 
 claim fair play, by crying Gothrom na Feinne 
 dhoibh — let them have the equal combat of the 
 Fingalians. A strong man is often called a 
 Cuchillin (Co Caidir ri Cuchillin.) A man of a 
 haughty imperious temper, a Garbh mac Staim. 
 Swaran, the son of Starno ; an insidious fellow, a 
 Conan duine, fyc. Many passages of Ossian have, 
 from time immemorial, got into the language of 
 the Highlanders, in the form of maxims or pro- 
 verbs, Cha do dhochaium Fionn namfi a gheffl, 
 i e. " Fingal never injured a vanquished foe." 
 Cha $ thug Fionn riamh Mar, nach do thairg an 
 ius Cumha, i. e. " Fingal never fought, without of- 
 fering first a reward," is a common saying of the 
 Highlanders, to recommend a merciful disposi- 
 tion. The Editors, were it necessary, could ad- 
 duce hundreds of instances more, which are pro- 
 verbs relating to Fingal and his heroes. 
 
 These poems were collected from oral recita- 
 tion, and many of the poems in Mr. M'Pherson's 
 compilation, are still repeated in the Highlands 
 in the original; hence the recent idea of their 
 being a recent forgery, is the most desperate of all 
 arguments. That the best and most valuable of 
 these poems is ascribed to Ossian, by the Scottish 
 Gael, is unquestionable. When they so profound- 
 ly respected the productions themselves, as to
 
 PREFACE. Ixxih 
 
 preserve them by oral recitation, during fifteen 
 centuries, was it so difficult a matter to preserve 
 the name of their author. In this case, they had 
 neither difficulty to encounter on the one hand, 
 nor prejudice to induce them on the other, to as- 
 cribe these poems to a fictitious author. The 
 single name of Ossian was no great burthen to 
 the memory; and it is the most absurd and unrea- 
 sonable of arguments, that the Gael, who set such 
 a value on these poems, and preserved them for 
 so many centuries, should at last throw them 
 away, by ascribing them to a non-entity. The 
 people among whom he lived, by whom his he- 
 roes are still held in the highest esteem, and by 
 whom his works were preserved, are certainly the 
 jbest judges of the matter; and their uniform testi- 
 mony that Ossian was the author of the poems in 
 question, is sufficient proof of their authenticity. 
 The last argument we shall advert to, is that so 
 often urged — that had these poems been composed 
 upwards of fifteen centuries ago, they would long 
 since have been lost or unintelligible, owing to the 
 natural lapse and alteration of language, and the 
 difficulty of retaining them. But there was no 
 difficulty in preserving these poems; men of the 
 present day approach the merits of this argument, 
 with their minds greatly bemisted. We can have 
 no adequate idea of the gigantic efforts of me- 
 mory, prior to the invention of letters ; and this is 
 the reason why verse preceded prdse m all na-
 
 lxxisr PREFACE. 
 
 tions, because the former is more easily retaiued 
 than the latter. Even in the present age, when 
 the memory is less exerted, owing to the aids of 
 printing and writing, many a school-boy, by the 
 time he is twelve years old, has committed to me- 
 mory more than the length of the poems of Os- 
 sian. Can they then be supposed an impractica- 
 ble task to an order of men, who made repetition 
 their whole study and employment. As to these 
 poems becoming unintelligible in a long series of 
 years, no such thing could happen so long as these 
 poems were not committed to writing: oral reci- 
 tations always conform to the pronunciation of the 
 day, and have not the difficulties and innovations 
 of orthography to contend with. The same order 
 of men who preserved them, and communicated 
 them to their successors in office, or repeated them 
 daily in the halls of their chieftains, would explain 
 any word or phrase, which might chance to be- 
 come obsolete. Indeed poems so regular, and 
 often repeated, could not, in the very nature of 
 things, become unintelligible. The task of com- 
 mitting these poems to memory, is an effort to 
 which even children, in the present age, are ade- 
 quate, as we have already shewn; and as to the 
 language becoming unintelligible, it is a thing 
 simply impossible, in any great and popular work, 
 held in such high estimation, and daily repeated 
 in every family of the Scottish Gael. 
 
 As the Editors offer to the public these ancient
 
 PREFACE. Ixxr 
 
 poems, they have been challenged, with all the ex- 
 ultation of superior virtue, and conscious truth to 
 this discussion. Poor Pinkerton exhibited, in his 
 hideous aspect, all that rancour could invent, or 
 vulgarity and audacity could utter : he polluted 
 the annals of history with such detestable false- 
 hoods, in what he advanced concerning Ossian and 
 Caledonia, some passages of which were sufficient 
 to excite aversion in a kraal of Hottentots. In the 
 performance of his part, he resembles some stupid 
 injudicious actor, to whom a piece of low humour 
 is assigned, which he so abominably out-herods, 
 as to become intolerable even to the upper galleries, 
 by whom he is pelted off the stage, amidst the 
 groans and hisses of the people. In his nauseous 
 tract we decline to follow, for here even victory 
 were disgrace, and the laurels like those acquired 
 in wrestling with a chimney sweep. Therefore, 
 we shall allow his arguments, regarding the High- 
 landers, to remain a venemous bog of filthy slan- 
 ders— a monument of derision and contempt to suc- 
 ceeding ages. 
 
 Dr. Johnson founded his objections on a few 
 superficial enquiries. Mr. Laing admits that his 
 arguments may be easily answered. Pinkerton 
 assigns a longevity of more than three centuries, 
 and the objections of others are equally inconsis- 
 tent and trivial. The truth is that nothing will 
 satisfy these sceptics, unless we raise up from the 
 dead fifty generations, to prove in what manner
 
 Ixxvi rilEFACE. 
 
 these poems were preserved by oral recitation. 
 Were this mode of proof in our power, the next 
 disingenuous shift would be to exclaim with Dr. 
 Johnson, that these fifty generations preferred 
 Scotland to truth. 
 
 Mr. Laing's pretended detections have been 
 sufficiently answered, as far as the limits of this 
 work will permit; we shall offer no farther re- 
 marks upon the subject, especially, since the 
 gentleman himself, after bringing what he calls in- 
 controvertible arguments, owns, at the end, they 
 may be easily answered. "What could induce 
 him to make this concession, we are at a loss to 
 conjecture, unless, upon reading them over again, 
 they did uot appear so conclusive as he at first 
 imagined. 
 
 As for Mr. Laing's arguments, wherewith he 
 has attempted to discredit Ossians Poems, the at- 
 tempt could not come more naturally than from 
 Orcadians*. Perhaps the severe checks given 
 by the ancient Caledonians, to their predatory 
 Scandinavian predecessors, raised prejudices not 
 yet extinct. We conceive how an author can 
 write under the influence of prejudice, and not 
 sensible of being acted upon by it. If Mr. Laing 
 will bring forth more arguments in support of his 
 former opinion regarding Ossian, and the ancient 
 customs of the Highlanders, it would become him 
 
 * Mr. Laing is a native of the Orkneys,
 
 PREFACE. Ixxvn 
 
 to go for some time under the tutorage of a school- 
 master iu Argyleshire, or some other corner of the 
 land, where he would be taught the proper etymo- 
 logy and orthography of the Gaelic language. 
 
 Mr. Laing boasts he has put an end to the dis- 
 pute for ever; we call upon him now to awake 
 from the multitudeof his thoughts: it behoves him 
 not only to return to his national creed (as he 
 terms it), but to make a humble apology, through 
 the medium of the press, and all the amends in his 
 power, for his slanderous misrepresentations and 
 gross errors against the Caledonians — the authen- 
 ticity of Ossian's poems — and the Gaelic language. 
 By acknowledging his animosity with a publica- 
 tion, he may obtain pardon, as he is still in the 
 land of the living. But, if Mr. Laing will conti- 
 nue obstinate, and keep silent in future regarding 
 this subject, it will be a convincing proof to the 
 public, that his conscience upbraids him for what 
 he has done— that he took flight from the field, never 
 to face his dishonourable and vain arguments. 
 He appeared upon the stage as a prevailing cham- 
 pion; he thought his objections and detertions 
 impregnable; and that his quibbles would be fix- 
 ed as a decision: he has now his choice, to come 
 forth to support his opinion; otherwise, to lie 
 under the reproach of what he has done. 
 
 We do not ascribe to Ossian all the poems that 
 are included in the following sheets; we are per- 
 suaded that some of them are his productions, and 
 h
 
 L\xviii PREFACE. 
 
 other ancient bards of Caledonia, which competent 
 judges thought might be edifying to the public, as 
 remains of genius and taste. We shall only here 
 forewarn the indulgent reader, now entering upon 
 the poems, not to be disgusted with the wild aud 
 undisciplined method of our Highland bards. 
 For, as the judicious Dr. Blair observed, " The 
 question is not whether a few improprieties may 
 be pointed out in their works; whether this or 
 that passage might not have been worked up with 
 more skill and art by some writer of happier times : 
 a thousand such cold and frivolous criticisms, are 
 altogether undecisive as to their genuine merit. 
 But have they the spirit, the fire, the inspiration 
 of poetry? Do they utter the voice of nature; do 
 they elevate by their sentiments; do they interest 
 by their descriptions; do they paint to the heart 
 as well as to fancy; do they make their readers 
 glow, and tremble, and weep? These are the great 
 characteristics of true poetry; where these are to be 
 found, he must be a minute critic indeed, who can 
 dwell upon slight defects. A few beauties of this 
 high kind, transcend whole volumes of faultless 
 mediocrity. Uncouth and abrupt our bards may 
 sometimes appear, by reason of conciseness; but 
 they are sublime, they are pathetic, in an eminent 
 degree. If they have not the extensive know- 
 ledge, the regular dignity of narration, the fulness 
 and accuracy of description, which we find in 
 Homer and Virgil; yet in strength of imagination,
 
 PREFACE. lxxix 
 
 in grandeur of sentiment, So native majesty of pas- 
 sion, they are fully their equal. If they flow not 
 always like a clear stream, yet they break forth 
 often like a torrent of fire. Of art too, they are 
 far from being destitute, and their imagery is 
 remarkable for delicacy as well as strength. Sel- 
 dom or ever are they trifling or tedious ; and if 
 they be thought too melancholy, yet they are al- 
 ways moral. Though their merit were in other re- 
 spects much less than it is, this alone ought to en- 
 title them to high regard, that their writings are 
 remarkably favourable to virtue. They awake 
 the tenderest sympathies, and inspire the most 
 generous emotions. No reader can rise from 
 them, without being warmed with the sentiments 
 of humanity, virtue, and honour." 
 
 Having thus established the authenticity of Os- 
 sian, it is high time to put an end to this preface; 
 which, by the tedious discussion of the above, has 
 been spun out to a greater length than was at first 
 intended. From one who offers to the public a 
 few more specimens of ancient Gaelic poetry, 
 perhaps more arguments concerning the authen- 
 ticity of these poems, would be expected by 
 some, about a question which has been a good 
 deal agitated of late years, whether the poems 
 of Ossian are genuine? To all men of judg- 
 ment, taste, and candour, who have perused 
 with attention the able and elegant defenees of 
 their authenticity, by the learned and pious 1
 
 fa}« PREFACE. 
 
 verend Hugh Blair, D. D. late of Edinburgh; by 
 the learned and ingenious James JVTPherson, 
 Esq.; by the learned and pious Reverend John 
 Smith, D. D. late of Campbleton; by the learned 
 and pious Reverend Donald M'Nicol, D. D. late 
 of Lismore; by the Right Honourable Sir John 
 Sinclair, of Ulbster, baronet; by the learned and 
 pious Reverend Thomas Ross, L.L.D. of Loch- 
 broom; by the learned and pious Reverend Ar- 
 chibald M'Donald, late of Liverpool; by the 
 learned and pious Reverend James Graham, late 
 of Aberfoyle ; by the learned and accomplished 
 John Grant, Esq. of Corrimony, advocate ; by 
 the learned and ingenious Robert Huddleston, 
 Lunan, &c. with what has been advanced in 
 this preface, any more might justly appear 
 superfluous labour; and probably would not 
 produce, in resolved sceptics, more conviction 
 than the many evidences already mentioned. 
 Those gentlemen, therefore, who take pains 
 after this to satisfy them, might as well give them 
 up with a smile, as the people of Iona did the 
 man who would not believe that ever they had, 
 in that remote country, any cathedral; for this 
 reason, because he could see nothing but the 
 ruins of a building, which, for ought he knew (he 
 said), might never have had a roof upon it. 
 
 But we suppose that enough has been said to 
 convince the unprejudiced of the authenticity of 
 Ossian. As to the opposite class, we shall now
 
 PREFACE. lxx\i 
 
 take leave of them, persuaded they can do the 
 Celtic bard no real prejudice. The spots in the 
 sun, and eclipses, are mentioned in the most trif- 
 ling Almanacks ; and dogs innocently bark at 
 the moon. We consider Ossian in the light of 
 that good-natured Indian king, who desired his 
 servants, when they were driving away the flies 
 that buzzed about his ears, to let them alone: as 
 they were but creatures of a day, it was cruel, he 
 said, to refuse them their short pastime; adding, 
 that if they amused themselves, they gave little 
 concern to him, since he knew their fate would 
 soon rid him of their trouble. To weigh the merit 
 of what is included in the preceding and follow- 
 ing sheets, is not the province of the Editors, but 
 of the public, to whose judgment they submit, 
 and in whose decision they shall acquiesce with 
 the most respectful deference.
 
 DESCRIPTION OF STAFFA. 
 
 Staffa is a verv small island, rendered remark- 
 able by its caverns and basaltic columns, which, 
 by naturalists, have been supposed to be more 
 grand than similar objects in any part of the 
 world. This island is about fifteen miles west 
 from Mull, in Argyleshire; its length is one mile, 
 its breadth half a mile, and its form irregular. 
 The whole of this island is basaltic, and the sea 
 having laid the basaltic bare upon the coast, the 
 columns are distinctly visible, and have excited 
 the admiration of all naturalists. Staffa is ac- 
 cessible only in one place, and can be approach- 
 ed only in a small boat. One family were accus- 
 tomed to reside on it during the whole year, but 
 being terrified by the violence of the western bil- 
 lows, which, as they affirmed, shook the whole 
 island, they chose to reside in Mull during the 
 tempestuous season. More than one half of 
 Staffa exhibits elegant basaltic columns, similar 
 to those composing the Giants' Causeway, in Ire- 
 land ; but the greatest curiosity is the cave of Fin- 
 
 • ■
 
 DESCRIPTION OF STAFFA. lxxxiii 
 
 gal, which is mentioned by travellers with enthu- 
 siasm. 
 
 Concerning this cave, which can be described 
 only by those who have seen it; a few remarks, 
 taken from St. Fond, will not be improper, as 
 this superb monument, of a grand subterraneous 
 combustion (the date of which, says the ingenious 
 traveller, has been lost in the lapse of ages), pre- 
 sents an appearance of order and regularity, so 
 wonderful, that it is difficult for the coldest ob- 
 server, and the least sensible to the phenomena 
 which relate to the convulsion of the globe, not. 
 to be singularly astonished by this prodigy, which 
 may be considered as a sort of natural palace. To 
 shelter myself, he observes, from all critical ob- 
 servation, on the emotion which I experienced, 
 while contemplating the most extraordinary ca- 
 *ern yet known, 1 shall borrow the expressions 
 uf him (Sir Joseph Banks) who first described it. 
 Those who are acquainted with the character of 
 this illustrious naturalist, will not be apt to ac- 
 cuse him of being liable to be hurried away by 
 the force of a too ardent imagination; but the 
 sensation he felt at the view of this magnificent 
 scene, was such, that it was impossible to escape a 
 degree of just enthusiasm. "The impatience which 
 every oue felt (says Sir Joseph) to see the wonder 
 tye h;td heard so largely described, prevented our 
 morning rest: every one was up and in motion before 
 the break of day, and with the first light, arrived
 
 Ixxxir DESCRIPTION OF STAFFA. 
 
 at the south west part of the island, the seat of the 
 most remarkable pillars ; where we no sooner arriv- 
 ed, than we were struck with a scene of magnifi- 
 cence, which exceeded our expectation; though 
 formed, as we thought, upon the most sanguine 
 foundations. The whole of that end of the is- 
 land, supported by ranges of natural pillars, 
 mostly above fifty feet high, standing in natural 
 colonnades, according as the bays or points of the 
 land, formed themselves upon a firm basis of 
 solid rock. In a short time we arrived at the 
 mouth of the cave; the most magnificent, I believe, 
 that ever has been described by travellers. The 
 mind can hardly form an idea more magnificent 
 than such a space, supported, on each side, by 
 ranges of columns, and roofed by the bottoms of 
 those which have been broken off to form it; beween 
 the angles of which, a yellow stalagmitic matter 
 lias been exuded, which serves to define the an- 
 gles precisely, and at the same time with a great 
 deal of elegance; and to render it still more 
 agreeable, the whole is lighted from without, and 
 the air is perfectly free from the damp and noxious 
 vapours with which natural caverns in general 
 abound." Let us also listen for a moment to Dr. 
 Von Troll, on the same subject, in his iMtcrs on 
 Iceland. " How splendid (says this prelate), do the 
 porticoes of the ancients appear in our eyes, from 
 the ostentatious magnificence of the descriptions 
 we have received of them, and with what admira- 

 
 DESCRIPTION OF STAFFA. lxxx? 
 
 tion are we seized, on seeing even the columns of 
 our modern edifices. But when we behold the 
 cave of Fingal, formed by nature in the island of 
 Staffa, it is no longer possible to make a compari- 
 son; and we are forced to acknowledge that this 
 piece of architecture, formed by nature, far sur- 
 passes that of the Louvre, that of St. Peter's at 
 Rome, all that remains of Palmyra and Peastum, 
 and all that the genius, the taste, and the luxury 
 of the Greeks were capable of inventing." Such 
 was the impression made by the cave of Fingal on 
 these two naturalists. St. Fond continues, " I 
 have seen many ancient volcanoes, and I have 
 given a description of several superb basaltic 
 causeways, and delightful caverns in the midst of 
 lavas; but I have never found any thing which 
 comes near to this, or can bear any comparison 
 with it, for the admirable regularity of the columns, 
 the height of the arch, the situation, the form, the 
 elegance of this production of nature, or its resem- 
 blance to the master pieces of art, though this 
 had no share in its construction; the bottom of 
 the cave is always filled with the sea, and can be 
 entered into with a boat when the water is com- 
 pletely calm ; at any other time to enter it would 
 be destruction." The following are the dimensions 
 of the cave: 
 
 M
 
 kxxvi DESCRIPTION OF STAFFA. 
 
 Feet, 'bifitf 
 
 Length of the cave from the rock without 237 6 
 
 Ditto, ditto, from the pitch of the arch 250 
 
 Breadth of ditto at the mouth 53 7 
 
 Breadth of the cave at the farther end 20 
 
 Height of the arch at the mouth 117 6 
 
 Ditto, ditto,at the end 70 
 
 Depth of waterat themouth 18 
 
 Ditto at the end 9 
 
 Height of the tallest columns on the right side of the 
 
 entrance 45 
 
 The Editors being natives of Argyleshire, it was 
 thought proper to insert here, in preference of 
 their own, the description given by foreigners of 
 this superb structure of nature, as they would not 
 be suspected of partiality. No human being 
 who will behold this great and wonderful curiosity, 
 or judge of it from the description, but what 
 must conclude with the words of the queen of 
 Sheba to Solomon — " Howbeit I believed not 
 the words until I came, and mine eyes had seen 
 it, and behold the half was not told me." There 
 are other places in the adjacent islands, and 
 immediate neighbourhood of Staffa, highly deser- 
 ving the attention of the naturalist and philoso- 
 pher; such as the Corvorant's cave in the island 
 of Staffa; M'Kinnon's cave in Griban; Innis-Ken- 
 neth, where the venerable St. Kenneth resided 
 for some time. This beautiful, and much admi- 
 red island, is visited by the most of travellers 
 when going or coming back from Staffa and Iona ; 
 the pilot can point out several other places that 

 
 DESCRIPTION OF STAFFA. Ixxxrii 
 
 nature has adorned with grandeur to attract the 
 notice of the beholder. 
 
 It is handed down by tradition, that it was in 
 S tafia that Fingal's coronation took place, when 
 he was proclaimed king of Morven. And it is 
 not surprising that a renowned prince, of such 
 amiable accomplishments as Fingal, should have 
 selected StafTa for this ceremony, as being the 
 wonder of the whole world. We may mention it 
 as a proof of the superior taste of the present 
 proprietor, Ranald M'Donald, Esq. of Staffa, 
 considering the different possessions which he 
 holds, that it is from StafTa he takes his title. 
 
 It is j ust to acknowledge, in passing, that amongst 
 the many laudable transactions by which the 
 above-named gentleman has distinguished himself 
 in every public affair beneficial to the nation, 
 which has rendered his name conspicuous, and 
 endeared his fame to all that have the pleasure of 
 his acquaintance, or the knowledge of his benevo- 
 lence, that he has built an excellent inn near Ulva 
 house, well adapted for the accommodation of 
 travellers ; where nobility and gentry, visiting 
 Staffa, are entertained with the strictest attention 
 to make them comfortable.

 
 TO THE READER. 
 
 It was deemed proper, by competent judges, to 
 translate the following- poems in a literal style; in 
 order that the English reader might be enabled to 
 comprehend as much of the spirit of the original 
 as possible; duly aware, that the subject would 
 lose a great deal of its energy and beauty, if a 
 higher strain of language in the translation was 
 adopted. We can assure our readers that the 
 translation is extremely faithful, and if any errors 
 should be found, either in the original or transla- 
 tion, these blemishes must be altogether imputed 
 to the Editors, and not to the learned and accom- 
 plished gentlemen, who gave their friendly assist- 
 ance through the most disinterested motives. 
 
 The Editors beg to return their most grateful 
 and sincere acknowledgments, to the learned and 
 pious Reverend Thomas Ross, L, L. D. of Loch- 
 broom, for the great pains he has taken in trans- 
 cribing the originals of these poems, and prepa- 
 ring them, with such classical orthography, for
 
 sec TO THE READER. 
 
 the press: to the learned and pious Reverend 
 Duncan M'Farlan, A. M. of Perth, for the elegant 
 and faithful translation he has given to the whole 
 of these poems, except the poem entitled Dargo, 
 Ossians Address to the Sun, and Darthula: to the 
 learned and ingenious Mr. Robert Huddleston, 
 teacher, Lunan, for his able exertions in correct- 
 ing the proof-sheets, and his other friendly assist- 
 ance. His incomparable and impartial edition of 
 Toland's History of the Druids, with his critical 
 Notes upon the same, is a better proof of his ac- 
 complishments than any thing we could state here. 
 It is hoped that all the amateurs of antiquity will 
 endeavour to possess themselves of this useful vo- 
 lume, and that Mr. Huddleston, in a short time, 
 will be called to an appointment adequate to his 
 abilities. To the learned and ingenious Eweu 
 M'Lachlan, Esq. rector of the grammar school, 
 Old Aberdeen, for his elegant and faithful transla- 
 tion of the poems entitled Dargo, Ossimts Address 
 to the Sun, and Darthula. We can boldly assert, 
 from the best authority, that Mr. M'Lachlan 
 should be ranked amongst the first literary cha- 
 racters that Britain ever produced. From his 
 profound knowledge of the oriental languages, 
 and his vast natural ingenuity, he is justly entitled 
 to fill the first situation in any university in the 
 kingdom ; and he has the happy art to instil into 
 the minds of his pupils the most pious and loyal 
 principles; yet, from his unaffected modesty, he
 
 TO THE READER. id 
 
 is far above complaining in his present situation. 
 It is, however, to be hoped that the noble and ge- 
 nerous nation of Great Britain, who has acquired 
 so much glory by rewarding merit, will give him 
 suitable encouragement, and foster his talents, 
 that they may be the more eminently useful to 
 succeeding ages. He has at present the whole 
 works of Homer, in great forwardness for publi- 
 cation, translated from the original Greek into 
 the Gaelic language; and it is to be hoped this 
 monument of genius will meet that approbation 
 from the public which it so justly deserves. 
 
 It is well known, that the whole lives of the 
 above named gentlemen have been devoted to 
 cultivate learning, and all their actions a series 
 of doing good to mankind; therefore, to ad- 
 vance more here is unnecessary, and we are con- 
 vinced that truth obliges us not to say less*
 
 A 
 
 CHOICE COLLECTION 
 
 OF 
 
 Cfje $oems 
 
 OP 
 
 OSSI AN, ORRANN, ULIN, 
 
 AND OTHER POETS, 
 
 WHO FLOURISHED IN THE SAME AGE.
 
 DARGO, 
 
 THE SON OF DRUDIN: 
 
 A 
 
 POEM. 
 
 Cbe argument* 
 
 The following poem celebrates the brave and wonderful exploits <.>{ 
 Dargo, the son of Drudin, one of the chiefs of Scandinavia. It would 
 appear, that the Fingalians had slain Dargo's father in some previous 
 engagement. The young Chevalier, arrived at the age of manhood, and 
 already exhibiting specimens of extraordinary valour, begins to project 
 an extensive plan of conquest, and forms a determination, with whaU 
 ever antagonist he should fight, never to quit the field till victorious. 
 Intent on avenging his father's death, he undertakes an expedition to 
 the Fingalian territory, where he gives battle to several of Fingal's he- 
 roes. He gains the advantage in every combat, till Gaul, the son of 
 Morni, encounters and kills him. 
 
 This piece, in the original, bespeaks high antiquity. The style i$ 
 pure and classical, though some passages may have suffered from the li- 
 centiousness of recitors, or the oscitancy of careless transcribers. Au 
 Irish copy of it is contained in pp. 301, 311, of Short's manuscript— a 
 thick duodecimo, belonging to the Highland Society of Scotland. 
 Another edition of it was taken down by the late Reverend Mr. Camp- 
 bell, of Portree, in the Isle of Skye, and is extant among his Ossianic 
 papers. Mr. M'Lachlan, of Aberdeen, has copies of the two editions. 
 They a^rcv pretty closely with the one before us; but they want tin: 
 enumeration of the standards, the general engagement, and the para- 
 graph on the state of departed heroes. The Gaelic reader, however, 
 will find these passages in pp. 23<? ; 231, and 213, 244, of Dr. Smith/a
 
 06 DARGO, 
 
 octavo collection, Ediri. 1787, where they form parts of his " Dargo, 
 the Soti of DruibheiL" 
 
 I relate the exploits of the mighty chief that 
 came from the east with the hope of victory — a va- 
 liant hero, full of wrath, the intrepid Dargo, Dru- 
 clin's son. Towards the mansion of Fingal's illus- 
 trious race, advanced Dargo, the son of Drudin, 
 from eastern shores, the land of the brave, to de- 
 stroy the Fions of Albin. The accomplished 
 champion pledged his word, soon as he launched 
 on the brine, that he should atehieve the defeat of 
 each warrior in Fingal's train, however brave. 
 
 When the valorous chief arrived from the east, 
 he eagerly sought the combat. The bright- 
 toothed*, brown-haired Dargo, went toBcn-chrua- 
 chan of the crowded hosts. Two heroes that 
 
 * The epithets " bright-toothe d, brown-haired," are exact transla- 
 tions of ).he words dcud-gheal, dotin. They have a pleasing effect on 
 the Gaelic ear, though they may not sound so gracefully in English. 
 Donn, however, is evidently wrong, for the bard informs us that the 
 hair of Dargo was of a " bright yellow." Instead of donn, Mr. Camp- 
 bell, of Portree, reads aluinn, <c graceful, lovely," which seems to be the 
 true reading. The epithet deud-gheal being in the three copies (see the 
 Argument), it was judged proper to translate it correctly, notwithstand- 
 ing its exotic apearance in English. The Greek, as well as the Gaelic, 
 furnishes many instances of vocables that in those languages are pictu- 
 resque and poetical; but when exhibited in literal English, become di- 
 vested of these qualities. For example, Asyx^fv®, geal'Uilionnach, 
 white-armed; AcXr^orxuc, cian-dhuatharach, long-shadowed. Thi; ) i 
 vocable, Mr. Pope has not once inserted in his translation. 

 
 A HEROIC POEM. «)T 
 
 brooked no shame, were watching the white foam- 
 ed ocean, the gallant Ryno, Fiiigals son, and 
 strong Caol, the offspring of Grndo While these 
 Watched the main, they sunk into a deep repose, 
 until the skiff of the great warrior came near 
 them, bounding on the strand. Forth from his 
 hollow bark sprung the beauteous hero; he hauled 
 her over the ridges Of the bright pebbled shore. 
 His yellow hair glittered as gold over the smooth 
 brow and ruddy cheek: his blue eyes looked as 
 the mountain berry, in the comely face of the chief. 
 The offspring of the king of princes grasped two 
 spears for combat. A gold-gleaming buckler 
 hung on the left shoulder of the monarch's illus- 
 trious son. Fearless of combat, he bore a sword 
 of destructive force. A helmet*, polished and 
 studded with gems, shone on the temples of the 
 thundering warrior. The champions of the east- 
 ern laud did homage to Dargo, the son of Drudin, 
 for majestic and graceful beauty, for equal combat, 
 and for gallant soul. 
 
 Ryno, the son of Fingal arose, with the shapely, 
 vigorous, and valiant Caol; they grasped their 
 weapons, and rushed to meet him. Declare thy 
 story, mighty chief; ours it is to watch the ocean; 
 we two boast of a king for our sire, the king of 
 the puissant Fions of Albin. 
 
 ■ Mionn, a helmet, as it stands in the Irish copy, is the true r< adi 
 Lhiailk ha*: nothing to do with the context.
 
 98 , DARGO, 
 
 He answered, unterrified: few dwell in my 
 native land, who are strangers to my renown. I 
 am Dargo, the son of Drudin: I avow ray pur- 
 pose; I am come to demand submission from the 
 warriors of Albin. The magnanimous Ryno 
 spoke: Who is king Dargo, the son of Drudin? 
 Reply, or submission, how shouldst thou claim 
 from the accomplished heroes of Inuis-fail? Fierce 
 as you are, warriors, with envy and wrath, I could 
 wrest the sway from Gaul himself, and the race of 
 Trenmor. Should I relate to thee, O Dargo, 
 son of the mighty prince, the battles won by the 
 illustrious Fingal, and by Gaul, the son of Morni, 
 of noble deeds, and recount, the many heroes of 
 our land that would rise to meet thee in combat, 
 wiser thou wonldst deem it not to advance, than 
 to perish by the strokes of the valiant. 
 
 My wrath I never will resign, said Dargo, the 
 son of Drudin, without the heads of the princes I 
 name; the heads of Fingal, Oscar, and Gaul, 
 the heads of Diarmad, Caolt, and Carril; and 
 the heads of three hundred that follow each 
 chief, to be delivered me on to-morrow's morning, 
 as the forfeit of my father's death, or the vigorous 
 vengeance-dealing combat; and I ask no more. 
 
 I vow, though thy words are haughty, said 
 Caol, the beautiful and brave, that we shall fight 
 thee, great as thou art, and here check thy pride. 
 With the strong, undaunted, and fair formed Caol, 
 contended Dargo, the son of Druidin, fierce in re-
 
 A HEROIC POEM. 99 
 
 sentment and rage. Ill were the hap to grapple 
 with the mighty champion. Dargo and Gaol, in 
 the height of pride, strove with their utmost force: 
 the son of the tall rocks replied to the noise of 
 their cleaving shields. At length the battle ceased ; 
 and the noble Dargo, with fiercely exerted might, 
 bound Caol on the plain. 
 
 The magnanimous Ryno arose, when the strong 
 Caol was bound, the son of th6 Fenian king*. 
 He boldly encountered Dargo. Wonderful were 
 the valorous feats there displayed^ till the forceful 
 stroke of Dargo disabled Ryno, and the gallant 
 warrior was bound. 
 
 Brave is thy exploit, mighty chief! thon hast 
 made us two thy captives. Unbind the thong, ac- 
 complished champion, and bear us away with thee 
 on thy journey. The generous Dargo released 
 the king's sons from the thong, and took the pledge 
 from each, that they should not again lift the 
 sword as his foes. 
 
 Now they proceed to Selma, to the renowned 
 king of the powerful race; Drudin's son, of vic- 
 torious swords, with Ryna and Caol beneath his 
 sway. Then arose Selma's king, the illustrious 
 son of Comhal, with his bands of tall, straight, 
 accomplished, well-formed warriors: many a dark 
 brown chief, in silken mantles, enjoyed the feast 
 and song in the hall of my king. 
 
 * Fingal, i c. Fionn. An Phemn, the Fenian or folic- a i
 
 I*> DARGO", 
 
 Then said the Fenian monarch, of unsullied re- 
 nown:-^ You who have submitted to the brave, 
 lift not your swords against him hereafter, or name 
 yourselves no more of the house of Trenmor. 
 Let the heroes of Innisfail sit down, and ask the 
 sons of the king, who is the stately warrior, with 
 the gloomy brow, that advances towards us on the 
 field. We hailed with gentle speech the mighty 
 man excelling in form. Dargo, unterrified, sat, 
 and saluted the Fenian kinsr. 
 
 Hero of distinguished beauty! declare the pur- 
 pose of thy coming to Selma. The intent of my 
 journey, O son of Comhal, and race of Trenmorl 
 is to demand thy kingdom, or the furious combat 
 for the privilege. To waft beyond ocean the pri- 
 vilege of my kingdom! vain were the purpose, 
 without force equal to the strife. Comply with 
 the demand; or, to-morrow's morning, give the 
 battle of a hundred heroes. 
 
 We sent forth to the direful contest, the ban- 
 ner of my brother Fergus; we advanced the stan- 
 dard of Caoilte, the heart- rousing, storm- braving, 
 Duniva. My own flag was displayed, radiant as 
 the sun through misty glooms. We also reared 
 the signal of young Diarmad O Duibhne. Now 
 came on the host of Dargo, and the Fenian he- 
 roes! they poured to the front of battle, swifter 
 than the scowling blast of spring, swifter than a 
 thousand streams of the hills tumbling into a dark 
 cavern; when, loud, strong, and maddening with
 
 A HEROIC POEM. 101 
 
 the roar of winter, they rush from the deserts. 
 The bellowing noise of the surge, when flung 
 against the tall rocks, by the strength of the win- 
 try north winds, could not equal the thunder of 
 the combat. A contest to be matched with this, 
 I never in my days surveyed. 
 
 A hundred of the men of Fingal, heroes with 
 weapons sharp and bright, advanced; and many 
 a vouth in the field was eager to encounter the 
 chief. Forthwith Dargo slew the hundred; his 
 tigour increased, while he plied sword and shield 
 in the fell strife of blood and wounds. 
 
 Fingal, the son of Comhal, came on the next 
 day to the field of havock, with nine thousand 
 shining warriors, who failed not in their love of 
 combats. Each strode along in his mail, helmet, 
 and shield; each hero grasped a sword and a 
 spear. Conan raised the song of war. Terrible 
 was the scene as they advanced in their might; 
 but terror was far from Dargo. Comhars son, of 
 spotless renown, hailed the chief. Dargo replied, 
 and forthwith demanded of the Fenian king, (he 
 tribute or the combat. Though thy hand, O Dar- 
 go, be powerful (said Fingal, Albin's king), we 
 yield not thy demand, nor fear thy combat. 
 
 Keen-sworded son of Comhal! if these warrio 
 advance, to encounter me with the arms of contest, 
 thou shalt give me alone the battle of three hun 
 drcd heroes, that they may fall headless corses on 
 the plain. Fingal, without delay, se»,U three bui 
 o
 
 103 DARGO, 
 
 dred to cope with the hero. Long they plied not) 
 the exertions of vigour, till he covered the ground 
 with the headless trunks of his foes. Three hun- 
 dred more had opposed in vain; the great Dargo r 
 furious to destroy, rushed like a mighty current 
 with its loud surges bursting along. 
 
 Fillan arose, dreadful in his wrath. He raised 
 his voice amid the host. He proceeded to the 
 combat, to quell the monarch's son. Red blood 
 smoked from their shields, and fiery sparkles 
 streamed to the clouds, driven from the swords 
 of the heroes, until their broken armour flew glit- 
 tering from their fair sides on the plain. 
 
 O son of Morni, intrepid in danger, hero of dis- 
 tinguished prowess, ever strong to aid! prime 
 champion of our hosts! remember thy valour and 
 exploits; remember the shame of FingaPs people; 
 our youthful sons gashed with wounds, our 
 fair ones drenched in tears. Thine shall be, said 
 the great king, a recompense never conferred on 
 any hero of thy days ; a hundred mails, a hundred 
 swords, a hundred dogs in chains of gold; thy 
 choice of the costliest gifts in the splendid man- 
 sion of Selma; thy choice of the Fenian fair ones; 
 my own daughter, accomplished hero! shall be 
 thine. — O Fingal! I shall lend thee my aid, said 
 Morni's son, with intrepid voice. I and my 
 fiercest strength, in the day of war and hardship, 
 shall be thine. 
 
 The son of Morni, tremendous in might, and
 
 A HEROIC POEM. 103 
 
 full of wrath, advanced, armed for combat. The 
 earth shook beneath him, as he trode to meet 
 D&rgo, the son of Drudin. Then awoke the rage 
 of the two mighty warriors: many were the strokes 
 dealt on helm and head, by Ulan* and by Dru- 
 din's son. Fiercely they urged the strife; the 
 echo of the rocks replied; birds flew towards the 
 firmament, scared by the thunder of their shields. 
 The Fenian hosts were mute, listening to the 
 strokes of the fearful conflict. Seven nights and 
 seven days our heroes and fair ones were sad; 
 until the noble Dargo, son of Drudin, fell by the 
 mighty Gaul. A day and year Gaul continued, 
 before his deep wounds were healed; while the 
 feast and the music, in our hall, cheered the heart 
 of the son of Morni. 
 
 Myself, Fergus, and Fillan, were in the mansion 
 of our illustrious father. I sung the praises of 
 heroes, and they acquired the hardy exercises of 
 war. Ghosts fled from their strokes, and power- 
 ful chiefs were made to yield. Though now 
 feeble and grey with age, I was then a hero of re- 
 nown. 
 
 I rejoice in the journey of the chiefs to the hill 
 of placid ghosts, where wrath is for ever hushed, 
 and the heroes are of one mind. Their hosts 
 meet in peace, gliding smoothly on the wings of 
 the storm. No sounding of shields — no clashing 
 of swords— is heard in the dwelling of the child- 
 
 * Gaitf.
 
 10* DARGO. 
 
 ren of love. The race of Lochlin and of Fingal 
 are on high, listening to the music of the same 
 bards. They delight no more in the strife; they 
 miss not the forest or the chace. Like me, they 
 look with pensive smile on the years that are gone; 
 tbey bend their eyes with wonder on the fields of 
 the red deer, from their grey clothing of mist, as 
 they ride on the dancing shower. Like the tale 
 of departed years speeding their dark brown flight 
 across the hill, so is the dream of life to you, Q 
 chiefs! and so to me is the Dargo of combats. 

 
 CROMGLEN. 
 
 €be argument. 
 
 Fingal and his heroes had killed a great number of Scandinavians, 
 and particularly the most of the king's sons, in a battle at a place called 
 Cliavan, where Fingal obtained a complete victory over the people of 
 Lochlin. After these returned to their own country, they were filled 
 with rage and pride, in consequence of the disgrace and shame they 
 suffered from their wives, and especially their countrymen, because the 
 brave Caledonians had conquered them. On this account they sent a 
 treacherous message to Fingal, offering him the king of Lochlin 's daugh- 
 ter in marriage: but Fingal and his people being well acquainted with 
 their treachery, took with them knives, or dirks, concealed ; and when the 
 men of Lochlin began to put their treachery in execution, Fingal sung 
 a stanza of a poem concerning the knives, which his heroes understood ; 
 and though the men of Lochlin caused their own people to sit down 
 with one of Fingal's men between two of them (through pretended 
 friendship), the brave Caledonians killed every man in Beirba*, the ca- 
 pital of the kingdom of Denmark, and carried off the king's daughter, 
 as this poem relates. 
 
 I shall tell you the true tale (and true it is in- 
 died), of the pleasing attachment of the heroes, if 
 you solicit the recital. 
 
 ■ The capital, or Copenhagen.
 
 106 CROM-GLEN, 
 
 Upon a day we gathered upon Crom-glen *, of 
 the rocks, a terrible hero came in privily amongst 
 us. Fingal, of the mildest voice spoke to him; 
 you are welcome to a night's hospitality; twelve 
 houses we were in this place, when we went to 
 the chace in Crom-glen; twelve fires were in every 
 house, and a hundred and one around every fire, 
 and the feeblest of those would alone engage 
 a hundred. When bald Conan discerned the 
 image of the hero coming by his side, he drew his 
 closed fist against the fierce hero of one eye. Fin- 
 gal spoke aloud, cease Conan, stop thy fist, great 
 would our dishonour be, shouldst thou strike the 
 messenger of Lochlin's king. But messenger of 
 the fiercest eye and wildest look, tell us thy sur- 
 name and thy character, thou whose furious steps 
 are evil, tell us thy tale, dismal hero. From 
 broad Lochlin do 1 come, from the men of he- 
 roic shining deeds; my steps were not slow, 
 though far, from the coasts that confine Lochlin. 
 The daughter of the king of Lochlin has fixed her 
 heart on you, Fingal; it is a tale without guile: 
 she resolutely vowed she would not go into a 
 house, until you should go in quest of her: I 
 come to invite thee, son of Comhal, and thy 
 people, to the feast. Let us draw on our gauzy 
 garments, around our thin athletic bodies, our 
 handsomest coats of mail, our helmets of beauti- 
 ful hue, our shields edged with gold, our swords 
 
 * Crooked valley, in Mull,
 
 A HEROIC rOEM. 107 
 
 and mail — on every high kneed hero: let the 
 stern desire to go appear in every face; the instru- 
 ments of war surrounding every brave hero. 
 " Had I been a forger of arms," Fingal said, " well 
 would I form knives; I wonld temper their blades 
 with steel, and their points with the hardest steel; 
 their shafts of heather, with their yellow heads, I 
 would fix in the thick backs of the thin edges *." 
 We launched out on the sound of theocean; heroes 
 who could not be easily matched; manly and cooly 
 we landed on the coast, with the message of the 
 fierce hero of the king of Lochlin; and in Beirba 
 we feasted, in the fort of the learned, with cheer- 
 ful amusement, consuming the banquet. Then 
 the king of Lochlin spoke aloud. Hast thou 
 brought home my son with thee, Fingal? the blue- 
 eyed Gorman of battles. Said Raino, of the white 
 hands, I am the man who killed thy son Gorman, 
 deny the man I shall not, since it is by me he fell 
 in battle. Hast thou brought with thee Ronan 
 my son, the hero of the beautiful form: or the 
 Victorious, my other son, or the brave Mighty- 
 hand, the supporter of battles? I am the person 
 who killed Ronan thy son, says Dermid O Duvno, 
 on the shore of Cliavan, of the north, where many 
 of thy great people fell. Then spoke Oscar, who 
 never lied, I am the one who killed the Mighty- 
 hand, in defiance of any who ever grew in the 
 
 * This true poetiod description of dirks, is thought to bo the first in* 
 '.ion of that weapon.
 
 10* CROM-GLEN, 
 
 kingdom of Lochlin. Caoilte, of the stout heart, 
 answered, I am the one who cut off the head of 
 the Victorious : my feet were swift in the field, 
 slaughtering and killing thy people. 
 
 A man thus lifted up his voice on the other side. 
 "Woe to the one who would rouse the fend at this 
 time: the Fingalians shall leave you dead in your 
 halls, and shall depart for Morven to-morrow. 
 Fingal, said Lochlin's king, thou art now taken 
 captive, and all thy people of high-sounding 
 threats; in defiance of the strength of all thy host, 
 speak of Albin never more. The Fingalians, with 
 the boldest voice, answered, we cannot be kept 
 captive, for it is by us the first man is killed. 
 Then Oscar drew the horn which was in his hand, 
 from which he drank, and killed a hundred-and- 
 fifty mighty men, before the Fingalians began the 
 battle. Up rose Gaul of the hardy, happy strokes, 
 aud strongly excited to combat. M O you mighty 
 race of Morven, prove at this time, your hardy and 
 native bravery.'* Our ten hundred dirks we drew, 
 to animate our fortitude and heroic deeds, and 
 each of us killed two of the king's family in Beir- 
 La; high-minded in our pride and fame, out we 
 departed and killed the centinel, and all who 
 were near the hall of the king ; Fingal was in pri- 
 vate a short time with the daughter of Manus, of 
 the two-fold guile, and over the sea carried her 
 along to high Morven, of the aged oak, and the 
 feast of shells was in Selma; all the hall was joy- 
 
 

 
 A HEROIC POEM. 109 
 
 fol, and cheerful, the flesh of the deer was plenti- 
 ful, with the sons of Morni and the sons of Baoisge. 
 Though I now walk slow and feeble, great was 
 my fame in the hall of those heroes. Over Manus 
 of the havens of ships, and of booty, my noble fa- 
 ther had power and authority. Sad and mourn- 
 ful is my case, lamenting now the brave heroes, 
 and relating the feasts in Crom-glen.
 
 
 EVIR-ALUIN, 
 
 POEM. 
 
 
 C6e Argument, 
 
 Ossian being an old hero, blind and feeble; all the Fingalians, and 
 ihe companions of his youth departed; he was without substance, or 
 friends, lamenting the death of the heroes who died, and ruminating 
 on his own exploits, and on the honour in which he was held as the 
 son of a king, and as a superior hero in the days of his youth. At that 
 time a maid, who was in the same house, shewed him some mark of 
 contempt, upon which he spoke the following words; relating particu- 
 larly the time of his courtship of Evir-aluin, the daughter of Brian, 
 his first wife, how he proved himself a hero, and all the heroes who at- 
 tended him, when he cut off the head of Cormag, Evir-aluin's lover. 
 He relates how he, himself, together with his company, went with re- 
 joicing to his father, Evir-aluin being along with him, with Cormag's 
 head in his hand. But the great change he underwent since that time, 
 in being despised by a maid, is a proverb in the Highlands to this 
 day — when a person is old and sick, without riches and friends, he i? 
 like Ossian after the Fingalians. 
 
 Despised is man where he is not beloved. 
 Daughter of Angus, let me inform you, that I had 
 once been a valiant hero in mighty feasts, although
 
 A HEROIC POEM. Ill 
 
 I am this day an aged feeble hero. On the day in 
 which Evir-aluin, of the beautiful locks, went 
 along with us, the maid of the snow-white hand, 
 the beloved of Cormag, the stranger; we depart- 
 ed for the hero of the lake of Lego. We were in 
 number twelve, the most valiant under the sun. 
 Whoever could consider our undaunted resolute 
 thoughts, every evil dog would, with the fleetest 
 feet, fly before us. Then did Brian, the son of 
 Luthar, welcome the tall, white-handed, exqui- 
 sitely handsome heroes: modest, strong, and va- 
 liant, who never could bear reproach or contempt. 
 With the mildest voice, he enquired of us the pur- 
 pose of our expedition. Answered then Caoilte, 
 at our head, first of men: from thee to seek thy 
 daughter. For whom do you come to seek her, 
 saith Brian. To Ossian, the son of Fingal (the 
 heroes said). Happy is she who gets thee, power- 
 ful hero of the havens of ships. Saith Brian, and 
 falsehood he uttered not, although mine were 
 twelve daughters, thine, Ossian, would be the 
 first and choicest daughter, on account of thy fame 
 among Fingal's heroes. The door of the large pa- 
 lace, thatched with the plumage of birds, was by 
 Brian widelyopened, and sportive and glad were we 
 all, beholding Evir, of the yellow curled hair. When 
 the generous Evir beheld Ossian, the son of 
 Fingal, the valiant hero, the maid of the most 
 beautiful form fixed the entire love of her heart 
 on the son of bravest deeds. To Drumdehir we
 
 ill EVIR-ALUIN, 
 
 all departed, and Oormag was before us in bis 
 haven of sbips, with his people strong and bold, 
 waiting the arrival of Fingals numerous host. 
 Like a furious deluge of flame, the people opposed 
 us on the mountain. Eight of Cormags men 
 were gathered; great were their deeds of wrath, 
 and mighty their valour: the son of Colla, and 
 Doirre of the wounds; the son of the brave Toscar, 
 and Taog; the victorious Frestal, the son of the 
 king, and Daire of the happy feats; Daol, brave 
 on the field, and the banner of the mighty Cormag 
 in his hand. Eight heroes had Ossian of brave 
 deeds, for his defence in the proud battle: Mulla, 
 the son of Sken, and Fiall; the trusty Gulach; 
 the heroes of Fingal ; Fillan, and Carril the proud ; 
 Dubh, the son of Baoisge, of the stoutest mind ; 
 Toscar, first amidst the chiefs of steel, under the 
 standard at the head of the Firbolg. 
 
 Toscar and Daol met together by one another's 
 side, in presence of the host. The conflict of the 
 two strong heroes was as the strong blasts of the 
 ocean when its foam is fierce. It was the strife of 
 two lions, and dirks they wanted not to draw 
 blood. Though powerful and strong was the de- 
 fence of their shields, the mist of blood was round 
 their eye-brows; the sons of the rock answered to 
 the sound of their shields; birds fled aloft to the 
 sky ; the noise of their shields was like the thunder 
 of Eit-glen, and round them shook the hills. Into 
 pieces their hardy spears were broke; the blasts
 
 A HEROIC POEM. 113 
 
 of their breath were like the wind iu Ard-ven : our 
 old heroes and every maid lamented the dismal 
 strife. But Toscar called to his mind the dirk, a 
 weapon dear to the hero. ISine wounds he made 
 in the side of Daol, a short time before the battle 
 ceased. Like the sound of a hammer in strong 
 hands, was the rage of conflict among the host ; 
 with eager desire, pushing forward toward Ossian 
 at every stroke, in the victorious battle, of his 
 mighty hand. Fifty shields did Ossian break 
 upon the heath, pushing in his might toward the 
 hardy Cormag; and fifty blue blades of steel did 
 Cormag, the son of Airth, break upon my back. 
 I beheaded the valiant Cormag on the field of 
 battle. I moved to the hall of Fiugal, with the 
 head by the hair in my hand. I led Evir to the 
 palace of the king, where joyful was the music, 
 the song, and the feast. As my father was always 
 wont to do, she was caressed with kindness and 
 hospitality. 
 
 Ulin and thebards began, in harmonious strains, 
 to sing of my valiant deeds in the strife: how that 
 the noise of my arms was like the stream of Lara, 
 in time of the flood, or as the lightning in the 
 clouds; or as the spirit of Loda flying in the fierce 
 storm ; or as the speat of the mountains bounding 
 in white foam over the rocks, tearing trees from 
 their roots. They said the strength of my hand 
 was like an aged oak on Morven; and that the 
 hardness of my steel and mail was like the rock
 
 114 EVIR-ALUIN, 
 
 of Lego's lake; and the wave beating violently 
 against it. That the hill did shake beneath my 
 feet; that I roused the desire of battle in old 
 feeble heroes; that to the Fingalians and Evir, 
 the highest honour resulted from the hardy deeds 
 of Ossian against Corniag. My father, with joy, 
 heard the tale of my fame from the bards. Evir 
 rejoiced at the praise of her hero: and all in 
 Selma's hall honoured Ossian and his first love. 
 Except Conan, the son of Morni, willing to excite 
 the fend again ; was bound by Julin his brother. 
 Captive and uneasy, was cast into a sequestered 
 corner. But my noble and generous father order- 
 ed the bands of Conan to be untied. Three times 
 he received the shell, and drank to the happiness 
 of Evir. Whoever then would have told me that 
 night, in the fort of the brave, the contempt I met 
 with this night, would have received evil at my 
 hand.
 
 THE FINGALIANS' 
 
 GREAT DISTRESS. 
 
 A 
 
 POEM. 
 
 C6e argument. 
 
 At a place called Druim-dealg (or Druim-dealacha, in the upper part 
 of Argyleshire), a name suitable to the place, because there are two 
 sources of water, one of them running directly to the west, into that 
 firth of the Atlantic, in which is the stream of Lara, now commonly 
 called Con/i-thuil ; the other water running eastward into the sea at 
 Dundee: at this place Fingal gave a feast to the chiefs of the Finga- 
 lians, and many of his noble leaders; but two of his heroes, Raino and 
 Ailde, he neglected to invite. These two learning that the chief noblrn 
 of Fingal got a feast, took it as an affront, and vowed to leave Fingal'a 
 family, and to carry on war, together with the king of Lochlin, against 
 him, until they should revenge on Fingal, and his leaders, the affront 
 thus offered them. These two handsome magnanimous heroes, laid on 
 1 a ship their coats of mail and arms, sailed to Lochlin, went for- 
 ward to the city of Beirva, and developed their design. With great 
 joy the king of Lochlin welcomed them, and prepared a feast for them, 
 and they bound themselves to his service for a year. Ailde was a hand- 
 some eloquent hero; like a bold lion in time of strife, and like a chaste, 
 mild, calm virgin, in time of peace. The queen of Lochlin fell deeply 
 in love with him; she preferred the valiant Fingalian to Erragon, with 
 all his riches, his hall, and his kingdom. From the king's bed she de- 
 parted with Ailde and Raino, and they returned to Albin, where they 
 were in a friendly manner received by Fingal. EtTSgOD collected all
 
 
 116 THE FINGALIANS' GREAT DISTRESS. 
 
 the chiefs and armies of his kingdom, and came to wage war with Fin- 
 gal and his host. According to Fingal's polite custom, he offered ad- 
 vantageous terms to the king of Lochlin, on condition he would return 
 home in peace. Erragon rejected all proposals, unless Fingal, and all 
 his chiefs, would submit to his own judgment and decision; unless the 
 spoils were brought to the shore, and Ailde and Raino beheaded, and 
 many more besides of Fingal's nobles put to death. Fingal and his 
 chiefs preferred offering a furious battle to the men of Lochlin, to the 
 cowardly alternative of delivering up the heads of his heroes as a boon 
 Fingal and his heroes went forth with their banners, and although their 
 numbers were few in comparison to the numerous host which came 
 from Lochlin, the heroic Fingalians obtained the victory. But more 
 than the one half of the Fingalians fell on that day, and none of their 
 enemies returned home to relate who obtained the victory in the field. 
 
 On a day when Patrick was in his tower at- 
 tending, not to the sacred song, but to the shell, he 
 went to the hall of Ossian, the son of Fingal, since 
 pleasant was his voice to him. Thrice welcome, 
 aged mildest hero! to visit thee we have come, va- 
 liant chief of the most dauntless form, who never 
 refused the solicited boon. 
 
 From thee we would know, grand-son of Com- 
 hal, of hardy swords, the tale of the hard-fought 
 battle of the Fingalians, since the day of your 
 birth. A proof of what you ask, I have to give 
 you. Patrick*, of the sweetest psalms; a tale of 
 the hardest battle fought by the Fingalians since 
 they were born. In Albin, in the days of the 
 
 * This Patrick was one of the Druids, and not St. Patrick who esta- 
 tablished Christianity first in Ireland. 

 
 A HEROIC POEM. 117 
 
 heroes, Fingal neglected to call some of the Fin- 
 galians to the feast he gave at Druim-dealg. The 
 proud rage of the heroes was roused. At the 
 feast, since you neglected us, saith Ronan of sweet 
 voice, I and the generous Ailde will vow not to 
 approach Fingal's hall for a year. Quickly they 
 took their departure, with their shields and 
 swords, to their ship; and the stately youths mov- 
 ed toward the king of Lochlin, of the smooth hills. 
 The two youths, of the fairest hue, have bound 
 themselves for a year with the king. The king of 
 Cranchur, of sharp steel ; and Ailde, who never re- 
 fused a man. The spouse of the king of Lochlin, 
 of brown shields, fell deeply in unlawful love with 
 cheerful Ailde, of sharp arms ; until, in the deceit- 
 ful attempt, she at last succeeded. She rose 
 from the king's bed : a deed, concerning which 
 much blood was shed. They to royal Albin, of 
 the Fingalians, with speed traversed the sea. Er- 
 ragon, the son of Aiuner, of ships, at that time 
 was king of Lochlin, who proved victorious in 
 every battle. Hardy was his steel, and valiant 
 his arm. His forces, the king of Lochlin, on a 
 sudden collected; and his fleet, swift and strong* 
 With him rose nine kings, with their mighty hosts. 
 Lochlin's fierce race. Pure, and ready were their 
 arms for the conflict. They swore, before their 
 departure, never to return as long as there was a 
 Fingalian left behind. They sailed on high waves 
 to the coasts of Albin, of naked arm?: ami pitch- 
 
 Q
 
 118 THE FINGALIANS' GREAT DISTRESS, 
 
 ed thick and numerous their tents near the house 
 where Fingal resided. A message came to Fin- 
 gal — a heavy tale of woe to us: it was the conflict 
 of the heroes in Innis-Phail, courting the hattle 
 on the northern shore. Fiugal, and all the Fin- 
 galian chiefs together, formed a council, to send 
 the king's daughter, if he would accept of her r to 
 the king of Lochlin, of sharp arms. The king's 
 daughter, of the fairest skin and bluest eye, we 
 sent, attended by a hundred steeds, the most 
 stately that ever trode the heath, with a hundred 
 riders on their backs, with their golden robes glit- 
 tering like the sun's rays. On the shore, no sooner 
 had she alighted, than behind her she left the hor- 
 ses, and, with two golden apples in her right hand, 
 stepped forward to meet them : her vestments 
 being covered with the richest gold, the picture of 
 that crown to which armies submit. Beautiful 
 maid, of the curled locks, tell us thy news from 
 Fingal's host. If thy wife, she said, had proved 
 false and unjust to thee — had committed an atro- 
 cious deed — in her place you shall have me as 
 exchange ; you shall receive a hundred steeds, the 
 most beautiful that ever stood on a hill; a hundred 
 riders on their backs, with golden robes sparking 
 like the sun beams; a hundred horns that can 
 make wine of pure water; whoever shall drink out 
 of them shall find his health never impaired. 
 These you shall get; and a hundred belts — the 
 waist which they surround shall not die; every af-
 
 A HEROIC POEM. 119 
 
 fliction and heaviness they would heal — the pre- 
 cious jewels of free puissant virtues; a hundred 
 disiies, a course fit for a king 1 , to feed and nurse 
 his young family; whoever would keep them for 
 life would always preserve his youth. All these 
 you will obtain; and a hundred sons of royal 
 race, who would vanquish the fiercest armies; a 
 hundred hawks, most expert at catching birds; 
 a hundred ships, that would cleave the surges on 
 the roughest stream, and heavily loaded with the 
 richest ware ; a hundred herds of horses ; a valley 
 full of spotted cows. But, if all this boon shall 
 not satisfy thee, take thy wife and depart. I would 
 not make peace with young Ailde, or with all the 
 Fingalian chiefs, until Fingal himself submits to 
 my judgment, and the booty is brought down to 
 the shore. Thou hadst not brought over the sea, 
 in my judgment, forces to make Fingal submit to 
 thy will, nor to force the booty to the shore. If 
 thou wilt not accept the offered boon, farewell. 
 Since you ask what is beyond what is right and 
 just, you shall not obtain the heads of the heroes; 
 and the army of lnnis-Phail to you shall never 
 Mirronder. Thou shalt not depart from me, thou 
 maid of the braided locks, mild virgin, of the 
 sweetest voice; freely shalt thou get the choicest 
 jewels, and remain with me as my wife. 
 
 But, said the virgin, I shall not remain, head of 
 chiefs, since I cannot appease thy fear and wrath; 
 and siuce, to my decision, you will not submit
 
 120 THE FINGALIANS' GREAT DISTRESS, 
 
 and proclaim peace with all the Fingalians. She 
 suddenly turned her back, and rode off with the 
 fleetest stride. Mauy were the banners lifted on 
 high, and quickly the Fingalians assumed their 
 arms. Seven score of the host, and Ailde himself 
 at their head, by the hand of great Erragon fell, 
 before the armies joined battle. Fingal, with si- 
 lence, long beheld the fray; and on all the Finga- 
 lians lay a heavy gloom. Who among you, saith 
 he, can match Erragon in fight, before we permit 
 him to overwhelm us? Gaul, the unconquerable 
 hero, had the answer ready to this great question: 
 let me and Erragon engage in conflict, and try 
 our heroic swiftness. 
 
 To protect thee from the strokes of the hero, 
 upon each side of thy shield place two men of va- 
 lour — the son of Luich and the bowed Ciaran, the 
 brown-haired Dearmid, and the son of Lemo. 
 Bring with thee the seven score valiant champions, 
 who never yield; sufficient are the powerful 
 feats of their arms to diminish continually the 
 
 ■r 
 
 numbers of the enemy's host. On the ninth day, 
 Gaul obtained the victory, and the head of the king 
 of Lochlin, of brown shields. Four score and 
 five thousand mighty men fell by the hands of 
 Garra and Gaul; and three times that number by 
 Oscar, my son, and by Carrul, of the white skin. 
 Upon the name by which I am called, Patrick of 
 the sweet psalms, by myself and by Fingal there 
 fell as many as by the four. Except him who lost
 
 A HEROIC POEM. 191 
 
 his power, or with dread fled to Greece, of the 
 king of Lochlin's family, or of his army none re- 
 turned home to his own country. But though 
 there our battle we fought, we have not prospered 
 on that day : more than the half of our Fingalian 
 heroes we left on the shore to the south-west; and, 
 were I to give an oath by my king, not more than 
 the third of us escaped. This was the most hard 
 battle in which theFingalians ever were. Patrick, 
 of the psalms and bells, hadst thou stood specta- 
 tor on the shore, high would thy esteem for the 
 Fingalians be.
 
 THE BANNERS 
 
 OF 
 
 THE FINGALIANS. 
 
 POEM. 
 
 €&e Argument 
 
 Of the connection between this and the preceding poem, it is unne- 
 cessary to say much here. But it is evident that the chiefs of the Fin- 
 galians went forth with their banners, with their hardy, fierce, heavy, 
 mighty companies, each exciting his companion to wound and destroy 
 their enemies. The men of Lochlin they all killed, as this poem re- 
 lates; and, although many of the Fingalians were killed, they kept the 
 field with honour. 
 
 Though the king of Lochlin should get all the 
 riches and jewels in Albin, he would not return 
 with his people, until all the Fingalians were re- 
 duced under his authority. Fergus unfurled his 
 banner from the standard on high, as a signal that 
 Lochlin s king refused the offered boon. Stately
 
 A HEROIC POEM. ig 3 
 
 and slowly advanced the lovely Fingaliarfs, to 
 wound and destroy Lochlin. Numerous were 
 the multitude which landed from the waves, and 
 mighty were the men of strength. Upon the king 
 of Lochlin's looking at a distance, he spied a ban- 
 ner coming forth, and a magnanimous hero at its 
 head, and it shining with Albin's gold. Bard of 
 the melodious song, he asked, what banner is that^ 
 Is that the banner of a valiant son of victory? I 
 see a hero, tall and stout, at its head, and the ban- 
 ner rising high above the host. It is, answered 
 the bard, the grey ensign of swords, the banner 
 of Dermid, the son of Duvno. When all the Fin- 
 galians are wont to come forth, the grey ensign 
 of swords was always foremost. But, bard of me- 
 lodious song, what is this other banner; is it that 
 of a valiant son of victory? I discern a valiant 
 hero at its head, and itself waving above the mul- 
 titude. It is the one footed red banner, that of 
 Raino, of the numerous host; a banner under 
 which heads are cleft in twain and ancles are 
 bathed in torrents of blood. What banner is this, 
 
 d of melodious song? Is this the banner of a 
 victorious son of war? I see a valiant hero at its 
 head, and the banner itself waving over the mighty 
 
 L Its name is the spotted JJrechuil brochuil, 
 replied the bard, the banner of the great Gaul, the 
 son of JMorni, that never turned its back to the 
 enemy, till the heavy green earth had shook. It 
 
 iothed with yellow silk, itis the first to advanre.
 
 124 THE BANNERS OF THE FINGALIANS, 
 
 and the last to recede. What is this banner, 
 bard of the melodious song? Is this the banner of 
 a victorious son of war? I see a valiant hero at its 
 head, and itself waving over the people. This is 
 the black sharp banner of Caoilte, the sonofRetha ; 
 let the host in battle be ever so numerous, the 
 black sharp banner of destruction was the most 
 famous. But what other banner is this, bard of 
 melodious song? Is this the banner of a valiant 
 son of war? I see a brave hero at the head of it, 
 and itself hovering over the host. This is the 
 Squab-gam (sweeping wonder), the banner of the 
 courageous valiant Oscar; in the conflict of chiefs 
 the Squab-gavi was first in fame. We reared aloft 
 the sun-beam, the standard of Fingal, valiant in 
 strife: fair it glittered with spangles of gold, and 
 high was its renown in fields of fame. Sad to you 
 is the sun-beam, of the race of Comhal, fixed to its 
 standard, with nine glittering chains of yellow gold 
 of the greatest value, and nine-times-nine complete 
 heroes under the head of every chain. Fingal ex- 
 claimed — Bow your heads in battle, and let every 
 brave hero perform what he promised, and prove 
 to Lochlin now that there are hardy heroes of va- 
 liant deeds in Morven. Many a scalp was unco- 
 vered, and many a shoulder gashed with wounds, 
 from the rising of the sun until evening. One 
 thousand of choice heroes only escaped to the 
 ships from the edge of the sword ; they fled like 
 the violent torrent rolling from the height of the
 
 A HEROIC POEM. 125 
 
 mountain, and winging their flight in the fray. 
 Many were the heroes, and bold; courageous, 
 heavy champions. But, on either side, there was 
 none equal to my son Oscar. Seven troops, of nu- 
 merous hosts, fell by victorious Oscar; the nine 
 sons of red-haired Manns ; seven score and a thou- 
 sand champions. As many fell by Caoilte and 
 Gaul ; but the son of Comal and his valiant heroes 
 were like torrents of fire, wasting in their rage, 
 and rapidly ascending in columns of sparkles: 
 such were the heavy strokes of every hero in the 
 conflict struck by the Fingalians, who exulted 
 with joy at hearing the shrieks of the vanquished 
 foe, flying like the serpent that runs from the fire. 
 Tims was the victory the king obtained, and in 
 this most dangerous deed was Ossian; though I 
 am this day aged and grey, many were the heroes 
 who fell by my hand in the field. 
 
 But though that we completely overcame the 
 foe, our loss on that day we never recovered. 
 More than half the Fingalians were lost in the 
 cause of Raino and Ailde. 
 
 R
 
 CUCHUL1N 
 
 IN HIS 
 
 CHARIOT. 
 
 A 
 
 POEM. 
 
 €&e argument* 
 
 As Cuchulin was a powerful and valiant hero; so much so, as that 
 there is none of the Fingalian heroes mentioned in history of greater 
 valour, except Gaul and Oscar— it is said, as a common proverb, that 
 when any person is remarkably strong, and who fears nothing, he is like 
 Cuchulin. Fingal came to assist Cuchulin in a battle fought between 
 him and Gary, the son of Stairn. Garv sent out a messenger to observe 
 the appearance of Cuchulin coming in his chariot. When the messen 
 ger returned, Garv and he spoke to one another in the following manner . 
 
 What is the cause of thy expedition, or what 
 is thy report? My tale and the cause of my jour- 
 ney is, that I see the sons of Erin coming forth to- 
 wards you from the plain, in a chariot on which 
 are engraved brown white wreathes: its make is 
 fleet, active, and firm. Swift and strong, and full
 
 A HEROIC POEM. 127 
 
 of wily arts, is the noble race. The chair is 
 branchy, solid, narrow; bold, stout, and hardy, 
 are the pillars: four broad-breasted steeds are in 
 that handsome chariot. 
 
 What is to be seen in that chariot? In that 
 chariot are seen the white-bellied, white-haired, 
 small-eared, thin-sided, thin-hoofed, prancing, gal- 
 lant, coursing horses; with their small, splendid, 
 brisk bridles; running, like the fawn of the roe, 
 after it is slightly wounded; or like the hard 
 boisterous wind of winter coming forward to you 
 in that chariot. — But what is seen in that chariot? 
 The grey, swift, high-blooded, strong, valiant, 
 magnanimous, nimble, weighty horses, that would 
 tear the turf from the cliffs of the rocks on the 
 shore of the ocean. The horses obstinate, lively, 
 imperious, strong mettled, quick, wilfully vigi- 
 lant; headed like the claw of an eagle against the 
 face of the wild beast, called the Liathmor; 
 great, beautiful, and delicate. 
 
 What do we see in that chariot? In that chariot 
 we see the bald-pated, white-hoofed, small- 
 shanked, clean-maned, crooked-necked, high- 
 headed, silk-mantled, broad-breasted, young, 
 short-haired, small-eared, high-spirited, stately- 
 formed, wide-nostriled, slender-made horses; co- 
 vered with jewels; brisk as foals, comely, nice, 
 ostentatious, wild-leaping in the chariot — com- 
 monly called Du-semlin. 
 
 What is it that is sitting in that chariot? In
 
 199 CUCHULIN IN HIS CHARIOT, 
 
 that chariot is sitting the beautiful formed hero; 
 puissant, eloquent and elegant in speech; bright, 
 and exquisitely handsome. Seven ways his eyes 
 do see: his sight becomes him well. Six thick 
 sinewy fingers are upon every hand that hangs 
 from his shoulder. There are seven white hairs 
 in his head, brown hair in the ringlets of his locks, 
 and sleek, red hair above it; and white-yellow 
 hair, of golden hue, with a ring on the top of the 
 hair to preserve it. His name is Cuchulin, the 
 son of Semo the prosperous, son of Aoidh, the son 
 of Aigh, son of other Aoidh. His face is as the 
 sparks of the fire, red ; fleet on the mountain-side, 
 as the swift mist on the hills, or as the fleetness of 
 the roe on the lonely desert, or as a hare on the 
 tedious plain; frequent were the steps of the 
 steeds, nimble and delicate approaching us; like 
 the snow that makes gloomy and sad the sloping 
 sides of the clifts, was the neighing and tossing of 
 the horses towards thee.
 
 THE HEADS 
 
 POEM. 
 
 Cbc argument, 
 
 Cuchulin was the most heroic champion amongst the heroes of 
 Fingal, except Gaul and Oscar. He was step-son to Conull. It ap- 
 pears that great numbers overcame Cuchulin, and killed him, brave as 
 he was. Conull, his step-father, heard that he was killed. When Cu- 
 ihulin was wounded, he ordered one of his men to go to Conull, and 
 inform him that his step-son had built a new house. Conull inquired 
 of him what was the height, length, and breadth of the house. The 
 man said, when he lay down, his nose would touch the roof, the back 
 of his head the floor; and when he would stretch himself, his feet 
 trould be at the lower, and his head at the upper end of the house : 
 for Conull bound himself by a vow, that he would kill any one who 
 would first bring him the news of Cuchulin's death. Conull having 
 heard this, said that his step-son was dead, and the messenger called 
 himself to witness, that he was not the person who informed him of his 
 death. Conull, and another friend of Cuchulin, vowed' that they would 
 not cease, until they would fill the longest withy in the country with 
 heads of the sons of chiefs, to ransom Cuchulin's death. Conull began 
 to behead them, and Cuchulin's friend to sling them on the withy. 
 Three times he let the eye of the withy run; and among the rest, Co* 
 null killed his brothers-in-law. 
 
 Conull, take possession of the heads. Sure 
 we are that thou hadst unsheathed thy .sword. Of
 
 130 THE HE|£>S, 
 
 these heads thou hast on the withy canst thou 
 trace their generations and their names, when 
 now dead? Daughter of the generous Foirbear- 
 tach, of many steeds; young virgin, of sweet sen- 
 timents, a ransom for Cuchulin, of the valiant 
 deeds, from the south 1 brought the heads. But 
 what is that rough, brown-haired, head, thou hast 
 laid aside upon thy left side, great Conull ? His 
 smooth cheek is more red than the rose, and its 
 colour is not changed. It is the bloody Maigre, 
 of horses, who plundered every sea: off himself, I 
 have cut the head, and by me his armies fell. 
 But what do I see beyond him ; his feeble hair, 
 thick and sleek ; his eye-brows like the grass, and 
 his teeth white as the blossom; and more beauti- 
 ful than the rest, is the form of his head? It is 
 the son of Luthach, from the red Demi-island, 
 the son of generosity, who fell by my prowess: 
 my opinion is, that that is his head, the noble 
 king of Loiginn (Lagenia of Ptolemy), of spotted 
 swords. Great Conull, of royal prowess, what 
 other head is that at the end of the rest, with his 
 golden yellow hair upon his splendid head, bossy 
 and thick silvery hue? It is the son of King Fer- 
 gus, of many steeds, a mariner who would spoil 
 every haven, my sister's son, from the pleasant 
 mild tower; I severed his head from his body : low 
 is the honour for the son of a king to be carried in 
 peace by the hair. Conull, of the valiant feats, 
 what are the two heads to thy right hand: of one
 
 A IIEBOIC POOL 131 
 
 colour is the hair of the heroes? Woe to the wo- 
 man who obtained their favour? They are Cuthil 
 and hardy Conull, who would conquer with 
 rnge; 1 carried back their heads, and their bodies 
 are under the same plain. What are the two 
 heads on thy left hand? Beautiful is their com- 
 plexion and their form? They are the heads of 
 Manus, and the great Buine, I judge; in their 
 possession was found the head of the Dog on the 
 plains of Temora, of smooth streams. What are 
 the six heads of the most exquisitely beautiful 
 form, I behold on the north side? Blue is their 
 face, and squaint their eyes; dark is their hair, O 
 hardy Conull. Six brothers they are; there they 
 lie dead, and their mouth to the wind, the child- 
 ren of Caledin, of famous deeds, a race who were 
 inimicable to my love. Twenty and one, and twenty 
 hundred heads, without numbering the many 
 wounds of noble sons of chiefs, fell as a ransom 
 for the head of the T)og.
 
 rn 
 
 THE BLACK DOG. 
 
 A 
 
 POEM. 
 
 There is a Dun, or Fort, on the estate of James Campbell, Esq. of Dun- 
 more, in Argyleshire, called, to this day, the Dun of the Black Dog. 
 It would appear, the Fingalians had built this fort, where the black 
 dog was killed, as the history relates* There is a plain at the door of 
 the fort, called the Plain of the Queen to this day. The place where 
 the fort stood was advantageous, both by sea and land, to valiant heroes, 
 who were to defend their country from their enemies. It is also suit- 
 able to men who delighted in hunting, and every royal amusement that 
 gave them pleasure. And as to the manners of the building, it is a 
 proof that the heroes of Fingal, with respect to strength, were similar 
 to their fame in Ossian's Poems; for there are stones in the fort that 
 would astonish any person to be told that they were raised by human 
 beings; and it is certain, that at that time, there was little knowledge 
 of mechanical arts, but strength alone. 
 
 On a day we were at the mountain chace, and 
 without dogs we seldom went; hearing the sweet 
 music of birds, the roaring of deer and of elk. 
 With our sharp arms and dogs, we slaughtered
 
 A HEROIC POEM. 133 
 
 without guile. And in the evening, with joy, 
 music, and cheerfulness, came home to our hall. 
 
 Early in the morning, rose the chief of the Fin- 
 kalians, before the sun had gilded the plain; he 
 observed on the mountain-side a man clothed in 
 red, with a black dog-. The mild hero approach- 
 ad us ; but at length to our vexation. His face was 
 incapable of the emotion of terror, and he strongly 
 solicited a battle of dogs. Fairer than the rays of 
 the sun was his complexion; his two cheeks of 
 the colour of the rasp; his body whiter than any 
 snow, though his hair happened to be black. 
 In the first of the conflict, we let forward towards 
 him the best pack of dogs in our house. By the 
 black dog, ferocious in strife, fifty of our dogs 
 were killed. 
 
 Then spoke Fingal, of sweetest voice: this af- 
 fray is not little indeed. His back he turned to 
 the host, and Bran, with a stern countenance, he 
 struck. The victorious Bran stared at his mas- 
 ter, with a sorrowful look; and was full of asto- 
 nishment that he struck him. Great pity it is, said 
 Fingal, that the hand with which I struck 
 Bran, had not been severed from the shoulder. 
 Then did Bran shake his golden chain; and hard 
 and loud among tin- people was his squall. His 
 two eyes were kindled into a flame in his head: 
 and his bristles stood erect for battle. Without 
 delay, said Fingal, loose the thongs of my dog; 
 mighty was his prowess ?i ! ! this << ; ■; (hat 
 
 s
 
 134 THE BLACK DOG, 
 
 may behold a fair engagement between Bran and 
 the black dog. Beautiful was the form of Bran; 
 the hair of his tendons was far from his head,: 
 his middle broad, his breast low, joints bowed, 
 and crooked houghs; the feet of Bran were of a 
 yellow hue, his two sides black, and his belly 
 white; his back green, about which the beasts of 
 the chace often lay; his steep folding ears of the 
 colour of purple. They set the dogs nose to nose, 
 and blood was shed among the host; the fierce 
 strong conflict ensued, before the black dog was 
 killed by Bran. Said Evan-Ossian, from the 
 mountain of dogs, I thought that there was not 
 among the Fingalians one dog able to wound 
 Forr, let his prowess be ever so great. And were 
 it not for the cunning methods, and artful turns 
 used by Bran, and his greatness of strength, never 
 was a dog bound by a thong, which could have 
 left Forr dead west at the Dun. Many are the 
 ivory-teethed virgins, of the sweetest voice, and 
 bluest eyes, who dwell in the land of Tore, and 
 who this night would feed my dog. The true ge- 
 nerous hero, in a narrow bed of clay, had buried 
 his dog; and in the Dun, to the west, were buried 
 by the Fingalians one hundred and fifty dogs. 
 
 For amusement, and the joy of the shell, we went 
 with the son of Comhal, of the golden horns, to the 
 Dun. Joyful and plentiful was our house; though 
 this night the voice of none of them is heard in the 
 tower. That night, in the hall of Fingal, happy
 
 A HEROIC POEM. 135 
 
 and cheerful was our situation, playing on musi- 
 cal instruments; and feasting on birds, deer, and 
 elk.
 
 FINGAL'S PANEGYRIC 
 
 ON 
 
 GAUL, COLGUIL, AND TRATHAL. 
 
 A 
 
 POEM, 
 
 High-spirited was the disposition of Gaul, 
 the warlike chief of Fingal. He was a hero tall 
 and lean, strong-constitutioned and dauntless; a 
 fair, generous hero, of the sweetest voice; gentle 
 his temper; a hero joyful and great. His mind 
 was brave, and his beautiful form without defect, 
 and of the sincerest smile: a foster of shields. 
 There is not a king superior to Gaul in the world, 
 save Fingal alone: his strength like the waves of 
 the ocean, expert in heroism, a lion in battle, va- 
 liant in deeds, strong his arm : he was the best of 
 kings. His breast was durable in conflict; trus- 
 ty to the brave. Magnanimous were the warlike 
 armies of the Fingalians. Steady was the friend- 
 ship of Gaul; victorious was he ever in battle; 
 high-bouncing was his rage; his store was abund- 
 ant. A hero of mild white teeth, who never for- 
 sook his friend; favourable was his smile, and re-
 
 A HEROIC POEM. 137 
 
 sistless his strength; his hand faints not among 
 fifty kings; he was stately, smooth, warlike, and 
 great. 
 
 Trathal went forth in his armour, like the stones 
 from the top of a mountain; bouncing down its 
 sides, like a strong, fierce, roaring stream ; or like 
 the conflagration of the trees of the forest. Like 
 the black torrent of the mountains, were himself 
 and Colguil, On every side their loud-sounding 
 voices were heard : louder was the noise of their 
 white edged steel than the echo of the rocks, or 
 the lightning and thunder of the sky. Trathal 
 was as the strength of the wind, that drives down 
 the pine of cheerful Morven: and Colguil was as 
 the swiftness of bounding torrents, bouncing Up 
 against the face of the hill. With pride their 
 faces swelled for combat, like two lions separated 
 from their young cubs; or like a bear and wild 
 boar: such was the dreadful track and form of 
 the two champions.
 
 FItfGAL'S 
 
 ADDRESS TO OSCAR. 
 
 A 
 
 POEM. 
 
 Son of my son, said the king, first of the valiant 
 youths, I saw the glittering of thy sword in battle; 
 and it was my pride to behold thy victory in the 
 conflict. Closely pursue the glory of thy ances- 
 tors, and never fail to be what they have been, 
 when Treunmor of battles lived, and Trathal the 
 father of dauntless heroes. 
 
 With victory every battle was fought by them ; 
 and the renown of every combat was won; and 
 their fame shall continue in the song in the me- 
 mory of the bards henceforth. O! Oscar van- 
 quish the hero strongly armed, and protect the 
 need y and feeble-handed . Be like a strong torrent of 
 winter-tide in contending with the foes of the Fin- 
 galians; but like the feeble, soft, mild gale of sum- 
 mer to those who ask thine aid : such was Treun- 
 mor of victories; such was Trathal thedefeater of 
 armies, after him. And Fingal was the protector 
 of the feeble, to defend him from the injury of the 

 
 A HEROIC POEM. 139 
 
 oppressive : to his relief I would stretch my arm ; 
 with joy I would go forth to salute him ; and 
 friendship^ and protection he would find behind 
 the shade of the sparkling lightning of my steel. 

 
 THE 
 
 DEATH OF OSCAR. 
 
 A 
 
 POEM. 
 
 €&e argument* 
 
 Oscar being a valiant illustrious hero in obtaining victory; as a moun- 
 tain flood in time of battle, brave and invincible; but as a mild meek 
 virgin in time of peace. Cairbre, the king of Uladh, or Ulster*, sent 
 for him with a deceitful intention, and, as it were, as a friend. But 
 when the king of Uladh thought that Oscar was merry with drink, he 
 asked his spear from Oscar, as an occasion of affronting him. Oscar 
 understood his intention, and told him that his demand was very un- 
 just; but that he would get the aid of his hand and spear in any time 
 of battle or combat, if he would be friendly to the Fingalians. When 
 Oscar refused the spear, Cairbre told him that the denial of the spear 
 would be the cause of his death. Oscar answered him that his death 
 would not be unrevenged ; that he would kill a great number of his 
 people, and himself also: upon which the conflict began. And although 
 Oscar had only three hundred men, who went with hiin to serve him, 
 this poem relates the great number he killed of the king's people, and 
 that he killed the king himself and his son. There was a maid among 
 the Fingalians, who was accustomed to prophecy, and she told, on the 
 day of battle, that Oscar would kill the king, and great numbers of his 
 people. 
 
 • Lochlin, Denmark, or Scandinavia, in general, mentioned in our 
 ancient poems, is mistaken. Laighinn, in Ireland, or the Lagenia of 
 Ptolemy, is in the province of Ulster. This Cairbre was not king of 
 Lochlin, but king of Laighinn. 

 
 A HEROIC POEM. j 11 
 
 My son, I shall not call my sovereign, though 
 Ossian should be offended at it this night. Oscar, 
 and the strong Cairbre, fell in the battle of Gabra: 
 the sharp pointed spear in the hand of Cairbre, he 
 would shake in the ire of battle: he who tells the 
 truth, says that by it Oscar was slain. Maid, 
 who washes thy garment? To us prophecy without 
 falsehood; shall any man of them fall by us: or 
 shall we be victorious over Uladh? There shall 
 fall, said she, by Oscar, many hundreds, and the 
 king, himself, by him shall be wounded; and 
 many of the warriors he brought with him over 
 the sea. 
 
 Have you heard of Fingal's expedition, when 
 he departed towards Erin? Cairbre came with 
 bis host, and took possession of Erin, as sole mo- 
 narch. We, as many as there were of the Finga- 
 lians, moved forward, strong and valiant: armies 
 and troops of his, we have slain on the north side 
 of Erin. By red Cairbre, a message was sent to 
 the hardy Oscar, of the Fingalians, to go to the 
 feast of the king, and that he would obtain a boon 
 accordingly. The fairer Oscar, since he never re- 
 fused a foe, departed to the hall of the king; and 
 with him went three hundred valiant heroes, to 
 
 r upon his will and deeds. Greatly honoured 
 and feasted we were, as we ever were in the times
 
 113 THE DEATH OF OSCAR, 
 
 (hat are past: and joyful and merry amongst the 
 heroes of Cairbre in Temora. 
 
 On the last day of the feast of shells, with a 
 bold voice Cairbre thus exclaimed : Change of 
 spears I would have from thee, brown haired 
 Oscar from Albin. What change of spears 
 dost thou want, red Cairbre of the havens of ships: 
 since in the day of battle and conflict, myself and 
 my spear are thine? It would not be too much 
 for me to obtain any tribute, amercement, or rarity, 
 in thy land. During all my life and age, whatever 
 choice thing I asked, I must obtain it. 
 
 Any gold or precious wares, the king would 
 ask from us, without offering us any disrespect or 
 insult, would be under thy dominion : but exchange 
 of spears, without exchange by lot*, would be 
 unjust to demand; and the cause for which ihou 
 would ask it is, that I am without Fingalians, 
 and without father. Though your father and 
 the Fingalians were as powerful as ever they were, 
 it would not have been too much for me all my 
 days, whatever I ask to obtain. Were the Fin- 
 galians and my father as powerful as they were, 
 scarcely couldst thou obtain that, or the breadth 
 of thy two soles in Ireland. 
 
 Enmity by degrees filled the breasts of the he- 
 roes, listening to the long strife: fierce words on 
 both sides passed between Cairbre and Oscar. 
 I shall give you my steady word, said the red- 
 
 * Or exchange of handles.
 
 A HEROIC POEM. 143 
 
 haired Caifbre, that the sharp-pointed spear that 
 is in thy hand, shall he the cause of thy death. 
 Said the red Cairbre, I shall give you my lasting 
 warrant, that I shall thrust the spear of seven 
 points, between thy kidneys and thy navel. 
 Other words against these! shall give, says the 
 valiant Oscar; that I shall thrust the spear of the 
 nine points into thy hair and face. Fierce and 
 steady words, gave the red-haired Cairbre, that 
 he would carry off venison and booty from Albin 
 in a few days. That night we passed without aid, 
 on each side of the river; a pool of water lay half 
 way between Cairbre and Oscar. 
 
 A chief bard, with mournful music, was heard 
 on the sweet harp, with the lament of grief; and 
 up rose Oscar in rage, and took his arms in his 
 victorious hands. We rose up valiant and strong, 
 as many of our army as we had. That Oscar was 
 discomfited and overwhelmed, we clearly undei> 
 stood when we heard the music of the harp. We 
 ascended, as many of our army as were together, 
 the mountain of Gaul. Caoilte and young Fergus 
 by Oscar were placed in the front of the battle. 
 The king of Laighinn, of swords, and his bloody 
 heroes, fell by the edge of our steel a while before 
 the fierce combat began. When we arrived at 
 the place, and the gallant hero m a narrow valley, 
 
 irbrc was on high, opposing us as he came forth 
 
 meet us. 
 
 Five score fierce valiant heroes, by the hand of
 
 It4 THE DEATH OF OSCAR, 
 
 Oscar fell, on the oilier side, when he was design- 
 ing to force his way forward to the king of Erin. 
 Seven score sons of chiefs, of the most puissant 
 valour and mighty deeds, fell by the hands of 
 Oscar, when forcing his way towards the king of 
 Erin. Mungan, the son of Seirc the foe, who 
 would vanquish a hundred blue swords, fell on 
 the other side by the hands of Oscar, briskly 
 pushing on to the king of Erin. Five score strong 
 hardly heroes, like Cairbre, of the armies, fell on 
 the other side by the hands of Oscar, sallying vio- 
 lently to the king of Erin. When the red-haired 
 Cairbre saw his forces hewed down by Oscar, at 
 him he darted the sharp spear that was in his 
 hand, and pierced him between the kidneys and 
 the navel. On his right knee Oscar fell, with the 
 sharp-pointed spear through his skin. Another 
 cast he darted to the other side, and by him fell 
 the king of Erin. Raise Airt, said the king, take 
 thy sword, and firmly stand in thy father's, stead: 
 if thou shalt live long, J think thou wilt prove 
 thyself the son of a noble king. He darted ano- 
 ther throw on high, deemed by us a happy deed; 
 by adventure, the second cast, Airt, the son of 
 Cairbre, fell. 
 
 They sent to the king in the south, Cairbre's 
 forces, strong in fight, that they might keep the 
 field of victory; as they observed that Oscar was 
 tormented. But he lifted up a smooth, hard stone, 
 from the ground, red with blood, and broke the
 
 A HEROIC POEM. 145 
 
 head of Cairbre through the helmet: the last ex- 
 ploit of in y kind and fair son. 
 
 Rise, Oscar, with thy victorious slaughter; with 
 thy high banner, strength and victory may attend 
 thee The king of Laighinn and his bands to us 
 have drawn near. — Fix the edge of the spear in 
 the ground, and let it support my white ribs; and 
 if the foe shall discern me standing on my feet, 
 farther they shall not venture to advance. O 
 Fergus, tell us thy tale, and falsely do not deal 
 with us: how many dauntless chiefs of war that 
 fell in the conflict of Cairbre? The fair and beau- 
 tiful Oscar is no more, who performed deeds of 
 valour in slaying the foe: nor Colla, the son of 
 Caoilte: nor the chiefs of the Fingalians, from 
 Albin. How did Oscar slaughter heads? King of 
 the Fingalians, hard it is for me to relate how 
 many Oscar, of the strong limbs, had slain in the 
 battle? Lift me off with you now, O Fingalians; 
 never had you lifted me up before ; carry me to 
 Fingal's sacred hill, that you may strip me of my 
 armour? On the shore of the north, was heard 
 the tumult of armies, and the clanging of arms, 
 Nimbly up skipped our heroes, when Oscar was 
 found dead. Maid unhappy to us; twice a lie 
 thou hadst told us; they are the ships of my 
 grandfather coming to our aid, thou hast seen? 
 Fingal we all saluted; although he had not sa- 
 luted us; but went to the sacred hill of tears, 
 where 0<rar, of llie sharp arms, lay dead? Art
 
 US THE DEATH OF OSCAR, 
 
 thou, my son, in a worse state, than on the day of 
 Beinneadan's battle, when the eranes could swim 
 through thy skin, and my hand had healed thee? 
 My remedy is not ordained, and Oscar shall never 
 be healed. Cairbre thrusted the spear of seven 
 points, between my kidneys and my navel. I thrust- 
 ed the spear of nine points into his forehead; and 
 had my fists reached his skin, no physician could 
 ever cure him? Is thy state more dangerous, 
 my son, than on the day of the battle of Dun- 
 dealgan. - The geese could have swam through 
 thy skin, and it was my hand that cured thee. 
 My cure, the fates have not decreed; and my 
 soundness shall be restored no more: the deep 
 wound of the spear, in my right side, no physician 
 can cure. Then it was that Fingal retired to 
 the sacred hill above us; from his eyes the tears 
 streamed down in torrents, so he turned his back, 
 and thus exclaimed : My own love, and the 
 love of my love, son of my son, mild and fair. 
 My heart leaps quick ns the ouzle; never more 
 shall Oscar arise. O! that I had fallen in thy 
 stead, in the furious unkind battle of Cairbre; 
 and thou, O Oscar, hadst lived to advance the 
 front of the Fingalians east and west. It was 
 not like even the Fingalians, that the heart of 
 flesh in thy breast was: but like a heart of the 
 stones of the river covered with steel. 
 
 The mournful how lings of the dogs by my side, 
 and the groanings of the old heroes: the bewail
 
 A HEROIC POEM. 147 
 
 ing of ihe -people alternately, is what sadly tor- 
 ments my heart. 
 
 Away we lifted the fair Oscar on the shoulders^ 
 by the tallest spears; and him with serious and 
 deliberate carriage we did bear, until we came to 
 Fjngal's sacred hill. A woman could not la- 
 ment for her son; a man could not lament for Ins 
 valiant brother — with a deeper grief, than every 
 one about the hall: and all of us lamenting for 
 Oscar. It is the death of Oscar that grieves my 
 heart. Oscar, first of Albin's race, without thee, 
 great is our want. Where was ever"sccn u\ thy 
 time one hero so hardy as thee behind a sword? 
 Trembling and gloom never departed from Fingal, 
 from that day to the day of his death. Though I 
 should say it, the third part of a mans food he 
 would not relish nor desire.
 
 THE VIRGIN, 
 
 OR 
 
 NYMPH. 
 
 A 
 
 POEM. 
 
 C&e argument* 
 
 fTliis poem relates the grief that sat heavily on Ossian's mind, whet 
 recollecting the joyful and merry days he saw in company with the 
 Fingalians; especially the friendly safety they gave to every one who 
 came under their protection, and their gentle and honourable conduct to 
 all persons. In this poem of the Virgin, although they knew that the 
 Spaniard would kill many of their heroes, they choosed rather to suf- 
 fer death than not to protect her, since they had undertaken to do so. 
 Although some of them were slain by this powerful hero, Oscar over- 
 came him, aud they buried him with rejoicing and honour due to the 
 son of a king — as this poem informs us. 
 
 Noble Ossian, son of Fingal, sitting upon a 
 joyful hill ; great warlike hero, without dismay, I 
 see grief on thy mind. The cause of ray grief to 
 thee, O Patrick, I would unfold ; if thou art wil-
 
 A HEROIC POEM. H9 
 
 ling to hear it. It is that, I remember when the 
 Fingalians sat on this sacred hill, in harmony of 
 one mind. Upon this hill, as one man we were, 
 Patrick, of the noble, liberal sentiments? I saw 
 once the Fingalian family cheerful, great, vigo- 
 rous, and joyful. Upon this hill were the Finga- 
 lians spending the time with mirth, according to 
 our pleasure. 
 
 When we saw a young maid on the plain, com- 
 ing toward us, and she alone. A courteous vir- 
 gin, of the most beautiful form; of the fairest and 
 red est cheek; whiter than the beam-rays of the 
 sun was the upper part of her breast, under 
 her handsome shift. Two clear mild eyes were 
 in her head; with beautiful robes she was clo- 
 thed; bands of gold were round her neck; and'a 
 chain of gold under her precious jewels. From 
 that family of Fingal in Albin, we all upon her 
 fixed our hearts in love; none of us loving his 
 own wife, but all our love centred in the virgin. 
 
 She sought the protection of Oscar, the son of 
 the generous Ossian; and of Caoilte, chief of the 
 clan of Retha. I claim your aid, generous Fin- 
 gal ians, whether sons of kings, or high powerful 
 chiefs 
 
 Who is in pursuit of thee, said they, maid of 
 the most beautiful form? In pursuit of me, fair 
 hero of the noblest race of Fingalians, is the great 
 lolann, warlike and quick; the son of the king 
 of Spain. I much fear, liberal Fingalians, that 
 I
 
 150 THE VIRGIN, OR NYMPH, 
 
 you shall be slain and destroyed by the tall, 
 strong, warlike hero: his arms are sharp pointed 
 and strong. 
 
 Up rose the four sons of Fingal— Carrul, and 
 red haired Raoine, Faolan, and young Feargus; 
 and with their high and mighty voice thus began: 
 Where did ever that man travel, east or west, or 
 in the four quarters of the globe, the brains of 
 whose head we would not see before we would 
 suffer him to take thee off with him, O nymph! 
 Clean branch, white palmed, sweet voiced, noble 
 virgin of the pleasant, delightful, blue eyes, sit 
 thou here under our protection. Though bold be 
 thy pursuer, the tall hero shall not take tbee off, 
 great and valiant as thou deemest him. 
 
 O Ossian, of the profound dark sayings, at 
 what distance was the tall hero from you? or did 
 the smoke of ire appear in his face in the pursuit 
 of the nymph? We saw the tall proud hero com- 
 ing to a haven from the ocean, and drawing his 
 ship on shore; and with dire inclination coining 
 towards us. He was a tall, white-palmed, bold 
 hero; with fierce, wild, terrible foreign speai>, 
 and with furious rage, like a fire-brand, coming 
 forwards to the Fingalians. A great, victorious, 
 deadly sword, for dreadful massacre, the valiant 
 hero had ; a shield of gold, of the largest form, 
 was in the warrior's left hand. His mail was 
 high, long, and superb: his strong breast-plate 
 spotted and puissant: his helmet hardy, and fet-
 
 A HEROIC POEM. m 
 
 tered above the steady face of the hero. Vest- 
 ments of silk clothed him, hound by ornaments 
 of satin: his two spears, from their bottom of 
 hardest steel, rising up, like strong pointed bris- 
 tles, upon his shoulders. Like a man without 
 judgment, he skirmished forward, and did not 
 salute Fingal or the Fingalians. Of Fingal's he- 
 roes three hundred fell by him, and also the 
 nymph. The four sons of Fingal he bound, and 
 nine nines of their followers, of the great, warlike, 
 magnanimous race, the children of Baoisge, off- 
 spring of Trenmor: he threatened the sons of 
 Morna, and the race of Morven from Selmas 
 tower. 
 
 When the generous Oscar heard that the sons 
 of Baoisge had met with abusive contempt, he 
 took his arms in his prosperous hands, and no 
 longer listened to the miserable tale. My son 
 turned to him upon the heath : Oscar, full of he- 
 roic rage, combated the tierce champion of direful 
 mind. Ioltinn turned to my son, who strenuous- 
 ly fought against the great boned, wounding, 
 nimble, quick-handed, high-leaping hero. As a 
 torrent of a river in a valley, the destruction of 
 their blood was so violent: as fire-brands from 
 the hearth, such was the din of the bloody heroes. 
 O^ear made a clean manly stroke towards the 
 brave hero of undaunted heart, and by that stroke 
 of his Steel srvered from the body the head of the 
 king of Spain. 1'lin, and all our bards, sung
 
 1.52 THE VIRGIN, OR NYMPH, 
 
 the lament of grief on the sloping side of the 
 mountain : the victory and fame of Oscar was 
 sung; and to him was given the right hand of the 
 seven armies*. The funeral of a king's son we 
 gave to Iolnnn, of the fiercest mind ; and every 
 one of the Fingalians lamented, with tears, the 
 death of the maid. 
 
 Upon this sacred hill is his grave-stone, Pat* 
 rick: it is a true tale: the maid's stone is on the 
 other side. Good and great were they all in 
 their time; every one of them was a valuable je~ 
 wel. Peace be to their souls together; and may 
 blessing attend you, Ossian. 
 
 * Companies; battles.
 
 CONLAOCH. 
 
 A 
 
 POEM. 
 
 Cbc Argument* 
 
 The history of Cuchulin in his chariot, relates to us that he was a cou- 
 rageous warrior, gallant, stout, and brave. He had a son by Aoife, his 
 lover, in Albin. His mother named him Conlaoch. Cuchulin, being 
 commander-in-chief of the armies of Erin, promised to Aoife, that he 
 would return to Albin at a certain time ; and that Aoife would be his 
 wife. But he did not perform his engagement. When Conlaoch came 
 to acje, he was taught chivalrous feats of valour in Dunscaich, in the Isle 
 of Skye, the most famous place at that time, for teaching young gallant 
 heroes every royal exercise necessary to qualify them for war. Aoife had 
 her son taught in all the games and feats of arms, which she knew Cu- 
 chulin was master of; except one called the Gath-bolg. At that time, 
 it was customary with heroes to practice the Gath-bo/gv/hen they fought 
 With arrows in the water. When Conlaoch came to full strength, his 
 mother put him under a vow, that he would go to Erin, and not to 
 till there who he was until he would bring his father bound to Albin. 
 Aoife knew well that Cuchilin would kill his son with the Gath-bolg; 
 and all this plan she formed in revenge for Cuchuh'n's disappointing her 
 by his breach of promise. Conlaoch went to Erin, and went first where 
 Cenull the step-father of Cuchulin was, and bound kirn. Conull sent a 
 to Cuchulin to inform him that he was bound. He came to 
 loose his bands, and when Conlaoch refused to tell who he was, his fa* 
 thcr fought with him and killed him. %
 
 T54 CONLAOCH, 
 
 The sorrowful tale is lately heard, a cause of 
 grief to us: the hero from Iuis-Phail we cannot 
 mention but with melancholy and heavy hearts? 
 The royal sons of I he slow carriage, from Duns- 
 eaich to the land of Conul, with their noble young 
 sons in the field, are come within the plains of 
 Cuig-uladh. There came to us a fierce hero, the 
 courageous, valiant Conlaoch? By him valourous 
 deeds of prowess were performed from Dunscaich 
 to Erin. He struck the shield on the plain, and 
 cut the turf* of conflict; none of his appearance 
 the king or his heroes ever beheld in the five di- 
 visions j of Erin. 
 
 To the other chiefs Cranchur spoke aloud : Who 
 is desirous to meet the young hero, to ask him the 
 news of his race and generation, and to accept 
 no denial from him? Conull departed with his 
 strong hand-weapon, to ask the news of the hero; 
 and the fruit and effect of the race of heroes from 
 whom he descended was seen, from Conull's being 
 bound with thongs by Conlaoch's mighty hands, 
 and a hundred valiant heroes more. A tale this, 
 says Conull's wife, who saw the deed great to be 
 told : thou hast treated my hero with disdain and 
 
 * Signals for battle. 
 ^(Cuig) fifth, and Uladh, Ulster, the fifth division or part of Ireland. 
 It is called Ulin in Mr. MTherson's translation.
 
 A HEROIC POEM. 155 
 
 contempt. Cuchulin, a match for thee I shall 
 find : and the disgrace of Conull he shall ransom 
 and revenge. 
 
 Tell Cuchnlin from me, who dwells in the 
 joyful and beautiful fort, that many are the sons 
 in the field who are bound, in the plains of Cuig- 
 uladh. A messenger went to Cuchulin, to the 
 high famous king of Uladh: to Dun dealan, 
 pleasant and splendid, by the sun-rays, to the 
 ancient sentimental mild tower of the Fingalians. 
 Conachar thus spoke to Cuchulin : Long hast 
 thou delayed coming with thy help; and the 
 nimble Conull, of the slender steeds, led captive 
 and bound : a hundred of his people besides. 
 
 Sorrowful to me is the captivity of him, who 
 gave relief and comfort to my people. Fatal it 
 must be to fight with steel a hero who had bound 
 Conull. Then Cuchulin's consort spoke: Do 
 Dot think of declining the combat, hero of the 
 clean blue eyes; thou valiant hand, who never 
 p arest: call to mind thy step-father, and him 
 bound. When Cuchulin, of the hardy blue 
 swords, thought of Conull bound, he advanced, 
 and bold were his steps, to a*k news of the 
 powerful hero. 
 
 Said Cuchulin, since I happened to come forth to 
 
 I thee; and I am like a hero that refuses not 
 
 the conflict ; son of sweet song, who art thou, 
 
 and what is thy country? Under a vow I came 
 
 from Lome, to reveal my tale to none; and were I to
 
 15(i CONLAOCII, 
 
 disclose it to any under the sun, it would be to 
 one of thy extraordinary appearance. A combat 
 thou must give, or tell thy tale as a friend: take 
 thy choice, young hero: it would be imprudent 
 for thee to desire my battle. In the feats of steel 
 X shall enter the list with thee,. Cuchulin, from 
 the Dun of Caledons; but sad to thee, another 
 day shall be, if thou woundest thy heroic son. 
 
 In battle the heroes met. Rough and fierce 
 ■was their equal pride. The son is wounded; 
 and the want of the Gath-bolg was the cause of 
 the wound. Son, tell us now thy tale, since I 
 happen to be the cause of thy loss. In a short 
 time, thy grave stone shall be raised: conceal not 
 now thy country. Since now thou hast extorted 
 that tale from me, take up with thee my spear 
 and my hardy sword: the blade of steel I ob- 
 tained furbished. I am Conlaoch, the son of Cu- 
 chulin! the lawful heir of Dun-dealgan : the fa- 
 vourite which thou hast left in grief in Dunscaich 
 to be trained to arms. Seven years have I been 
 in Duntarve, learning feats of heroism. The feat 
 with which I fell by thee, I only wanted in my 
 discipline of war. But, noble and proud father, 
 why didst not thou understand my intention, 
 when I threw the spear feeble and crooked, with 
 the shaft opposite? Cuchulin, of the mild fair 
 skin, who wouldest open every dangerous breach, 
 wilt thou not behold, when now I am almost 
 breathless, what finger filled this ring? But
 
 A HEROIC POEM. 157 
 
 bring my curse to my mother, since she bound 
 me by vows ; the cause of my exerting my valour 
 and strength, under thy artful warlike prowess, 
 O! Cnchulin! 
 
 I will bring thy curse to thy mother, to Dun- 
 scaich, full of guile; it was the number of her 
 crafty charms, that caused thy blood to flow in 
 red torrents. Cuchulin fell on the ground, and 
 the shield and sword of Conlaoch were opposite 
 on the plain? 1 am, saith he, the man, alas! who 
 killed his son; may I never wear a spear or mail; 
 may this very hand suffer torment, as it is the 
 hand that wounded thee? Happy it is for the vic- 
 torious Laoire; happy for the nobles of Gaul; 
 happy for Liath, the son of Daoire, that he was 
 not the instrument of thy death? Happy for Cor- 
 mac, of ships, that he was not the one who woun- 
 ded thy side; were it so, a ransom for thee, a 
 hundred of his people would fall by my hand 
 alone. Alas! alas! valiant Conlaoch, my son, woe 
 unto me that I have shortened thy life? Were 
 you and I alive, I would not this night be alone 
 and sad? Were Conlaoch and I in sound health, 
 to perform deeds of valour side by side; we could 
 take pledges and boons from the people of Albin, 
 and Erin, from sea to sea. Alas ! I am torment- 
 ed; and the sharp spear of sadness piercing my 
 heart. Dig thou up the stone of my grave on the 
 green hill of blue grass. My son's spear I took 
 away with me; the shield, the spear, and sword of
 
 til CONLAOCH, 
 
 Conlaoch my son; long and sad did I thus lament, 
 as a wife, without son or brother. Woe of woes! 
 and alas again! now ascending the top of the 
 mountain, with the arms of my son in the one 
 hand, and his patrimony in the other.
 
 CIUHACH. 
 
 A 
 
 POEM. 
 
 C&e argument* 
 
 There is something remarkable in this poem not to be found in all 
 the other history of the Fingalians. Beyond all people who ever lived, 
 there is no account of the Fingalians ever turning their backs to the foe 
 but one step on this day ; and they fled only the length of the sole of 
 their foot, that is, they turned back until the ends of their toes were 
 where their heels were when they stood. Now, our heroes, in the late 
 war, were famous — as the duke of Wellington, and other generals, who 
 defended the kingdom, and conquered that tyrannical enemy Bonaparte; 
 yet, we know, that these heroic chiefs often fled with their armies. 
 But the Fingalians' mode of warfare was different from that of the pre- 
 sent times; for in those days they fought with the sword, spear, and 
 bow, whereby a valiant hero had an opportunity of proving him-- If 
 a soldier : and, indeed, if there were no written history of the victorious 
 deeds of the duke <»r Wellington, General Graham, or those other il- 
 lustrious chiefs who were instrumental in keeping the enemy from our 
 doors, yet it would be unnatural and absurd, in some hundred years 
 ■ftfcr this, that the posterity of the pn sent generation, now in Britain, 
 bhould deny that such men as the duke of Wellington, General Graham, 
 and those other heroes, ever existed, as some in our own times deny the 
 existence of the Fingalians. The conclusion we must infer from these 
 circumstances, is, that being blinded by prejudice, they would wish that 
 no heroes existed to protect the kingdom. This poem relates the victo- 
 hich O-jcar obtained over Qnhach and hi" arn
 
 1G0' CIUHACH, 
 
 By the death with which the Fiugalians died, 
 a step they never fled from the foe, but one little 
 jerk upon the shore west of Dun-gallan. Ciu- 
 hach we found not in the Dun; and had we 
 found him, our fate would have been worse: we 
 were tossed and reproached by Euvan aud Tros- 
 dan. Gaul went to try the strength of the mail 
 with Euvan the son of Gorm-uileach: and Tros- 
 dan, fierce in battle, reproached the valiant Oscar 
 with obtaining assistance. He threatened the 
 children of the sons of Morni, the brave and mag- 
 nanimous heroes : he threatened the sons of 
 Sgain, the royal race who often proyed their va- 
 lour. He threatened Raoine, the son of Fingal, 
 and the Bailives from Boilives. The Fiuga- 
 lians then all listened as if they had never 
 heard a word. With flight and hurry they turned 
 their back a little on the shore. Oscar, of the 
 victorious arm, went forth to meet the son of Nu- 
 aran in conflict. Showers of blood flowed, and 
 hot smoke rose in the air; hard steel clanged 
 with steel; faces of strong heads were besmeared 
 with blood. Shields were cleft to the ground by 
 ihe handsome son of Nuaran. Oscar victorious- 
 ly leaped forth, deemed by us a hardy step. By 
 the sharp edge of his sword, with ease* he sever- 
 
 * Without peril.
 
 A HEROIC POEM. Id 
 
 ed his head from his body. Blessing, son, attend 
 thy hand, victory attend thy deeds and conflicts! 
 Take the head by the gullet, and carry it to the 
 presence of thy grand father. The head of a king's 
 son, in pursuit of booty, who needed a hundred 
 ships, I would not carry over the sea for all the 
 riches of the world. 
 
 1 shall not allow thee that, spoke the great 
 Gaul from Cruachan : take hold of the head 
 without awe, and carry it before the chief. By 
 thy hand, Gaul, son of Morui, I would not yield 
 to thee the honour of valour. I would not give 
 one of thy father's sons for the seed of Raoine, of 
 first fame. The stout and trusty Oscar, in a 
 masculine, manly manner, leaped forth ; and, in 
 opposition to the Fingalians, interred the head 
 and the body together: he fixed the warlike, 
 graceful head, to the mild, great, and beloved 
 body: seven feet deep in the earth he laid the 
 good and beautiful son of INuaran : he discovered 
 nothing to any man ; neither to Ossian nor to 
 Iolann. Up rose the graceful and generous 
 Ossian, and laid hold of his sword and shield ; 
 placed his hard helmet on his head ; he seized 
 his two spears and his blue blade, and lifted up 
 bis complete warlike belt against the son of the 
 high chiefs. The sons of Ronan and sons of 
 Saoi, with their banners side by side, went for- 
 ward beneath the hill of victory, about Oscar, of 
 hardv arms. The sons of Dears, of valiant
 
 1G2 CIUHACH, 
 
 steel, with their banners waving above them, 
 went forth below the victorious hill, surrounding 
 Oscar, of brave fame. The Fingalian heroes, 
 with their banners waving above their heads, 
 went forth below the hill of victory, round about 
 Oscar, of valiant fame. The five sons of Ailvinn, 
 by Fingal, the first five heroes in Erin, bloody 
 Caoral, of booties, and valiant Aaral, of battles. 
 Faolan, and Raoine, the sons of Fingal, and the 
 brave Aogan, of public fame : all these five were 
 completely equipped with their shields and arms. 
 O great Oscar, who never listened to the sound 
 of bells, what now is the cause of thy delay? 
 Round thv head are the sons of the Fingalians, 
 and the chiefs of Trenmor's race. I shall not 
 combat the Fingalians, nor great Ossian, of strong 
 shields, since they are not all here; of the loss of 
 one man alone, I shall not be the cause? Never 
 was my own father in battle or conflict, or any 
 time of need, but he was a sufficient match for a 
 chief of three armies, let his steel be never so hard, 
 and would value the fair white leg of his lover, 
 and her smooth kind body the same as his own 
 beloved soul. Do thou that, lovely son, great, 
 fair, handsome hero; give peace to Iolann, of the 
 feasts, as he is the stoutest hero in Temora. If 
 you could remember the battle of the hills, or the 
 day of the battle of Beuedan, and suffering to be 
 struck by Gaul, in the land of Fingal, of shells 
 and horns, there it was that Comal, of feasts, fell
 
 A HEROIC POEM. 103 
 
 by the hand of strong Iolann. It was not Iolann, 
 nor could a hundred like him kill my father; but 
 all the multitudes of the world, kidnapping the 
 valiant Comal, of heroic deeds. Feargus gather- 
 ed together the seven armies of the hardy Finga- 
 lians, and they made a lasting and friendly peace 
 with hardy and brave Gaul. To Fingal, the son 
 of Comal, of hard steel, Ciuhach proposed, a3 
 terms of peace, that he should get the head of Os- 
 sian in his hand, and the head of Oscar, first of 
 men; the head of Gaul and Conan, one after ano- 
 ther, all of one army. It was when Oscar was in 
 Greece, of swords, that these conditions he pro- 
 posed. 
 
 Up rose then the heroes for the combat, Ciu- 
 hach and Fingal, the chief of the Fingalians. A 
 youth on the plain spoke aloud, " I see Oscar 
 coming." Thus in due time came Oscar, of the 
 clean noble eyes, intrepid, tall, and keen, hardy, 
 bloody, and confident. 
 
 Dauntless is thy voice in my absence, reproach- 
 ful Ciuhach, son of Nuaran; I killed thy brethren, 
 also the whole of thy grandmother's race. Al- 
 though all that crossed the eastern ocean were 
 equal to thee in fame and combat, none of them 
 would escape my powerful arm, but those I would 
 scorn and ridicule. The whole of Ciuhach'a 
 heroes in the Dun advanced behind Oscar: also, 
 Oscar's heroes advanced behind Ciuhach. Oscar 
 lifted his strong hand from his shoulder, and be*
 
 W# CIUHACH, 
 
 Leaded Ciubach before the Fingalians of Albin. 
 When the noble Evir saw Ciuhach's head upon 
 the plain, she shed torrents of tears from her 
 cleanly and piercing eyes. 
 
 We sailed the ship to the confines of Nuaran'g 
 city. We established people of renown in the 
 kingdom, where the great battle was fought; We 
 pursued the woman who resided there, the qmen 
 of Spain. The same queen became wife to the 
 valiant Oscar. 
 
 Such was the direful conflict between the beau- 
 tiful Oscar £nd Ciuhach: let him come east or 
 west, my son would severe his head from his neck? 
 None existed under the sun equal to Treunmor, 
 Trathall, and Comhal. Considering my father, no 
 wonder though 1 am sad. To skirmish with 
 sword and mail, and to be revenged on their foes; 
 but generous, mild, and hospitable, to those who 
 claimed friendship. Also, to young heroes at 
 Fingal's tower in Selma; although I am now with- 
 out the light of the sun, without the shell, or veni- 
 son of the lofty hills.
 
 OSSIAN'S ADDRESS 
 
 TO THE 
 
 11ISING SUN. 
 
 O thou that rollest* above, round as the fall- 
 orbed hard shield of the mighty! whence is thy 
 unsullied beam? whence, O Sun! thy everlast- 
 ing light? Thou comest forth in the strength of 
 thy beauty; the stars hide their motions from our 
 view; the moon darkens in the sky, concealing 
 herself in the eastern wave. Thou art on thy 
 journey alone; who will presume to attend thy 
 course? The oaks fall on the high precipice; the 
 stoney heap and the hoary cliff sink under age: 
 Ocean ebbs and flows again; the moon herself is 
 lost in the sky: Thou alone triumphest in the un- 
 decaying joys of thy light. When tempests dar- 
 ken round the world, with angry thunders, and 
 sharp-edged lightnings, thou lookest in thy beauty 
 
 * A shhibhlas. Travellest, movent, advancest, journeyest. Applica* 
 ■A'O to rotatory motion. 
 
 y
 
 166 OSSIANS ADRDESS 
 
 from the storm*, smiling amidst the disorder of the 
 sky. But to me thy light is vain, whether thou 
 spreadest thy gold-yellow curls on the face of the 
 eastern cloud # (banishing night from every place, 
 exeept from the eye of the bard that never shall see 
 thy light); or when thou trem blest in the west, at the 
 dusky doors of the Ocean. (But thus aged, feeble, 
 and grey, thou shalt yet be alone; thy progress in 
 the sky shall be slow, and thou shalt be blind like 
 me on the hill. Dark as the changeful moon, 
 shall be thy wandering in the heavens; thou 
 shalt not hear the awakening voice of the Morn- 
 ing, like the heroes that rise no more. The 
 hunter shall survey the plain, but shall not be- 
 hold thy coming form. Sad he will return, his 
 tears pouring forth: — " My favourite hound! 
 the sun has forsaken us!") — Perhaps thou art 
 like me, at times strong, feeble at times; our 
 years descending from the sky, and hastening to- 
 gether towards their end. Rejoice, O sun! as 
 thou advancest in the vigour of thy youth. Age 
 is sad and unlovely: it is like the useless moon 
 in the sky, gliding through a dark cloud on the field, 
 when the grey mist is by the side of the stoney 
 heaps; the blast of the north is on the plain; the 
 traveller is languid and slow. (The light of the 
 
 * Noise. 
 t The passages within the parenthesis, are not in the Society's cdi- 
 tion.
 
 TO THE RISING SUN. 167 
 
 night will then rejoice, when the Son of brightness 
 h as departed.)
 
 OSSIAN'S ADDRESS 
 
 TO THE 
 
 SETTING SUN. 
 
 Hast thou left thy blue course in the sky, 
 blameless Son, of the gold-yellow locks? the 
 doors of Night open before thee; and the pavilion 
 of thy repose is in the west. The billows crowd 
 slowly around to view thy bright cheeks: they 
 lift their heads in fear, when they beheld thee so 
 lovely in thy sleep, and (shrink away with awe 
 from thy sides. Sleep thou on in thy cave, O 
 Sun; and let thy return again be with joy. 
 
 * [As a beam of the wintry Sun, swift-gliding 
 over the plain of Leno, so are the days of Fingal's 
 race, like the Sun -f gleaming by fits through the 
 shower. The dark grey clouds of the sky have 
 descended, and snatched the cheering beam from 
 the hunter: the leafless branches of the wood are 
 
 * The Gaelic of this passage is in Dr. Smith's collection, 8vo. 
 t Like the broken light of the Sun, gleaming through showers.
 
 OSSIAN'S ADDRESS, &e. 169 
 
 mourning, and the tender herbs of the mountain 
 droop in sadness. But the Sun will yet revisit 
 the fair grove, whose boughs shall bloom anew; 
 and the trees of the young summer shall look up 
 smiling, to the son of the sky.]
 
 AD SOLEM SURGENTEM 
 
 OSSIANI FINGALID^ CARMEN, 
 
 Lalind civitate donatum. 
 
 QUI sublime meas orbe volubili, , 
 
 PJenus, ceu clypeus Bellipotentium, 
 
 O Sol! unde reluces? 
 
 iEternum unde fluit jubar? 
 Majestate venis fulgidus aurea! 
 
 Vanescunt rutilis sidera flammulis; 
 
 Pallet Luna, sub undas 
 
 Condens occiduas caput. 
 
 Solus carpis iter. Quis comes audeat 
 
 Tecum cceruleum scandere tramitem? 
 
 Solvit saxa vetustas, 
 
 Montis robora corruunt; 
 
 Alternis refluunt gurgitibus freta; 
 
 Mutans Luna vices aethere deficit; 
 
 Solus luce perenni 
 
 Tu gaudens, peragis viam. 
 
 Si, quando tenebris orbis inhorruit, 
 
 Nimbos pervolitent fulmina turbidos, 
 
 Caeli ex arce, serenus. 
 
 Itidens, murmura despicis. 
 

 
 17J 
 
 Frnstra sed misero Fingalidae nites 
 Hand visure oculis, seu faciem super 
 Crinis nubis Eose 
 
 Late spargitur aureus, 
 Seu fuscam treraulos Oceani jacis 
 Ad portam radios. Sed tibi forsitan, 
 Ut mi, defluit aetas 
 
 Caeelo, linien ad ultiraum 
 Languentis senii. Viribus O tuis 
 Sol! laetare, vigor dum solidus tibi; 
 Torpet fffida senectus; 
 Luna emittit inutile 
 Campos sic vacuos despiciens jubar ; 
 Dum canis nebulae molibus incubant: 
 Caurus sibilat; erro 
 
 Tarde progrcditur tremens.
 
 EJUSDEM, 
 
 AD SOLEM OCCIDUUM s 
 
 CARMEN. 
 
 DE sinis flavo radiate crino, 
 Caerulos cursus peragrare coeli? 
 En tibi furvsB spatiosa noctis 
 Aula patescit. 
 
 Hesperus fesso tibi dat cubile; 
 Erigunt curvi sua dorsa fluctus^ 
 Ut reclinatum videant secUros 
 Carpere soranos. 
 
 En tui vultus roseo nitore, 
 Membra dum eaptant placidam quietem, 
 Territi, retro fugiunt, et alto 
 Gurgite sidunt. 
 
 Dulcis, O puro generate ccelo, 
 Sit tibi fusca requies in aula! 
 Mox bea terras redivivus almae 
 Munere flammrc*. 
 
 * The above Latin version was translated by Mr, Eweji M'LachlaR/ 
 •f Old Aberdeen, from Stewart's collection. 

 
 MORGLAN 
 
 AND 
 
 MIN-ONN. 
 
 Who is this that descendeth from the mist, and 
 poureth forth his wounds on the wind? Oh! deep 
 is that wound in his breast, and dim is yonder 
 deer by his side! Yonder is the ghost of the fair 
 Mor-glan, the king of Lia'-glas of many streams; 
 he came to Morven with his love, the daughter of 
 Sora, of the pleasant and gentle countenance. 
 He ascended the mountain to the summit, and 
 Min-onn he left behind in his house; thick mist 
 descended with the night of the clouds; the 
 streams roared, and the ghosts shrieked. The 
 young maid again ascended the mountain, and 
 saw the deer through the mist; with choice aim 
 she drew the string, and the arrow is fixed in the 
 breast of the youth In the sacred hill, we en- 
 tombed the hero, together with his arrow and dart 
 A a
 
 174 MOR-GLAN AND MIN-ONN, 
 
 in his narrow house, and gladly would Min-onn 
 lie under the same clod, but she returned with 
 sorrow to her own land. Heavy was her grief 
 and sad, but the stream of years have rolled 
 along, and she is now cheerful with the virgins of 
 Sora. 
 
 Fierce to me is the roaring of thy waves, and 
 the grey-headed seas beating against the bottom 
 of thy hills, and the swelling fierce blasts from 
 the south ; it is not for my profit that you have 
 blown. 
 
 Now the heroes drew to close fight, like two 
 opposite streams in strong conflict, and every 
 -wind strengthening their labour; their strokes 
 ■were fierce, loud-sounding, and deadly; heavy, 
 quick, and bloody were the valiant heroes, like 
 waves meeting from opposite sides, when they 
 are driven to flight by the howling storm, upon a 
 hard cliff half-way between two points. Their 
 long tough spears were broke asunder, their 
 darts fled off in pieces; their polished swords 
 were in their hands, valiantly and bloodily they 
 fought, like dangerous, leaping bears; like two 
 fiery meteors nimbly running along the sky, or 
 like two strong ghosts contending with one ano- 
 ther. As falls the lofty green pine tree by the 
 strong blast of the desert in Morven, so the echo- 
 ing rock yielded and shook, the earth moved un- 
 derneath and trembled; thus did the noble hero 
 fall under the hard-tearing steel of Cah-uil.
 
 A HEROIC POEM. 174 
 
 I fell in the beginning of the conflict, and my 
 fame will not rise in the song; but it is by the 
 sword of the hero I fell, and my valour shall be- 
 come renowned by his fame; it was the sword of 
 the king of Innis-torc, that wounded in the kid- 
 neys the mighty hero. Happy* be thy soul, O 
 bard, let me hear thy loud voice on high, and let 
 me ride on thy storm, clothed with the grey mist 
 of the forest. Yonder flat stone at the green mo- 
 rass, raise up at my bead. Let it be carried over 
 the sloping feeble rivulets, in which the aged shall 
 sing when he shall not find it there. 
 
 Maid of Sora, my love, though in this field fell 
 thy chosen lover, let thy tears fall in streams; 
 martial eye of the hot battles, my spear hang up 
 in thy hall, the spear of my love, though it wound- 
 ed me, upon which I sailed through the high bil- 
 lows of the ocean. When Ca-huil heard that 
 speech, sadness and sorrow sat heavy on his 
 mind: he fell upon the face of his son, for the 
 shield of his forefathers he knew. Alas! and 
 and alas, my beloved son, thou shalt wake no 
 more for ever! Alas! and alas, alas! my torment- 
 ing pain, pity it is that it is I who remains after 
 thee! 
 
 * Farewell to tliv soul
 
 THE 
 
 DEATH OF DERMID. 
 
 C6e argument* 
 
 Dermid, being a most beautiful man, Avas, upon a night quelling a 
 battle of dogs; and, being warmed in this employment and being a little 
 angry, his face shined as a lion-like hero; and such was the urbanity 
 of his mind, although he was in haste, that the beauty and chastity of 
 a virgin appeared in his venerable countenance. Grainne, the wife of 
 Fingal, who was brother to Dermid's mother, observed the valour and 
 excellency of his appearance, fell in love with him ; and she pretended 
 that she would die, unless Dermid would go along with her to the de- 
 sert. Dermid was not willing ; but to prevent the death of the wife, 
 he took her council. This poem relates the misfortune that befel them 
 both, on account of Fingal's love to his wife, and his jealousy of his 
 sister's son; for although Fingal did not cut off Dermid, yet he executed 
 a deceitful plot in order to have him put to death by a wild boar. 
 Grainne also died at the same time, for she voluntarily fell upon an ar- 
 row, when she saw that) Dermid was dead, and thus Fingal lost thew 
 both at the same time. 
 
 Attend a little, if you would have a song on 
 the kind company who departed from us; respec-
 
 A HEROIC POEM. 177 
 
 ting Grainne, and the generous Fingal, and the 
 son of Duivne, of woeful tales. 
 
 In the vale Shi *, and the vale beside f it, where 
 sweet is the voice of deer and elk, and where the 
 Fingalians have often been from the east and west 
 after their hounds; and on that stream of blue 
 Gulbein, of the most beautiful hills, oft have the 
 rivulets been of a red hue; after the Fingalians 
 hunted the deer. They played on the sou of 
 Duivne, of red cheeks, and deep was the deceit, 
 and urged him to go to the chace in Guilbein J, 
 since he could not be overcome by arms. 
 
 Do not answer their voice, O Dermid, and do 
 not attend the deceitful hunt, and to Fingal the 
 son of Comal do not approach, as sorrowful he is 
 without his spouse. 
 
 I shall answer the voice of the hunt, in spite of 
 the wrath of the king of the Fingalians. — From 
 his deep sleep they roused the boar, and a watch 
 
 * Near. 
 
 t Glen-shi in Perthshire, there is a glen or vale near Glen-shi, called 
 Glen-beg, or the little vale, these is also the boar's bed ; there is Tvl- 
 lach-Dhiarmid, or Dermid's eminence, Lochan Dkiarmid, or Dermid's 
 pool : several marks of antiquity besides, bears the mojt concurrent tes- 
 timonies, that it was at Glen-shi, Perthshire, that Dermid was killed 
 and interred. 
 
 % The editors of this volume have been informed by some proprie- 
 tors of the first respectability in Perthshire, that Gulbein, the boar's 
 bed, Dermid's eminence, Dermid's pool, &c. was handed down by ztl~ 
 dition as the names of these places, time immemorial. Alio, sever.il 
 gentlemen of property in the immediate neighbourhood of Git n-shi, af- 
 firmed that the above-named places have been mentioned in iLcii cha; < 
 tcra upwards of three centuries past.
 
 178 THE DEATH OF DERM1D, 
 
 was set for him up in the vale, listening to the 
 bawling noise of the Fingalians, and they keenly 
 in pursuit of him. Fierce was the aged wild boar 
 that came from the lofty echoing rocks; longer 
 was his claw than the dart of a spear, and stronger 
 his bristles than a javelin from a trunk. They let 
 loose the hounds in pursuit of him— Fingal's dogs 
 and his hunters; they have sent the white boar 
 down the side of Leodram, and keen they were to 
 
 tear him. 
 
 Son of Duivne, valiant hero, if a great exploit 
 by thee was done, take off the head of the wild 
 boar: this is the time to prove thy strength. 
 When he saw the whole of the beast, from his 
 white, smooth, soft side, the son of Duivne, of 
 sharp arms, threw the dart and twisted the spear 
 in the heel of the boar. He drew the spear from 
 the fair, white fist, to thrust it into its body, and 
 into three pieces he broke the shaft, without pier- 
 cing the boar. From the scabbard he drew the 
 old sword, as by it the victory in every battle was 
 won; the monster he killed, and yet himseif was 
 sound and safe. 
 
 Sadness rested upon bountiful Fingal, and west 
 of the hill he laid himself down, as the son of 
 Duivne, of the victorious arms, from the boar es- 
 caped safe. Ruminating a while in silent mood, 
 Fingal thus began, and miserable to be told it 
 was : — Dermid, measure the boar how many feet 
 there are between its snout and its heel? The re- 

 
 A HEROIC POEM. 17* 
 
 quest of Fingal lie did not refuse, and sad to us is 
 his achievement. He measured the boar on his 
 back — the son of Duivne, of heavy foot: sixteen 
 feet of good measure is the length in the back 
 of the wild boar. That is not at all the 
 length; measure him again. Dermid, measure 
 again the boar steadily against the bristles, and 
 for the deed thou shalt get as a boon the choice 
 of the sharp-edged keen swords. The son of 
 Duivne, of heavy foot, again measured the boar, 
 an unprosperous expedition indeed: the mortal, 
 strong bristles pierced the soles of the hero, who 
 was valiant in battle. O Fingal, said Dermid, 
 good son of my king, to me give one drink out of 
 thy shell for my relief, as my strength and my 
 ▼igour are gone, from the little lake give me 
 a drink to aid me. 
 
 Why should I to thee give a drink, and where- 
 fore should I relieve thy hardship, as thou hast 
 never done so much for my good as thou hast in 
 one day done for my loss? In no place whatever, 
 here or there, east or west, have I done thee any 
 injury^, but going a captivej with Grainne, and 
 her love enchanting me by the sorcery of her 
 charms. In the house of the fire-brands when 
 thou wast surrounded, prosperous to thee was my 
 strife, when Deud-geal was wounding thee, and 
 fhou wast straitened in the face of danger. Pro- 
 
 t Evil. 
 J Iii grief, anguish, affliction.
 
 180 THE DEATH OF DERMID, 
 
 fitable to thee was I another day, when Deud- 
 geal and her army were afflicting thee; I was the 
 bardy victorious hero in that strife to defend thee 
 from every fray. Dost thou remember the day of 
 the battle of Conhuil; Cairbre and his host were 
 before thee, I and the Fingalians behind me were 
 advancing: woe is me! that ever I set my face to 
 Beingulbuin. Oh! woe is me, that I set my face 
 to Beingulbin, I, and my strength in floods stream- 
 ing from me, and although I am the son of Duivne^ 
 farewell to courtship forever. Although I should 
 have the comfort to drink of the water of Beirve, 
 it could not be a consolation to my wounds; and 
 although I am the son of Duivne, at the bottom of 
 Beingulbuin, great is my distress; and if the maids 
 of the Fingalians had heard of my being wounded 
 on this ridge of hills, their pillows would be 
 mournful. Woe to me! that I ever set my face to 
 Beingulbuin. 
 
 The beds of the two are in the rock, and a 
 year Fingal lamented them. A rivulet runs above 
 them, and it is not sea water, and it shall not wet 
 Grainne or Dermid. Alas! this is the hill of 
 woes ! great is the sorrow to speak of it, and 
 Gorm-uil under the stones; this is the bed in 
 which Dermid was ; this is the bed in which 
 Dermid* lay ! This is the bed in which the lion 
 
 * It is from this event that the clan of the Campbell's, who derive 
 theix pedigree from this Dermid, have assumed the boar's head for the 

 
 A HEROIC POEM. lsi 
 
 was, who never refused the strife, and as Cuchui- 
 lin, who never thought of fear. My love is Der- 
 mid of the groves, my sisters son of the race of 
 heroes! Now his blue eye is under the stones, this 
 is the bed in which Dermid was; wretched was 
 the counsel which first 1 formed, my sisters son 
 to slay for the sake of any woman in the world, and 
 this night she shall not follow me. Blue and grey 
 was in his eye, smoothness and beauty in his 
 cheek, strength and valour was in the hero, freely 
 under his fair skin. His mi^ht was like a torrent 
 of water going forth to vanquish his enemy in the 
 field, in haste*, as the eagle of the sky, or as the 
 darting of a rish running in the sea. Valorous 
 chief, of more beautiful hair than any young hero 
 of the Fingalians; tranquil may be thy golden 
 locks under the weight of the smooth clod f . 1 
 
 crest of their arms. In the composition of the latter bards, they are 
 called Sliochd Dhiarmid an Tuirc, or, " The race of Dermid who slew 
 the boar. That clans and families, so ancient as that of the Campbell- - , 
 should derive their pedigree from Ossian's heroes, is an invincible proof 
 of the esteem in which Ossian and his heroes were held since, their es- 
 tablishment in Scotland. 
 
 * Quickness. 
 + The learned and pious Dr. Smith, late of Campbleton, published an 
 edition of this poem. (See Scnn-danu), it must be acknowledged that 
 Dr. Smith obtained the poem more full than it is inserted here. 
 He mentions that it has been supposed by some, Glunco in Ar- 
 gyleshirc, and by others Strath-Conan in Murray to be the scone where 
 Dermid was wounded. Dr. Smith was a gentleman of highly respecta- 
 ble abilities, as an author, and a devout minister of the gospel, he would 
 not ofTt.T to the public but genuine truth. He does not affirm Glenco, 
 or Strath-Conan, to be the place where Dermid iraa wounded and ii 
 
 B b
 
 ^ THE DEATH OF DERMID, 
 
 am like a lonely branch, mouldy, soft, and with- 
 out leaves; no tender bough or twig; is near it, but 
 the whistling blasts of sorrow lamenting in its 
 top: nigh is the tempest that shall scatter its aged 
 withered sprigs through the vale, round the bed 
 of Dermid, and the valiant heroes at the bottom 
 of Beingulbuin, of green windings. This sacred 
 hill, though green was its hue, when first we ap- 
 proached it. Woe to me, this night red with 
 the blood of the champion of the sweetest voice. 
 Upon the hill in Glen-shi, of the wild-boar, we in- 
 terred the handsome Grainne, the daughter of 
 Cuchulin, Diarmid and his white hounds. Al- 
 though this day I am miserable,|there was a time I 
 was not feeble, without scarcity of men or the 
 feast. Behold, every thing in the world has its 
 own turn. 
 
 red, therefore, it admits of no doubt, as it has been urged above, 
 out Glen-shi, in Perthshire, is the very place where this woful catas- 
 trophe happened. Numerous instances that would be too tedious to 
 relate here, might be adduced to establish the veracity of what is already 
 ytated.
 
 THE COMBAT 
 
 OF 
 
 FINGAL AND GARV. 
 
 The wave scourgeth the sea, and the roaring 
 sound of the wind is on the mountains of Erin; 
 the gray morning is on the ridge* of the ocean. I 
 see the oak rolling up and down on the hill; 
 Who is underf yonder high fire? Or, is it the sun 
 that shines on Cromleac? The sails are hauled 
 down, and then the oars, and the ship is steered 
 to the land. 
 
 Raoine and Faolan, my sons, blow Fingal's 
 war-trumpet, and ascend the rugged mountain of 
 Erin, and call to the ancestors of Lochlin. 
 Three days I shall remain on the shore, waiting- 
 he arrival of the rough champion in his armour; 
 
 Kacr. 
 t Betieatlr.
 
 181 THE COMBAT OF FINGAL AND GARV, 
 
 let him come, and ail his race: O strong are the 
 friends of Erin. Fair-smooth Raoine quickly 
 broke off, as the lightning of a mountain in time 
 of storm; and dark Faolap., of furious rage, as 
 the black cloud in harvest, on the blue canopy 
 of the sky. There was heard upon the moun- 
 tains of Erin, the loud roaring of the race 
 of the sea, as a hundred rapid torrents from the 
 rock, as a hundred rocks tumbling down from 
 Aidbein; gloomy and rough, in good order, the 
 hosts of Lochlin descended from the heights. 
 Youth of the combat, rugged champion, here thou 
 hast assembled all who were over sea. Surround- 
 ed by the water of the tempests thou art now come, 
 said f ingal, as the dark shade of a mountain in the 
 desert. Let us take thy hand in friendship ; thou 
 art the chief champion of battles: to-day let us 
 rest and be joyful, to-morrow let us fight the 
 strenuous combat, and cleave the sounding shield?. 
 To-morrow, Garv and Fingal, upon the ground, 
 shall have the feast. 
 
 O Ossian, of the most noble spear; Gaul, look 
 to thy sword, said Fingal; Faplan, let thy yew be 
 bent; Fergus, send a bare dart through the sky: 
 lift up your shields like the moon; every ready 
 spear direct quickly upwards, like lightning in 
 the gape of the hill. This is the day for cleaving 
 heads; O great hero, of the stoutest mind, iron- 
 targets shall be broken in shivers. As the wind 
 of the night in the oak of Morven, as a hundred
 
 A HEROIC POEM. J85 
 
 great streams from the desert, like the clouds of 
 the sky, like the thick ocean, like certain high 
 tlames on the heaths, so the foes of the battle of 
 Erin met, noisy and dauntless. 
 
 With strokes every helmet rang; every 
 shield resounded, spears were broken in pieces, 
 and bright sparks from them leaped forth. Every 
 hard bending bow made a snorting noise with its 
 string, and nimble grey clouds of smoke rose in 
 the sky: heroes \yere stretched on the cold earth, 
 and the groans of people were heard among the 
 mountains of Erin. Race of the cold vales, said 
 Fingal, lift up each shield like the moon: follow 
 me with loud noise, like a tempest, and cut off the 
 foes of Erin. The king marched away, powerful 
 and valiant, as the shade of a cloud on the windy 
 mountains, as the dark bending blast on the hill 
 it blew, and they fell by his side. There was the 
 bloody fray; there was the terrible distress: 
 red-handed, sharp- pointed death strode along, 
 and the vestige of the strokes was dreadful*. 
 Bloody! O bloody was the king, when his sword 
 gleamed in the sky-f! Near him, as a firebrand, 
 was Raoine; and Gaul, as the vapour of the 
 clouds; swifter than the wind was Fergus; and 
 Faolan, as the bending mist of the mountains. 
 Like a rock I went forth to meet them, and Fin- 
 gal sweeraing in victory was the joy of my soul. 
 
 • Direful. 
 
 t Air.
 
 186 THE COMBAT OF FiNGAL AND GARV. 
 
 Steady and weighty was my steel, and many 
 were the dead under the hand of Ossian. 
 
 At that time, my locks were not so grey, and 
 with age my head did not shake; the sight of my 
 eyes was not extinguished, and my feet, without 
 strength, did not fail.
 
 THE FIN GALIANS' 
 
 GREATEST HUNTING. 
 
 C&e argument 
 
 Perhaps, it may appear to some incredible, that so many deers as arc 
 mentioned in this poem, were killed by the Fingalians in one day. But, 
 when we consider that the Fingalians lived, for the most part of their 
 time, on venison, and that they kept a vast number of grey-hounds, and 
 they, themselves, were nimble, valiant, and strong; we may easily be- 
 lieve, that they might have performed deeds by means of their dogs, 
 that appear astonishing to us now. It is probable, that the scene of tin's 
 great chace was in the isle of Skye, in the Strath, on the estate of Lord 
 AI'JDuaald, arid of Alexander M'Alaster, Esn. of Strathaird. 
 
 OsstAN, O sweet is thy voice to us! Happy also 
 may the soul of Fingal be! Rehearse to us how 
 many deers fell by you on the mountain of white* 
 hills. Relate to us first thy tale; blessed be thy 
 
 t Banjltmn nicau3 fair women. But it appears to be /.* i&nJuMtt, 
 fair hillx, or white bills.
 
 188 THE FINGALIANS* GREATEST HUNTING. 
 
 mouth without guile. Were you clad in ar- 
 mour each day you went to the chace in the 
 mountain? Without our warlike habits and amis 
 we went not to the chace. Clad in our mail 
 and high helmet v/e ever were, with two great 
 spears in every heroe's hand, a green shield that 
 would prove victorious, a hard sword for cleaving 
 heads, a bow of steel and of yew, and fifty arrows 
 in a quiver ; and to traverse the world at large, where 
 could be found a match to Fingal? In the great- 
 ness of his race, and greatness of valour, no man 
 ever went beyond him. 
 
 Magnanimous were we to the west, at the 
 chace on the mountain of fair hills. Clerk, head of 
 the clergy, beautiful was the bright sun above us. 
 
 Fingal sat with Bran upon the plain beneath 
 the hill. Every Fingalian sat upon the hill of the 
 chace till the stag had started. We let loose our 
 three thousand hounds. Great was their strength, 
 and matchless their swiftness. Every hound 
 killed two stags before the end of the chace. 
 Bran was only a whelp, yet he killed one stag- 
 more than the rest. We killed six thousand and 
 one stags on the plain beneath the hill. In all 
 my experience I never saw a chace like this. 
 
 When the chase ended, Patrick of the church, 
 our three thousand hounds, fell by a hundred 
 wild boars. We killed the boars that wrought 
 mischief on the heath. By the prowess of our 
 sword and hand, we prevailed. Many a gene-
 
 A HEROIC POEM. 189 
 
 rous and bloody Fingalian, who sat on the hill of 
 Innis-crot; and with nothing but the thong of 
 his dog in his hand, returning from the slaughter 
 of the wild boars. There related to you is Fin- 
 gal's chace, good son of Ailpin, of warm vows ; 
 and more melodious than the sound of thy music 
 going to church, was that day to me. 
 
 c c
 
 CONULL GULBUIN. 
 
 A 
 
 POEM, 
 
 €&e argument* 
 
 Cotiull Gulbuin came to the Fingalians to revenge the deaths of his 
 father and grandfather. It appears that he had slain seven hundred of 
 them before Oscar contended with him. But this hero overcame him; 
 and although Oscar was wounded, the Fingalians rejoiced when he 
 struck off the head of Conull ; and at last they interred this foe with 
 the honour suitable to the son of a king. 
 
 A tale of Conull Gulbuin, the son of the high 
 king of Alt-Eire, going to revenge his father 
 and great grandfather. Upon the seven armies * 
 of the Fingalians, joyful Ossian, son of Fingal, li- 
 
 + Companies, bands.
 
 A HEROIC POEM, 191 
 
 beral hero, of the greatest esteem, give us the tale 
 of Conull Gulbuin, the great, merry, cheerful, 
 warlike, magnanimous hero. The tale to thee I 
 shall recite, Patrick, if thou will listen to it; the 
 tale of the affectionate, meek, liberal, valiant Co- 
 null, of great fame. 
 
 On a day we were in the hall of the Olla *, with 
 our strong, sweet- voiced, heroic army; it was said 
 that there was none to afflict us in the five provin- 
 ces of Erin. Thus we were until the evening, 
 and victorious words were in the mouths of our 
 youthful heroes, that there was not a combat for 
 one, or a score, or a hundred, of our Fingalians in 
 the five provinces. 
 
 A swift ship was seen, fleetly making way on 
 the great ocean towards us, and on board was 
 one great, terrible, manly hero, like a brand of tire. 
 Dreadful was his appearance to the Fingalians; 
 to behold him like a shaking mountain, fierce 
 as on fire, dragging his ship to a haven. Near us, 
 upon a hill, he sat, the courageous, valiant, terri- 
 ble, tall, dreadful, champion; by his haughty 
 feats, he would frighten the birds in the firma- 
 ment: a hundred movements he would perform, 
 like a mountain speat iu mighty torrents; like the 
 loud noise of thunder resounding against the 
 rocks; or as a stone tumbling down an awful cliff. 
 Above them, his noise was heard, and beholding 
 
 j* Doctor, a learned roan.
 
 192 CONULL GULBUIN, 
 
 him were all the Fingalians. With one heart, all 
 our women fell in deep love with the hardy cham- 
 pion. 
 
 Many were the pictures of lions and leopards 
 on the silken vestment of the great hero, in his 
 full armour and attire, with his sharp, furbished, 
 Avarlike arms. Great, beautiful, and speckled, 
 was his coat of mail; strong, destructive, and 
 hard was his helmet; the cuirass of the handsome 
 hero of curled locks, was gleaming, smooth, varie- 
 gated, and triumphant; the great terrible man of 
 valour had, for the battle, two spears of the seven 
 points, in his warlike hand, that would not miss 
 the breadth of a hair; a sword, long, broad, and 
 glitteriug, like sparks of fire coming from the 
 hearth, was upon the side of the great, victorious, 
 courageous, terrible, fierce hero. 
 
 His helmet and breast-plate are bright, small 
 spotted, beautiful, and bound by melted silver, 
 with epaulets* of shining | gold. On the left 
 hand of the champion, was a hard shield engrav- 
 ed with many cuts. The sparkling brightness of 
 the valiant hero would give light, though there 
 was no star in the firmament. 
 
 The counsel which the Fingalians, and our 
 handsome chief warriors formed, was to send 
 Dermid to ask the tale % of the great, fierce, fran- 
 tic man. Brown-haired Dermid, with salutation 
 
 * Clusters, t Flaming. J News.
 
 A HEROIC POEM. 193 
 
 went, the fairest hero of the most cheerful laugh, 
 meek, steady, generous, and manly, to ask the 
 tale of the brave, mighty hero. 
 
 In the words of a bard, Dermid asked, who 
 art thou, and what is thy surname, or what in- 
 duced thee to land in this place. 
 
 I am the son, spake he, of the king of Alt-Eire, 
 Conull Gulbuin, of wounds; victory in every con- 
 flict in which I engaged, by the valour of my hand 
 I ever obtained. A ransom for my father and my 
 grandfather from your Fiugalians, I must have; 
 and likewise the head of Fin gal, and all his family, 
 before I shall ever return. 
 
 To destroy the Fiugalians thou art not able; 
 but thou shalt have the combat thou choosest, 
 whether it be one, or a score, or a hundred, to- 
 morrow, at the rising of the suu. Five hundred of 
 vour Fiugalians I must have to-morrow at the 
 dawn of day; I shall scatter them as dust before 
 the wind, in spite of Fiugal and his great fa- 
 mily. That night, we being all together, was 
 spent in sadness, sorrow, and grief; and on the 
 next day, at sun-rising, five hundred of our Fin- 
 galians moved along. 
 
 Me skirmished like a man without rule, and 
 swifter was he than a fiery meteor in the clouds: 
 the live hundred lie dispersed as a raven would 
 scatter an ant-hill. We sent forth other two hun- 
 dred to meet him, fondly keen of displaying their 
 heroism in the beginning of the fray; and every
 
 19 1 CONULL CULBUIN. 
 
 one the son of a king, or a chief from the principal 
 heads of our family. 
 
 He sallied forth like a man in rage, quicker 
 than the stormv wind: bv him our two hundred 
 fell, and not so much as one of them returned. 
 
 To us, dismal it was to see him leaping, and, 
 in a fury, performing mighty acts of valour; and 
 after he slaughtered our seven hundred, more 
 nimble he was than a deer on a plain. Oscar was 
 elated with pride, my dearly-beloved, son of great 
 fame; and he went forth in his armour of steel, 
 and all the Fingalians crying aloud, "Victory at- 
 tend thee." 
 
 Toward the hill of battle* the two heroes 
 moved, to try their prowess: as a small skiff by a 
 high wind, so shook the hill by the madness of 
 their conflict; as ahawk bouncing against a covey f 
 of birds, was Oscar going against the hero, per- 
 forming subtile perverse feats: strong spears were 
 driven like lightning above the heroes. By their 
 feats the glittering of swords was seen; the heath 
 and grass round the hill by them were all set on 
 flames. By Conull's leaping and furious deeds^ 
 under his feet the earth yielded; down to the 
 knees, at every leap, in the ground he sunk. 
 
 Eight days and five tides, they renewed the 
 rage of battle each day. By the champion, Oscar 
 was wounded in the right breast, at the end of the 
 
 * Slaughter, t Flock.
 
 A HEROIC POEM. IBS 
 
 eighth day. At the sight of Oscar bruised, the 
 Fingalians gave a dreadful shout of fear. As the 
 gap of a flood running down from the mountains, 
 was the blood of my son streaming through his 
 wounds. 
 
 When Oscar saw that he was wounded, and 
 that the Fingalians were sad and full of sorrow, 
 then it was that he gave the bloody cut, and made 
 the head of Conull bounce over the hill. The se- 
 cond time the Fingalians gave a more triumphant 
 shout, with gladness and great joy, when Conull 
 fell, and the head was thrown from the body at a 
 distance. As many of us as remained of Fingal's 
 heroes, departed together with Oscar, to Fingal's 
 house; and in healing him, five quarters of a year 
 were spent in the house of Fingal, the high king 
 of battles. Young wealthy women all kinds of 
 music and games did play, to restore mirth to my 
 beloved son. Sweeter music to Fingal was what 
 happened, and that Conull wrestled with the va- 
 liant Oscar, than although as many more of the 
 fair handsome Fingalians should fall. 
 
 Thus to you, Patrick, is told the tale concern- 
 ing Conull Gulbuinn, and it is truth. AH the 
 Fingalians saw him falling, and when they laid 
 him under the stones, they made a lamentation 
 for him.
 
 OSSIAN'S TALE. 
 
 It is a woeful tale, O Malvina! Bra-solus this 
 night is sad. Her countenance was like the 
 down* of the hill; her ivory teeth, white as the 
 surges of the ocean. Her sparkling eyes, bright 
 as the stars, cheering the traveller in a gloomy 
 night. Her hair bending as a blossoin-tree, when 
 the gentle breeze smiles upon it. Generous, mild, 
 charming, and modest, was her voice: like the 
 chaunts of the bard, when fire-born genius dazzles 
 in his soul. Her face was like a sun-beam, that 
 illuminates the wanderer's soul. 
 
 Rulena departed with the rest! alas! alas! her 
 beauty excelled the sun at noon-day. Swift and 
 
 * An herb that grows in morasses; it has a white head, of a silky 
 nature.
 
 0S8IAN*S TALE. ]97 
 
 lofty were her steps. Who could equal Bragela, 
 in wisdom, knowledge, conversation, music, and 
 every art. Thou canst remember, O! Malvina, 
 how excellent was their fame, how luminous their 
 actions; drop a tear to their memory. I weary 
 to follow them. My face is hard as flint, my eye 
 cannot pour forth a tear, my heart is hard as the 
 liollan; it will not melt though the universe 
 should totter. 
 
 The cotemporaries of my youth and strength 
 are departed; my renown shall not rise in the 
 song. I am despised by my friends; alas! great 
 is the change of days. 
 
 Though the sun glitters upon the heath, I will 
 not behold her golden rays; though the stag 
 should start by me, Ossian will chace him no more. 
 Although Man us should cross the ocean again 
 to invade Albin, my sword is not victorious in the 
 slaughter; and my fame is not celebrated by the 
 bard^s. I am not invited to a feast. My kiss is 
 scorned by the virgin. My esteem is not equal to 
 a king's son; one day is like a year to me. 
 
 It was the reverse in Innis-phail*, also in 
 Selma, the mansions of my mighty father; Ossian 
 
 • Innis-phail, La^-phail, the fatal-stone (anil Cloch-na-cineamhuin), 
 or the stone of fortune. Ireland is often, from this stone, hy the poets 
 called Innis-phail, from, a persuasion, the ancient Irish had, that in 
 v.hat country -ocver this stone remained, there one of their hlood was to 
 rdgn. But this proved us false as such other prophecies for 300 ycais, 
 from Edward the Firit to the reign of James the First in England. 
 . pretend to have men m leroingtnis stone for above 5000 
 
 D f\
 
 198 OSSIAN'S TALK. 
 
 was honoured above the rest; behold the uncer- 
 tainty of every thing under the sun. N 
 
 years. What's certain is, that after having lcng continued at Tarah*, 
 it was, for the purpose mentioned, sent to Fergus, the first actual king 
 of Scots ; and that it lay in Argyle (the original seat of tire Scots in 
 Britain), till about the year of" Christ 842, that Kenneth the Second, 
 the son of Aipin, having enlarged his borders by the conquest of the 
 Plots, transferred this stone, for the same purpose as before, to Scone. 
 The supreme kings of Ireland used to be inaugurated in times of hea- 
 thenism on the hill of Tarah, and the stone being inclosed in a wooden 
 chair, was thought to emit a sound under the rightful candidate (a thing 
 easily managed by the Druids), but to be mute under a man of none or 
 a bad title ; that is, one who was not for the turn of those priests. 
 Every one has read of Memnon's vocal statute in Egypt. This fatal 
 stone was superstiously sent to confirm the Irish colony in the north of 
 Great Britain, where it continued as the coronation-seat of the Scottish 
 kings, even since Christianity; till, in the year 1300, Edward the First 
 of England brought it from Scone, placing it under the coronation-chair 
 at Westminster, and there it still continues, the ancientest respected 
 monument in the world ; for though some others may be more ancient 
 as to duration, yet thus superstitiously regarded, they are not. It is 
 now called by the vulgar, Jacob-stone, as this had been Jacob's pil- 
 low at Bethel t. 
 
 * Team hair, Tarah, Teamhra, Taragh, Temora; the ancient proper 
 name is Teamhra. 
 
 t Gen. xxviii. 11, 18, 19. See Mr. Kuddleston's Ed'ULn of To* 
 land's History of the Druids, pp. 150, 151, 152.
 
 OSSIAN'S DISTRESS. 
 
 A 
 
 POEM. 
 
 C6e argument 
 
 In this allegory is introduced the spirit or ghost of Ossian, speaking 
 in a colloquy with the composer of it, and lamenting that his enemies 
 are become numerous; also blessing the heroes who defended his cause. 
 The person who composed the poem encourages him. Ossian is bless-* 
 ing all his friends. 
 
 Beloved Ossian, of many tales, from thy grace- 
 ful mouth sweet is every song; when, O king of 
 bards, thou commences! the sublime rehearsal of 
 heroes and swords, thy substantial words are like 
 the dew upon the green, tender herbs of the great 
 plains, which give joy to my solitary soul, full of 
 sorrow and love. Tell me, sorrowful Ossian, 
 what is it that now wounds thy heart, what, is the
 
 800 OSSIAN'S DISTRESS. 
 
 cause of tliy lament, thy cry in ihe island? The 
 occasion of my mourning I shall not conceal, stran- 
 ger from afar, who now avvakest me; but*hard and 
 sorrowful is my tale, that shall make tears flow in 
 streams from thine eyes. 
 
 A thousand years, and some hundreds more 
 have passed, since my path hath ceased in the de- 
 sert, since my mouth hath desisted in the song, 
 to celebrate the sons of the field of battle. 
 
 Many were the darts of grief that pierced my 
 heart in the bloody path, after the Fingalians were 
 gone; when I travelled solitary and feeble, without 
 a son, without a chief, without the light of the sun. 
 When the beloved companions of my youth, and 
 my strength, were all gone and had forsaken me, 
 some of them vanquished in the field, and some 
 lamenting in the fierce storm. Miserable and sad 
 I was left behind, naked as a withered tree, with- 
 out fruit, blossom, or leaves, on the summit of the 
 high mountain of storms. And after I was many 
 years solitary and alone, the whistling blast of 
 the mountain came with strength to me, and I 
 died ; but my fame remained in the song, and I 
 myself dwell in the island of tlie brave*, enjoying 
 the music of my friends, without want, without 
 conflict^, without battle. 
 
 But descending, as at this time, from above to 
 
 * The heaven of the ancient Caledonians. Flalk~innis, or Jfaithcn", 
 is to this day a term for heaven. 
 
 t Combat.
 
 OSSIAN'S DISTRESS. 201 
 
 the dwellings of my fore-fathers of old, I am in a 
 dilemma, lamenting and mourning, snch as Gaul 
 in Ifreoiue*. The foes of the Fingalians are be- 
 come numerous, and are secretly destroying; my 
 fame, and with guile and envy are virulently bent 
 on neglecting my tale as a thing of nought. 
 
 One of them, like a bear, is striding before the 
 rest, with fierce rage and bristly fury; and to 
 wound me keen if he had arrows in his quiver. 
 His head is bowed, heavy and grey, and tremb- 
 ling with the pain of age; his watery eyes are 
 awry, and he is widely opening his wide vora- 
 cious mouth. His legs are iniirm, and stooping 
 under the weight of his uncouth body; and his 
 neck, though great is its bulk, bending under the 
 burden of his head. Behind him there is another 
 man marching, without clemency, sense, breed- 
 ing, or shame, like a wolf in the glen, running fast 
 to murder the young brood. Rage and fury are 
 rising up behind the ears of the real dog, opening 
 his babbling, gaping, hard teeth, to tear my armies 
 to pieces before he shall stop. Behind these two 
 reat men, their armies are quickly coming on, 
 
 o- 
 
 ' The hell of the ancient Druids and Caledonian i. Whatever it was, 
 it is i d as singularly colli, and remarkable for the cruelty of its 
 
 inhabitants. It appeal* that Gaul was confined in this island amongst 
 merciless foes, where he repeated the following versa: — "Thou 
 wild land of the Freoine, with thick mist and monsters, land of tor- 
 ment, without honour, without rriendi hip, to approach thee is disgust- 
 ing to me." oin, in Dumbarton*)! ire. signifies cold valley.
 
 202 GSSIAN'S DISTRESS. 
 
 to dishonour the fame of the bards, and wholly to 
 cut off the Fingalians. 
 
 Inhuman tribe, without mercy, without virtue, 
 without friendship; race without love, without 
 compassion, without victory. Is there any praise 
 or valour in murdering the dead, when there is 
 none of them to oppose you in the combat? Were 
 the Fingalians, as in the years that are past, draw- 
 ing near to you on the sloping heath, quickly 
 would you flee away from their fierce strokes, 
 in time of ire. Conan, the least of the Finga- 
 lians, would be sufficient to reduce your two 
 leaders into subjection; both the open-mouthed, 
 disfigured bear, and the long-eared dog that sup- 
 ports him. 
 
 But pity it is, O hero, that thou hast clothed 
 me in the filthy garb of the strangers, and that 
 thou hadst not given sufficient proof to my foes, 
 that my own garb was not lost. 
 
 In the north a man started up to preserve my 
 people alive, and wrote the history of our fame 
 anew in mild words, not deviating from the truth. 
 But blessing attend the souls of the heroes, who, 
 with indignation and ire, are coming down to de- 
 fend me and the Fingalians from the desire of our 
 merciless foes. Though this day my garment is 
 old and torn from side to side, its shape is not 
 yet auk ward, and it proves my strength and 
 fame. 
 
 Thus, heroic friend, prove thyself Fingals
 
 QSSIAN'S DISTRESS. £03 
 
 heir; tell my tale, as it was, in ancient times, re- 
 cited in a mild style. From the east came down, 
 with easy steps, an historian of elegant voice. 
 From his lips, noble as the dew, and as fresh vir- 
 gin-honey dropping from the comb; his style is 
 flowing, methodical, wise, and neat: melodious 
 is his speech with beauty and elegance. In his 
 countenance appears the bard, descending with 
 slow and gentle step. Another rose up in the 
 south, who strenuously pled my cause in the 
 battle, and who clothed me in my own garb, at 
 the time of reciting the tale of the brave. A brave 
 hero in Lismere prepared his arms ; he threw the 
 spear, and made a gap in the head of the filthy 
 bear, without virtue. A dauntless clerk stood up in 
 the high fort (Edinburgh), in the cause of the bards 
 against the wolf; he threw the real dog upon his 
 back, and the back of his head in the mire. Ano- 
 ther strenuous champion is coming fresh; strong- 
 is his step, and mild his voice, and he shall over- 
 throw all those who have calumniated my people. 
 
 And now, since the two great men are fallen, 
 their armies are pursued in their flight, and they 
 .shall never obtain the victory in the battle, nor 
 merit praise in the strife. 
 
 My blessing on the souls of the heroes, who 
 with ire arc descending, to defend me and the Fin- 
 galians, from the will of our merciless foes. O 
 Ossian, of victorious deeds, my blessing attend 
 thee, and all thy people together; pleasant to my
 
 204 OSSIAVs DISTRESS. 
 
 sorrowful heart is every distressful tale that conies 
 from thy mouth ; although thy enemies are be- 
 come many, for them it is vain to struggle; vic- 
 tory shall never bless a society without love, and 
 without good luck. From the east and from the 
 west, from the north and from the south, the va- 
 liant heroes are coming forth, to clothe the Finga- 
 lians in their proper dress. 
 
 Return thou to thy rest, lovely Ossian, and 
 weep no more for those who are gone; as long as 
 the sun and moon shall remain, they shall not be 
 numbered among the dead; and until all things 
 under the sun shall change, gentle bard of many 
 tales, thy power and thy fame shall not fail, and 
 the remembrance of thee shall not be cut off from 
 among the people.
 
 OINA-MORUL. 
 
 Cfje Argument* 
 
 Mal-orchol, on account of some family feuds, refusing to give his 
 daughter in marriage to Ton-Thormod, the latter, in revenge, lays 
 waste his lands. Fingal sends Ossian to the assistance of Mal-orchol, 
 who offers him his daughter, but she discovering a prior attachment to 
 Ton-Thormod, he generously surrenders her to that chief, and brings 
 about a reconciliation between him and the father. The poem begins 
 with an address to Malvina. 
 
 As over Larmon's lofty hills of grass, 
 In Spring, bright gleams of genial sun-shine pass; 
 Successive thus, inspiring warlike lays, 
 Beam on my soul the tales of other days. 
 When other bards, forgetful of the strain, 
 With harps unstrung, the heady goblet drain; 
 While stretch'd supine, they sleep at ease prolong: 
 Oft comes a voice that bids me raise tire song. 
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 206 01NA-MORUL. 
 
 It is the sacred voice of ages gone, 
 Recalling chiefs who mighty deeds have done; 
 By their heroic actions set on fire, 
 I start from rest, and strike my sounding lyre. 
 I strike — nor are its notes a troubled stream, 
 They calm the soul, like fair Malvina's theme, 
 When her white hand awakes the quiv'ring string, 
 And Lutha's rugged rocks responsive ring; 
 Ah! Toscar's lovely heir. Thou only ray 
 That cheers my clouded soul, deprived of day 
 Fair solace of afflicted age, draw near, 
 And to a deed that honours youth, give ear. 
 What time Fingal, in Morven, held the sway, 
 Long ere, by years, these locks were turn'd to 
 
 gray; 
 Before the wind, I plough'd the wave of night, 
 Observing as I steerd Concalthin's light. 
 For wild Fuarfed flew the winged ship, 
 A woody land surrounded by the deep. 
 There then the generous Mal-orchol reign'd, 
 That formerly Fingal had entertain'd! 
 Who mindful of the favour, when inform'd 
 That round his friend the rage of battle storm 'd. 
 Commanded Ossian, with a chosen train, 
 To join the monarch, and his cause maintain. 
 
 Arrived my ship, in Co-coiled I moor'd, 
 And by a special herald, sent my sword. 
 The king received, and brighten'd at the view. 
 For this the sign of Albion's aid he knew;
 
 OINA-MORUL. 207 
 
 Nor was it long before I met the chief, 
 Who grasp'd my hand, and spoke these words in 
 grief. 
 
 You call, brave warriors, on a man o'ercome, 
 When foes beleager his deserted dome. 
 Ton-thormod, in Sar-dronlo, holds his reign, 
 A land like this, encompass'd by the main, 
 Whose warlike natives long employed our arms; 
 Till by my daughter, O in a- Morula charms, 
 Their leader smit; he sought her for a bride: 
 But hating the connection, I denied. 
 At this enraged, his fury nought can stand, 
 With fire and sword he ravages the land: 
 You only come to witness our o'erthrow, 
 And see these towr's invested by the foe. 
 
 Fear not, said I, for Morven's sons are bold; 
 Like boys they come, not battles to behold. 
 Though from this isle our country lies remote, 
 The king of Selma has not yet forgot, 
 When by a tempest forc'd upon your shores, 
 You led him friendly to these regal tow'rs: 
 Nor did a gloomy cloud thy face appear, 
 Thy board regal'd, thy music charm'd his ear. 
 The favour to requite, he bade us sail, 
 And in thy cause to perish or prevail. 
 
 Undaunted chief of Trenmor's nolle line, 
 Thy words are like Cruthloda's voire divii
 
 208 OINA-MORUL. 
 
 Who dwells in clouds above the starry sky, 
 
 And gives a calm, or bids the tempest fly. 
 
 Besides the son of Comhal, many guests 
 
 Have in the hall partook Mal-orchol's feasts: 
 
 Yet they desert him when the clanging sound 
 
 Of war approaches, and his foes surround. 
 
 To all the winds that sweep the hoary main, 
 
 A sail to spy oft have I look'd in vain. 
 
 One, only one, of all my numerous friends, 
 
 Affords assistance when the storm impends. 
 
 Thrice welcome then, come enter these our towr's, 
 
 "Whatever they afford is freely yours; 
 
 Here, while the shady night extends her reign, 
 
 Attend to Oina-Morul's pleasing strain. 
 
 The spacious dome, with plenty stor'd, we found; 
 
 The voice of harmony, the banquet crown'd: 
 
 A num'rous choir compos'd the monarch's band; 
 
 Upon the harp arose his daughter's hand ; 
 
 And while with skill her fingers swept the strings, 
 
 Her own sad tale the plaintive virgin sings. 
 
 In silence I observed the beauteous fair: 
 
 In graceful ringlets fell her shining hair. 
 
 Her eyes in tears, that but increas'd their powY, 
 
 Shone like two stars, seen through an April show'r: 
 
 The sailor marks them as he ploughs the seas, 
 
 And blesses to himself the heavenly rays. 
 
 No sooner morn had streak'd the sky with red, 
 
 Than my companions towards the foe I led: 
 
 "Where rapid Tormul's trembling waters roar, 
 
 We found them posted on the rocky shore. 

 
 
 OINA-MORUL. 209 
 
 To the loud sound of tall Ton-thormod's shield, 
 They swift advanc'd to meet us in the field. 
 Our's not averse — a combat fierce began; 
 Chief clos'd with chief, and man encountered man: 
 Ton-thormod met me in the mingled shock; 
 Wide flew his steel, upon my helmet broke. 
 The chief o'ercome, I bound in leather bands, 
 And pris'ner gave him to Mal-orchol's hands. 
 The conflict o'er, the king with rapture view'd, 
 The prince a captive, and his host subdu'd. 
 Again, at eve we shard the monarch's feast; 
 Among the rest Ton-thormod sat, a guest: 
 But mournful sat, revolving his defeat, 
 Nor durst the eve of Oina Morul meet. 
 The shell went round, till nature call'd for rest, 
 When in his own my hand the monarch press'd; 
 Then kind began — Son of renown'd Fingal, 
 Thou shalt not unrequited leave my hall. 
 One child is mine, the loveliest of her kind, 
 In person faultless, and complete in mind. 
 Espouse the fair; she will thy soul delight. 
 And shine in Selma, a distinguished light: 
 Nor will the portion she can bring disgrace 
 Her union with the great Fingalian race. 
 Thus friendly he then left me to repose; 
 But scarce laid down, my eyes began to close, 
 Than sweetly breathing through the silent air, 
 The sudden sound of music charm 'd my ear. 
 Soft as the breeze that whirls the thistle's beard, 
 And lowly whispering in the grass, is heard:
 
 ! 
 
 S10 OINA-MORUX. 
 
 The royal maid of Fnarfed itprov'd, 
 
 Who knew my soul by harmony was mov'd, 
 
 And plaintive sung! — Who plac'd on yonder rock 
 
 O'er rolling ocean casts a parting look. 
 
 Upon the blast his hair disshevell'd flies; 
 
 His bosom heaves, with sorrow streams his eyes. 
 
 Retire, disconsolate youth, thy love is gone 
 
 To wander in a distant land unknown; 
 
 Though fame extols that race of kings yet true, 
 
 To her first love, she'll ever think of you; 
 
 And doom'd in misery her days to end, 
 
 Shall curse the fate that made our sires contend. 
 
 Sweet voice, I said, forbear thy plaintive moan, 
 
 Thou slialt not wander in a land unknown. 
 
 Descended from the daring Trenmor's race, 
 
 This bosom cherishes no passion base; 
 
 Jt scorns to act a low ignoble part: 
 
 And knowing now to whom inclines thy heart, 
 
 Thy sire to mollify shall be my care; 
 
 Then ease thy fears aud back to rest repair. 
 
 At break of day the captive prince I sought, 
 And to the presence of Mal-orchol brought; 
 Whom I address'd ! Why treat a youth with scorn : 
 Of worth, of bravery, and nobly born, 
 For fame, not hatred, your forefathers fought ; 
 Their rivalship, in arms, should be forgot, 
 Since now the chiefs, in Odin's hall above, 
 The happy seat of harmony and love; 

 
 OINA-MORUL. gll 
 
 Immers'd in joys, with ancient heroes dwell, 
 And friendly stretch their hands to give the shell. 
 Like them be reconcil'd, forgive past rage, 
 And shun the vices of abarb'rous ajre. 
 
 *&' 
 
 My words had weight; the lovers cause prevail'd; 
 
 I join'd their hands, the king their union seal'd. 
 
 Malvina thus, before these silver hairs 
 
 Were whiten'd by the length of passing years, 
 
 I could a princess, in beauty's charms, 
 
 Forego, and yield her to a rival's arms. 
 
 A generous deed with pleasure fills the mind, 
 
 And well recorded, benefits mankind.
 
 DARTHULA. 
 
 HOW dear ! how lovely yonder eastern shore ; 
 
 Aod Albion's lakes embanked with woodlands green 
 From these retreats my feet would stray no more, 
 
 But with my love I quit the darling scene. 
 
 The Isle of Drayno, grae'd with verdant bowr's, 
 The forts that tops yon cliff's o'er hanging brow; 
 
 The Sunian wall, and Fingal's mossy tow'rs, 
 Wake in my breast affection's parting glow. 
 
 I with my Nathos bid you wilds adieu ! 
 
 The woods and bays where Anlo roam'd of yore, 
 Now fast receding, vanish from my view, 
 
 And Albion's pleasing scenes return no more. 
 
 How sweet thy landscapes, Letha's winding vale ! 
 
 How soft repose where thy smooth riv'lets glide! 
 Oft on thy heights we took the fresh regale, 
 
 And hills and streams the plenteous board supply'd.
 
 DARTHULA. 813 
 
 O lov'd Glenmasan ! waste of herbs and flowers ! 
 
 Fair wave thy forests in the vernal breeze ; 
 Full many a day we pass'd the unconscious hours, 
 
 Stretch'd on thy grassy banks in careless ease. 
 
 Dear Etha's glen, where first my cot was rear'd ! 
 
 How much I lov'd on thy tall groves to gaze; 
 When rising o'er the vale, the sun appear'd, 
 
 And the lake glitter'd with his morning rays ! 
 
 Glenurcha's simple tract, the tract belov'd, 
 
 By two straight ranks of beauteous hills confin'd; 
 
 How glad his youthful mates with Nathos mov'd, 
 While o'er thy crags they urg'd the flying hind! 
 
 Darthula's vale, the vale of harmless glee, 
 
 Where social bands around us lov'd to throng; 
 
 Where oft from yonder mountain's bending tree 
 The artless cuckoo pour'd her mellow song! 
 
 How lovely Drayno, with its sounding shore, 
 
 The sands of Avich lav'd by billows green ! 
 From these sweet haunts my feet would stray no more, 
 
 But with my love, I quit the darling scene.
 
 THE 
 
 SOCIETY OF TRUE HIGHLANDERS 
 A METRICAL EFFUSION. 
 
 In lov'd Wilhelmia*, near whose mural pile", 
 
 Proud Lochy's tides with eddying surges boil, 
 
 Where Caledonia's regal grandeur shone, 
 
 When old Achaius sway'd the Scotian throne, 
 
 Conren'd the mountain. patriot's faithful band, 
 
 And pledg'd th' endearing tie with heart and hand j 
 
 A tie that calls to mind primaeval days, 
 
 And rites of sires that won immortal praise. 
 
 Chiefs, sprung from kings, in friendship's league combine. 
 
 Leaders and heads of many a glorious line ; 
 
 The first in state, in worth, in cultur'd mind, 
 
 For peace, for war, in court and camp refin'd, 
 
 * Wilhelmia, or Gulielmia, Fortwilliatn in Inverness-shire, where the 
 society of True Highlanders was formed by Colonel Macdonell of Glen- 
 garry, chief of the Clan-donnell, XVIIth Mac-Mhic-Alastair, and 
 Ceann-Suidhe, or preses of the meeting.
 
 SOCIETY OF TRUE HIGHLANDERS. 215 
 
 Vhosc hearts are ardent for their country's good, 
 Vhose veins are warra'd with Scotia's purest blood, 
 'heir aim to guard the genuine Gael's + claims: 
 i grateful country joys to hail their names. 
 
 Survey, my muse, the vast assembled train, 
 S"ow crowding all Gordonia's spacious plain; 
 Vs clouds along the hills, they glide in streams, 
 rVhile swords aud gorgets shoot reflective gleams I 
 *]ach chief, in front, high tow'ring, seems afar, 
 'elides, Fingal, or the god of war! 
 Those are the Gaels still unconquered race, 
 ."hey wear their native arms with native grace, 
 Milesian arms, Mi'esia's rich costume, 
 The garb of Gauls that sack'd imperial Rome: 
 Themes that would bid the strain spontaneous roll, 
 ff heav'n-boru genius fir'd the poet's soul. 
 
 The graceful bonnet freak'd with various dyes, 
 O'er whose high crown the shadowy plumes arise, 
 Forms the rich crest, and, as the warriors move, 
 fh' effusive clusters seem a floating grove! 
 The parti. colour'd plaid, a splendid show, 
 Bestrides the breast, like ./Ether's lovely bow 
 On western clouds, when Sol the day renews, 
 And ev'ry field is gGmm'd with twinkling dews. 
 Eocas'd within the silver-spangled sheath, 
 Hangs from its zone the pond'rous beam of death; 
 Thus sleeps the thunder-dragon t of the skies, 
 Till storms in all their warring rage arise. 
 Before the Phelig's + finely plaited coil, 
 •'conspicuous waves the grossy badger's spoil, 
 
 ' Gail must be pronounced as a dissyllable. 
 + Beithir dhealain.— Vid. Gael. Effus. , 
 % Feileadh Beag, or the kilt.
 
 216 SOCIETY OF TRUE HIGHLANDERS. 
 
 Whence plenty dealt, without the frown's alloy, 
 Can turn the wail of grief to songs of joy. 
 Beneath the knee whose beauty mates the snow, 
 The well-wrought tassel binds the gauly hoe, 
 Where red and white with rival lustre blend, 
 And round the calf at equal angles bend. 
 Last, glancing as the polish'd jet, the shoe 
 Adorns the foot that scarce imprints the dew. 
 The Gael, thus equipt in full array, 
 Meet with one soul, ou friendship's festal day. 
 
 Anon ! the bag-pipe pours its stream of tones, 
 Swell'd by the peal of the silk-ruffling drones; 
 "W ith all the flight of quiv'ring fingers driv'n, 
 The torrent floats on the four winds of heav'n : 
 Rais'd by the quick or solemn marching time, 
 On music's wing the soul ascends sublime; 
 Full of the deeds that beam through years of old, 
 Our clans advance, in might and freedom bold: 
 The muse, enraptur'd at the bright survey, 
 Bids their lov'd names adorn th* unprompted lay. 
 
 With flags display'd, Llanii.DomknuiWs regal line., 
 And Stezcatl's ranks with martial beauty shine: 
 The Cairirons there, behind their gallant sire, 
 Hard as the flint, and fierce as (lames of fire; 
 HI acla cli lans, murd'rous in the van of fight; 
 Madco(hy exulting in th/*ir uativc might; 
 Macleans, whose swords could deal the fateful storm, 
 When Marr. and rage the battling host3 deform ; 
 Victorious Grants, the sons of chiefs rcnown'd, 
 From where Spey's current laves the flow'ry ground; 
 Mackenzie*, that wide waste the leaguer'd Tale, 
 When the stag's branching antlers mount the gale; 
 Madclnnoii's champions joiu'd with black Macrae's, 
 Whose bright exploits in glory's aunals blaze;
 
 SOCIETY OF TRUE HIGHLANDERS. SftT 
 
 Macgregor* tribes with arms and prowess steel'd, 
 
 Id furious combats never known to yield; 
 
 The hardy* sons of Diarmad fam'd of yore, 
 
 (The chiff who fell'd Glenshee's destructive boar); 
 
 The Frasers, awful as the lightning blast, 
 
 With heaps of slaughter'd foes to strew the waste ; 
 
 Chisholm, from northern glens, with marshall'd pow'rs, 
 
 And brave M k Colls; from Appin's sylvan bow'rs ; 
 
 With the strong ranks that bear the leader's name 
 
 Who gain'd, in Malcolm's days, immortal famei. 
 
 Before the pomp, advane'd, with kingly grace, 
 I see the stem of Conn's victorious race, 
 Whose sires of old the western sceptre sway'd 
 Which all the isles and Albion's half obey'd, 
 Th' illustrious chief of Garry's woody vales: 
 His radiant standard eddying sweeps the gales, 
 Conspicuous blazon'd with Clann-DomhnilV s shield,, 
 That rears Fame's emblems on its quarter'd field, 
 The barge with furling sails, the gory hand, 
 The flying eagle, and the croslet wand ; 
 Two bears, the types of vanquish'd Lochlin's shame ? 
 With shafts infixt, support the mystic frame: 
 Its crest, the tow'ring rock in blue pouitray'd, 
 And the perch'd raven tiug'd with sable shade. 
 
 • The Campbell's. The bear of Gfensliec! forms one of the hero^ 
 I in^ in tin. standard; 
 
 '!if- Macirito: hes. The progenitor of tlr!s valiant elan was Shaw, 
 t.Iio obtained an i v t< nsive propertj in Murray, for his active services 
 in Buppr< rebellion that hurl broken out in that county. He 
 
 .. bos <: i. fhane of Fift, and flouvi.hul in the reign of 
 
 Tv.tuiy. Toiseaclr 
 I raL
 
 213 SOCIETY OF TRUE HIGHLANDERS. 
 
 The order'd hosts processive march along 
 With steps accordant to the war-pipe's song ; 
 The spacious hall, its portals wide display'd, 
 And its long course in festive wreaths array'd, 
 Receive the prime in rank. The thronging bands, 
 With friendly hearts, conjoin fraternal hands ; 
 Ciann-Ddmbnuill's puissant chief o'er all presides ; 
 His active zeal the council forms and guides; 
 They pledge adherence to the patriot laws 
 That knit true Gaels to their country's cause, 
 The social rite that marks th' attachment strong, 
 The dress, the music, and the native song, 
 The sprightly dance, the field or mountain game, 
 That string the limbs, and fit for deeds of fame, 
 That prompt the Gael, like a fiery zone, 
 To link as guardians of the British throne, 
 As British freedom, loyal, firm, and bold, 
 That never barter'd faith, for profier'd gold, 
 Through life unstain'd to hold the Gaelic name, 
 And dread no form of death like guilty shame. 
 
 No deed -of shame the genuine Gael stains, 
 No taint of pois'ning guile pervades their veins; 
 On virtue's beauty fixing all the soul, 
 As the free magnet eyes the steady pole, 
 They know bow order guards the public weal, 
 Respect each rank that forms the social scale, 
 With duteous faith obey the legal rein, 
 But nobly spurn the slave's coercive chain; 
 Smile fearless in the gory walks of death, 
 Nor yield their freedom, till they yield their breath. 
 Instinctive touch'd with feeling's finest glow, 
 They shed refreshing balm on wounds of woe: 
 Thus, ev'ning slakes the world with pearly rains, 
 When the sun flames on ocean's western plains.
 
 SOCIETY OF TRUE HIGHLANDERS. 219 
 
 Oa wanton foes whose madness prompts their ire, 
 They rush like streams of heav'n's electric fire, 
 When rolling thunders burst in awful peals, 
 And nature, tott'ring, to her centre reels! 
 
 Facts crowding thick, on facts, confirm my strain; 
 From crops tnatur'd we judge the parent grain 
 The tree whose arms with luscious apples glow. 
 Supplies no sap for the lean aspen bough ; 
 The lion, mightiest of the sylvan kind, 
 Breeds not the feeble kid or tim'rous bind ; 
 Nor the shrunk nag that draws the sledgy car 
 Can procreate the high. bounding steed of war. 
 
 Through ages past explore the rolls of fame, 
 No speck has soil'd the genuine Gael's name: 
 With one rich juice from one nectareous vine, 
 Through ev'ry age thegen'rous clusters shine. 
 These are the sons of Fingal, Caelt*, and Gaul, 
 Whose glorions prowess made earth's tyrants fall, 
 The great Cuchullin, Oscar prince of shields, 
 And Conn victorious in a hundred fields. 
 Names that shall grace the poet's tuneful rhyme, 
 While sun and stars revolving, measure time. 
 
 Th' Ausonian pow'rs, of their vast conquests vain, 
 Had stretch'd their sway o'er Albion's southern plain ; 
 But northern freedom cry'd: — " My sons I combine; 
 Dread not yon foe; the land of hills is mine." 
 The hill. born heroes freedom's flag unfurl'd, 
 And c.heck'd Rome's progress in the western world. 
 No fear the Gael's dauntless soul can tame; 
 Not fraud but prowess gains him deathless fame, 
 
 ■ Caoilte. The word in the tc\t ia a rr ale.
 
 220 SOCIETY OF TRUE HIGHLANDERS. 
 
 He fights or falls in native freedom brave, 
 And scorns to live ou terms that bind the slave. 
 
 O'er Mill's gallant sons t' usurp the rein, 
 Proud Scandinavia try'd, but try'd in vain. 
 On Albian shores she won sepulchral grounds: 
 This right is fixt, till the last trumpet sounds. 
 
 All Europe, from Iberia's wave-beat coast, 
 Through her wide realms, to Zembla's world of frcst, 
 In praise of Scotia's mountain race conjoins, 
 How in fame's fields their peerless valour shines. 
 From the green bow'rs where first young Sol awakes, 
 To woods that hide him from Columbian lakes, 
 Renown's acclaims in answ'ring echoes roll, 
 And circle the vast sphere from pole to pole* 
 
 Napoleon led his firm embattl'd train 
 Where sev'n-stream'd Nilus soaks the Libyan plain; 
 Before him shone Britannia's pride display'd, 
 And thud, predictive of war's fate, he said : 
 " Those are the tribes of Albion's northern hills, 
 Th' extended realms of earth their glory fills: 
 Be strong, my warriors ! ere the close of day, 
 Yon parti. colour'd lines, so grimly gay, 
 May teach what force the soul of Oscar steel'd, 
 And how great Fingal's arm could waste the field." 
 Truth seal'd his speech. The champaign blaz'd around : 
 The nations mix'd, red slaughter stain'd the ground ; 
 Th' unconquer'd host a conquest soon became, 
 And fall'n or fled, resign'd an empty name. 
 
 The plain of Waterloo's decisive fray, 
 Attests the Gael's full exerted sway.
 
 SOCIETY OF TRUE HIGHLANDERS. 221 
 
 Squares rang'd by squares, in mail.cas'd myriads, stood, 
 
 The spoilers of the world, athirst for blood. 
 
 War's columns now advanc'd in silent state, 
 
 Majestic, awful, big with Europe's fate! 
 
 Britannia's lion roar'd : — " My cubs, away! 
 
 Spring on yon wolves, and glut your maws with prey !" 
 
 Then! then did death's tremendous engines yell, 
 
 Disgorging sulph'rous bolts like mouths of hell ! 
 
 Swords clash'd, steel rattled, murder march'd before, 
 
 And strew'd the scene with corpses bath'd in gore I 
 
 When Morven's plaided sons, in vengeful ire, 
 
 Roll'd on the steely wall the flood of Are, 
 
 It broke, as melts a mass ef dusky haze, 
 
 When, Sol, in Cancer, darts the noontide blaze! 
 
 For this, the valiant Gael shine renown'd, 
 
 With glory's never-fading laurels crown'd; 
 
 Now rais'd aloft, Old Caledonia's name, 
 
 With lasting beams shall gild the sphere of fame. 
 
 Hail, chiefs and patriots now combined to save 
 Our ancient rites from time's all-swaU'wing grave! 
 While you protect the sea-girt queen of isles, 
 She stands secure of force and fraudful wiles. 
 The Gael's freedom fene'd by sacred laws 
 Now joins his own with his dear country's cause: 
 The Gaelic, aham'd and fetter'd now no more, 
 Resumes full empire on her fav' rite shore; 
 From shades of night again triumphant rais'd, 
 She mounts her throne with orient gems emblaz'd. 
 His head the genius of Old Morven rears 
 From the long slumber of two thousand years ; 
 Now rais'd, a stream of mist, above the vales, 
 Onward he moves, upborne by western gales ; 
 He tow'rs from hill to hill at ev'ry stride ; 
 The stately forms of Selma round him glide :
 
 222 SOCIETY OF TRUE HIGHLANDERS. 
 
 In their blue hall, they pledge the meteor-shell, 
 
 And bid the harp's aerial music swell ; 
 
 " Our sons" they sing, " with glory's thirst oh flame, 
 
 Tread in our steps, and share our deathless fame." 
 
 Bennevis, chief of Albion's dusky hills, 
 
 Assents, hoarse murm'ring from his snow-fed rills; 
 
 O'er the tall ranks of bright'nihg peaks below, 
 
 He seems with joy to lift his aged brow. 
 
 Auspicious aera, hail ! The pow'r of love 
 Descending from the blissful thrones above,' 
 With the fair choir of virtues, hand in hand, 
 Shall fix their reign in Albion's favour'd land. 
 Discord, and fell oppression, head-long thrown, 
 On hell's red rocks with tortur'd fiends shall groan ; 
 The spring ofheav'n Shall now with fost'ring gales, 
 Make our hills green, and fertilize our vales, 
 Youths, herds, and flocks, tfnnumber'd swarm around, 
 Thick as the ferns that skirt the sylvan bound, 
 Arts, tillage, co^nmeree^ rear a: patriot train, 
 To wield the sword, or plow the spacious main ; 
 "While christian truth, and classic learning join'd, 
 Unfolding all the boundless realms of mind, 
 Shalt bid th' immortal part sublimely rise, 
 Assert its native worth, and gain the skies. 
 Refining love shall thus his warmth diffuse, 
 Peace, grace, and bliss distil empyreal dews, 
 And the great age, in rolls of fate foretold, 
 Beam on our happy isle with rays of gold. 
 
 THOU at whose potent word primaeval light 
 Flash'd through Chaotic glooms, and scatter'd night, 
 When, orb in orb, the spheres began to move, 
 And loud hosannahs fill'd the tracts above ! 
 Sov'rcign of heav'n and earth ! vouchsafe to smile 
 With choice regard on freedom's western isle!
 
 SOCIETY OF TRUE HIGHLANDERS. 223 
 
 May the great fabric of her threefold sway 
 Endure, till earth andseasand skies decay ! 
 Preserve our prince, the realm's illustrious heir : 
 His life, his throne, be thy perpetual care! 
 Preserve our state from faction's rending jars ; 
 Preserve the hosts that bravely fight our wars ; 
 Preserve the native rights that form our boast, 
 Preserve the Oaken Mound that walls our coast: 
 May British majesty unriyall'd shine 
 While Phoebe's force attracts the surging brine, 
 Andev'ry flag on ocean's breast unfurl'd 
 Revere the mistress of the wat'ry world. 
 
 The preceding poem was composed by Mr. Ewen M^Lachlan, to whom 
 the Editors have, in a former part of this work, acknowledged their high 
 obligations. The poem was recited with enthusiastic admiration at the 
 meeting of true Highlanders, held at Inverlochie, on the 12th July last, 
 and is inserted in this work by the author's permission.
 
 COPY OF A LETTER jj 
 
 From the learned and accomplished Eiven M' Lack- 
 Ian, Esq. Rector of the Grammar School, Old 
 Aberdeen, to one of the Editors, with his per- 
 mission to publish the same* 
 
 " Dear Sir, 
 
 " The contents of the manuscript which you 
 design to lay before the public, I have perused 
 with considerable pleasure. The poems in your 
 collection are genuine and beautiful Gaelic. The 
 skilful critic may probably detect some instances 
 of monastic interpolation: but this circumstance 
 cannot invalidate the claims of your volume to 
 public patronage. The purity of style, and subli- 
 mity of sentiment, predominating through the bulk 
 of these compositions, indicate in their author, in 
 whatever age he flourished, a mind of no ordinary 
 standard. 
 
 " Sceptics may feel a disposition to cavil ; but 
 your allegations are accompanied by their proper 
 vouchers, and your veracity will therefore stand 
 unimpeached. In having wrought into the con- 
 texture of your preface, the leading arguments of 
 the Ossianic controversy, and stating the fads 

 
 LETTER. 22J 
 
 from which they derive stability, every reader of 
 a candid mind will approve of your judgment. If 
 the accumulation of facte advanced in this, as well 
 as in anterior publications, may not lead to a di- 
 rect conclusion in favour of the subject, they will 
 at least ampupt to a high degree of presumption, 
 which is all that ought to be required, at our re- 
 mote distance from the primary source of informa. 
 tion. If the works of Ossian are a forgery, we 
 have sufficient grounds to believe that the impo- 
 sition cannot be charged on modern times. An- 
 tiquity has ascribed the contents of your work to 
 Ossian, as far as we can rely on the faith of Celtic 
 manuscripts, and on traditions which we have im- 
 bibed with our maternal milk, and whose impres- 
 sion on our minds will be as permanent as our ex- 
 istence; though we should not quarrel with any 
 of our southern neighbours, on whom the facts ad- 
 duced by the advocates of the cause, may not have 
 operated with the force of conclusive evidence. 
 With best wishes for the success of your Ossianic 
 collection, I remain, 
 
 " Dear Sir, 
 
 " Yours, very sincerely, 
 
 " EWEN M'LACHLAN, 
 " Rector of the grammar school. 
 
 " Old Aberdeen, J 
 Vebruary 14, J8J6.J 
 
 "To Hugh M'Callum, Esq."
 
 NAMES 
 
 Of the Persons wlio favoured the Editors with the 
 different Poems inserted in this Work. 
 
 1. Dargo, the Son of Druidin*, obtained from 
 Duncan Mathison, parish of Snizort, Isle of 
 Skye. The Reverend Malcolm M'Leod, minister. 
 
 2. Crom-Glen, from Hector M'Phail, parish of 
 Torosay, Isle of Mull. The Reverend Alexander 
 Frazer, minister. 
 
 3. Evir-Aluin, from the papers of Mr. Donald 
 M'lnnes, schoolmaster, Griban, Isle of Mull, 
 
 parish of Kilninian. The Reverend 
 
 M'Arthur, minister. 
 
 4. The Fingalians* Great Distress, from the pa- 
 pers of the Reverend Donald M'Donald, D. D. 
 of Killean; also, another version from Malcolm 
 M'Callum in said parish ; another from Duncan 
 M'Intyre, Glen-lyon, Perthshire, and one from 
 Archibald M'Pherson, Assint. Dr. M'Donald 
 thought proper, that this poem should be inserted 
 in this work, although formerly published by Mr. 
 Gillies. The Dr. announces that the poem be- 
 fore us is of a decided preference to that published 
 by Mr. Gillies. 
 
 * Mr. Jolin Thomson, late of Craigroy, obtained another edition of the 
 same poem from the papers of Mr. M'Neill of Kilmoluag, seventy years 
 ago, both in the pari-h of Killean, Kintyre ; and we can prove that Ar- 
 chibald Thomson, Esq. Engineer, London, saw it in Mr. J. Thomson's 
 
 possession.
 
 NAMES, &c. ViT 
 
 5. The Banners of the Fingalians, from Mr. D. 
 M'Innes's papers, already quoted. 
 
 G. CuchuUin in his Chariot, from Alexander 
 M' Donald, South Uist. The Reverend George 
 Monro, minister. 
 
 7. The Heads, from Archibald M'Callnm, late 
 of Auchaglass, and from Malcolm M'Callnm, both 
 in the parish of Killean; also from D. M'lntyre, 
 and A. M'Pherson, already quoted. 
 
 8. The Black Dog, from Dr. M'Donald's 
 papers, from A. M'Calluro, of Auchaglass, already 
 quoted, from Niel Fletcher, farmer, Scalestle-beg, 
 Isle of Mull, and from Kiel M'Queen, Freeport, 
 Isle of Islay. The Reverend James M'Intosli, 
 minister. 
 
 9. Fingals Panegyric on Gaul, Colguil, and 
 Trathal, from the papers of Mr. J. M'lntyre, Ari- 
 chastle, Gleuorchy. The Reverend Joseph 
 M'lntyre, D. D. minister; and from the papers of 
 Mr. D. M'Inues, already quoted. 
 
 10. FingaVs Address to Oscar, from Mr. M'Ni- 
 col, sen. Arichastle, Glenorchy, aged ninety-five 
 years, who could repeat the same when twelve 
 years old, and from Mr. D. M'Innes's papers, al- 
 ready quoted. 
 
 11. The Death of Oscar, from Mr. D. M'Innes's 
 papers, already quoted. 
 
 12. The Virgin, or Nymph, from Dr. M'Do- 
 riald's papers, already quoted, and from William 
 Cameron, High Bridge, by Fortwilham, parish of 
 KiluKuiivaig. The Reverend Thomas Ross, mi- 
 nister. 
 
 i:$. Conlaoch, from Mr. D. M'Innes's papers, 
 and from .Niel M'Queen, both already quoted. 
 
 14. Ciuhach, from George M'Kenzie, Grninart.,
 
 »W NAMES, Sec. 
 
 parish of Lochbroom. The Reverend Thomas 
 Ross, L. L. D. minister. 
 
 15. 16. Ossians Addresses to the Rising and Set- 
 ting Sun, from Mr. J. M'Intyre's papers, already 
 quoted. 
 
 1 7. Ossian's Addresses to the Rising and Setting 
 Sun, translated into Latin, by Ewen M'Lachlan, 
 Bsq. Rector, Old Aberdeen. 
 
 18- Morglan and Min-Onn, from the papers of 
 Mr. J. M'lutyre, already quoted. 
 
 19. The Death of Dermid, from Dr. M'Donald, 
 already quoted. 
 
 20. The Combat of Fingal and Gdrv, from John 
 M'Larty, late of Arinanuan, parish of Killean. 
 The Reverend D. M'Donald, D. D. minister. 
 
 21. The Fmgalians' Greatest Hunting, from the 
 papers of Dr. M'Donald, and from Archibald 
 M'Callum, late of Auchaglass, both already 
 quoted. » 
 
 22. Conull Gulbuin, from Archibald M'Pherson, 
 Assint, already quoted. 
 
 23. Ossian*s Talc, from the Reverend Alexander 
 Irvine, D. D. Little Dunkeld, and from John 
 M'Larty, Arinanuan, already quoted. 
 
 24. Ossians Distress, from the Inverness Journal* 
 
 25. Oina-Marul, from the writings of the Reve- 
 rend A. M'Donald, late of Liverpool. 
 
 26. The Society of True Highlanders, composed 
 fcy Mr. M'Lachlan, of Old Aberdeen. 
 
 K3» The Editors are mnch indebted to the writings of (he learned, piona, 
 and Reverend A. M' Donald, late of Liverpool, for much of w hat is inserted 
 the preface to this work. 

 
 THE 
 LIFE OF 
 
 ST. COLUMBA. 
 
 .THE life of St. Columba*, the apostle of the Highlands and 
 "Western Isles of Scotland, and the founder and first abbot of 
 the famous cathedral of lona. His genealogy runs thus: He 
 ■was son of Felim, son of Fergus, son of Conall,son of Niel, of the 
 nine hostages, son of Eochaulh, son of Murdoch, son of Cairbre, 
 sonofCormac,sonof Airt,son of Conn, of hundred battles, son of 
 Herimon, c on of Milr, of Spain. His life was written by two of 
 his successors, Cummin and Adomnan. The former of these 
 wrote about sixty, and the latter about eighty.three years after 
 the death of the saint ; so that they had very good opportunity 
 of coming at the knowledge of every part of his life and charac- 
 (• r. But unhappily, it seems not to have been the object of 
 
 * The venerable Bede, Camden, and aome others, call him Columbanns. 
 
 In Ibe Un»u ige of toe country, lie is oiled Coluin cille (or Coliim of lite 
 
 i, from hi, having founded so many churches. The addition of Cille, 
 
 to have been eaily made to his original name Colnm. Another emi- 
 
 ni nt [risb sainl of the name of Coluobanns, who flourished about the *ame 
 
 period, is often > onfouoded with St CoHirnbs. 
 
 H !.
 
 230 THE LIFE OF 
 
 thpse good men to delineate the real life and character of the 
 saint, but to give a marvellous detail of visions, prophecies, and 
 miracles, which they boldly ascribe to him. It is but candid 
 to suppose that they, themselves, believed what they wrote, and 
 that their writings may have been of use in these ages of credu- 
 lity anil fable; although, in our more enlightened times, they 
 rather disgust than edify in that antiquated form. It is, there, 
 fore, necessary, if we would peruse »he life of this great and 
 holy man with patience and with profit, to strip it of that mar- 
 vellous garb with which it has been so long invested ; to separate 
 the fact from the fable, and to shew the saint in his real charac- 
 ter. Before we comment on this subject, it is necessary to give 
 some explanation regarding I, or Iona. 
 
 The Druids are said to have had a college in I before the time of 
 St. Columba; and tradition still points out their burying ground 
 by the name of Cloadh.nan.Druidhnach. The ancient name of 
 Iona was I, Hi, or Aoi, as written in the annals of Ulster, 
 which were Latinized into Hyona, or Iona. The common name 
 of it now is I-colm-kill, the isle of Colum of the Cells, included 
 in one of the parishes of the island of Mull. Its venerable ruins 
 still command respect ; and the popular belief, founded upon a 
 prophetic distich ascribed to St. Columba is, that they may yet 
 recover their ancient splendour. 
 
 An I mo chridhe, I mo ghraidh, 
 An aiteguth Manaich bidh geum ba; 
 Ach mun tig an saoghal gu crioch : 
 Bithidh I mar a bba. 
 
 O sacred dome, and my beloved abode ! 
 
 Whose walls now echo to the praise of God ; 
 
 The time shall come when lauding monks shall cease, 
 
 And howling herds here occupy their place 1 
 
 But better ages shall hereafter come, 
 
 And praise re-echo in thi3 sacred dome. 
 
 The first part of the prophecy was literally fulfilled for ages,
 
 ST. COLUMBA. 231 
 
 till the late noble proprietor, the Duke of Argyle, caused the 
 ground to be enclosed with a sufficient wall; before then, the 
 cathedral was used as a penn for black cattle. It is to be hoped 
 that the surcessors of this great and good man will pay the iame 
 attention to it. 
 
 It was in Ircl.ind that the venerable St. Columba was born : 
 we are told, that when the Romans drove the Druids out of 
 Britain, they took refuge in Ireland. Be that as it will, they 
 brought no accession of knowledge into that country ; siuce .to 
 people now on the face of the globe can boast a more remote 
 origin, or trace instances of earlier government and civilization, 
 than the Irish. It has been a pitiful prejudice in too many 
 writers, to throw discr. dit upon the early history of that island. 
 This ill-judged policy began as far back as the days of Henry 
 the Second, who sent over Giraldus Cambrensis for the avowed 
 purpose of collecting and publishing what he could find that was 
 disadvantageous to the character of the natives. Numerousand 
 wonderful are the lying inventions of this writer. A persou * 
 to whom Mr. O'Flaherty prefaces his Ogyia, wrote a detection 
 of this man's misrepresentations and slanders, which he called 
 Cambrensis Eversus. Sir James Ware, who published his Anti- 
 quities of Iieland under Queen Anne, " wonders that some men 
 of his age, otherwise graveand learned, should obtrude those fic- 
 tions of Giraldus upon the world for truths." Indeed, no wri- 
 ter of any judgment has ever attempted to justify the groundless 
 and incredible fables of Cambrensis. Even Mr. Pinkerton, al- 
 though a malicious slanderer, asserts that Cambrensis shews the 
 greatest ignorance in his account of the Irish history. 
 
 As the learning of the Ilebridiana lay principally among the 
 ecclesiastics, the manuscripts, as in other countries at that pe- 
 riod, were mostly confined to churches and cloisters. The 
 sanctity of these places could not, nevertheless, secure them 
 ngainst the shocks and revolutions to which every thiug here 
 
 • Mr. Josiah Lynch, titular archbuhep of Tuom;
 
 252 THE LIFE OF 
 
 below is subject. The Danes ransacked and burned Icolmkill 
 in the tenth century, the chief repository of old papers; and 
 whatever it contained of antiquity or arts was destroyed. This 
 gave a fatal stab to Gaelic learning. 
 
 In attempting to she w the saint in his real character, we shall 
 make no farther use of (hat mass of wonders which was mention- 
 ed, than as it serves to illustrate the character of Columba, or 
 the spirit of the times in which he lived. Of these marvellous 
 relations, we do not profess to believe any, nor would be so bold 
 as to deny them all. In circumstances such as those in which 
 Columba stood, called forth to extirpate an old and inveterate 
 superstition, and to establish the true religion upon its ruins, 
 and to contend with powerful and artful promulgators of that 
 superstition, we cannot, without presumption, say how far it 
 might be fit that God should countenance the labours of his 
 faithful servant, and vouchsafe him, even by signs and wonders, 
 as he often did to his ministers in such cases, a clear and deci- 
 ded victory. A reflection somewhat similar to this is made by 
 one of his biographers, after mentioning the issue of a cojitcst 
 to which the saint was challenged by the Pictish priests or 
 Druids, before an immense crowd of spectators, near the royal 
 palace at Lochness. 
 
 But of these matters, as we must allow ourselves to be very 
 incompetent judges, it is our wisdom to be silent. The life of 
 Columba is abundantly uncommon and interesting without them ; 
 and his example, as will in that case be the more imitable, will 
 be also the more useful ; and with a view to imitation in useful- 
 ness, do we attempt to unfold this holy man's life and character. 
 
 Columba was a native of Ireland, descended fiom the royal 
 family of that kingdom, and nearly allied to the kings of Scot- 
 land. Like many others who made a conspicuous figure in the 
 world, li is birth is said to have been preceded by some extraor- 
 dinary circumstances. Maveth, the disciple of St. Patrick, is 
 said to have predicted the birth aud name of Columba*, and the 
 
 Tlic mother of Fo!im was Aithne, daughter of Lorn, who first reigned. 

 
 ST. COLUMIU.. 2J3 
 
 lasting glory which he should acquire by converting the western 
 
 isles to Christianity. 
 
 His mother also, when with child of the saint, dreamed ojie 
 night that a person, whose figure mid mcin seemed to denote 
 him to be more than human, had presented her with a veil or 
 garment of the most beautiful texture and colours; that, in a 
 little time, however, he resumed his gift, and raising and ex- 
 pauding it in the sky, allowed it to fly through heaven: as it 
 flow, it continued to extend itself on all hands, over mountains 
 and plains, till at length it covered an expanse which her eye 
 •was not able to measure. Finding what she had once possessed 
 gone out of her reach, and likely to be irrecoverably lost, she 
 could not help expressing her sorrow and regret, till the angel 
 thus addressed her: Be not grieved at not being allowed to 
 retain this valuable gift but for a very short time. It is an em- 
 blem of that child of which thou art soon to be the mother, for 
 him hath God ordained as one of his prophets, to be extensively 
 
 in conjunction with his brother Fergus, over the Scots or Dalrcudini, in 
 Argvlcshire. Iu those times noblemen were not seldom preachers of the 
 go-pel. St. Ciaran, who preached to the Attacotti, or Dalreudini, in Kin- 
 tyre, and died in 594 (see Ware); from him the pai ish of Kil-chiaran, of 
 late called Campbeltown, takes its name. The estimation in which St. 
 Ciaran wan held in his life time, may be judged of from the vision of St. Bai- 
 lie n, who dreamed that he had seen three splendid chairs prepared iu 
 heaven, one of gold, one of silver, and one of glass; and agreed iu the in- 
 terpretation of their being intended for Ciaran, Laisran, and Colnmha. 
 Ihirr !•, also extant a beautiful [rial] ode of his, being a farewell to his 
 monastery in Ireland, when he set out for Scotland, The imagery of this 
 j.i. i c is singular ; seven angi Is, Uriel, Itbiel, &c. are represented as having 
 the charge of this mona«teiv, each his own day in succession throughout tlie 
 week, and then returning to give the recording angel an account of what 
 
 rd in the cathedral; an idea will calculated to excite in the monks 
 the strict! -t attention to conduct, and the strongest desire to excel. Bede 
 «ay>, that lona belonged I hen to the Picts. The Irish annals, and alter 
 them I -I- r, - 11 it belonged to the Struts; aod Adoginao, who knew best, 
 
 - in effect t'j -.i tie ,'uiiip, when be telll lis that tb«- <r territories were 
 by the Dorsum, Brltai i 01 Drim-AIbin,
 
 23* THE LIFE OF 
 
 useful upon earth, and to lead an innumerable company of souls 
 to heaven. 
 
 Columba was born in the year 521, and his parents being thus, 
 as they believed, admonished of the part which their son was 
 destined to act in life, and to which they soon perceived his 
 genius, and early disposition to piety to be peculiarly adapted, 
 lost no time in providing him with such education as tended to 
 quality him for the sacred office. They first put him under the 
 care of Cruineachan, a devout presbyter, who discovered, as he 
 thought, in his di>ciple, while yet a child, extraordinary symp- 
 toms of his future glory and greatness. Some time after, he 
 studied under Finnian, bishop of Clonard, a man (according to 
 Ware) of considerable learning, who was charmed with the 
 piety of Columba; while he was yet but a child, he used to give 
 him the appellation of saint; and believed, from his uniformly 
 holy and regular life, that he had obtained from God an angel 
 from heaven, to be his companion and guardian. 
 
 Fenbar also, a bishop and saint, is mentioned as one cf Co- 
 lumba's masters; and likewise Genman, a teacher of Leinster, 
 who, like his other masters, used to give his pupil the name of 
 saint; and, notwithstanding tne great disparity of their years, 
 seems to have treated him more as a companion and friend than as a 
 scholar; sometimes asking his opinion about the most dark and 
 mysterious dispensations of Providence. Under him (he piety 
 of Columba, now in deacon's orders, became conspicuous, and 
 liis fame spread over a great part of the kingdom, to which the 
 following incident seems to have contributed not a little. One 
 day as the old man read his book in the fields, a young girl, pur- 
 sued by a barbarian, fled to him for protection. He immedia- 
 tely cried to his pupil, who was rending at a little distance. The 
 aid of both was unavailable; the ruffian, with one thrust of Ids j 
 sprar, left her dead at their feet. " Ah (said Genman), how 
 long will God, the righteous judge, allow this atrocious deed to 
 go unpunished. " The soul of the murderer (u plied Columba) 
 nny yet he in hell as soon as that of the murdered in heaven." 
 At that instant they observed the unhappy man fall dead at
 
 ST. COLL. MB \. S.o 
 
 some distance, a sacrifice, it is probable, to the violence of his 
 own passions, though ascribed by the people to the appeal which 
 was mule to heaven by Genman and Columba. 
 
 How much Columba was loved and revered by his compa- 
 nions, during his stay in this place, appears from the wonder, 
 ful veneration with which he was received when he came to visit 
 them some time afterwards. All the people in the cathedral, 
 and its neighbourhood, poured out to meet him, kissed him 
 with the utmost reverence and affection, and singing hymns and 
 psalms of praise, led him to their church, surrounded with a rail 
 of wood, carried by four men, to prevent his being incommod- 
 ed by so immense a multitude. From some of the eastern 
 churches he is said to have borrowed the model of his monastic 
 rule; in Italy he is said to have founded a cathedral; and in 
 France he was solicited by King Sigibert, who made him large 
 promises to remain with him. But Columba, whose ambition 
 was to be useful, rather than great, told him that he was so far 
 from coveting the wealth of others, that for Christ's sake he had 
 already renounced his own. 
 
 Ireland had now, for a long time, enjoyed the light of the 
 gospel, and abounded in saints and learned men, while the isles 
 and northern parts of Scotland were still covered with darkness, 
 and in the shackles of superstition. On thesedismal regions, there- 
 fore, Columba looked witha pitying eye, and however forbidding 
 the prospect, resolved to become the apostle of the Highlands. 
 Accordingly, in the year 563, he set ont with twelve of h\n 
 friends and followers, and landed* in the isle of Hi, or lonn, 
 near the confines of the Scottish and Pictish territories. This 
 
 * This place where C(.lnmba landed in Icolmkill, is culled, in Gaelic, 
 Porta thwrukk ; lliis was ilie order of the <- uldets in Scotland, an order ot 
 wIik it Ciiliimba was tiie founder. He and liis followers were distinguish! -i 
 r i learning, purity of faith, and sanctity of life; thej preached oiiiy sue l» 
 works of charity and pietj/ «s they could learn from the prophetical, evsu - 
 gelical, and . d writ ngs.
 
 2.36 THE LIKE OF 
 
 place he probably chose, as being conveniently situated for his 
 attending to the important duty which he had to manage in Ire- 
 land, as well as for carrying on the work he had in view in Scot- 
 land. Besides, if he should succeed in procuring a grant of it, 
 he might discover in it those properties which was generally 
 sought for in the site of religious houses. 
 
 Columba was now in the 42d year of his age, and needed all 
 his vigour of mind and body in encountering those difficulties 
 which presented themselves when he undertook the conversion 
 of the northern Picts to Christianity. The priests, or Druids, 
 as they were most interested, so they were most forward to op- 
 pose him, and wanted neither eloquence, influence, or art, to 
 effect their purpose. The country itself was wild, woody, and 
 mountainous, and greatly infested with wild beasts, from which 
 the life of the saint seems to have been more than once in immi- 
 nent danger. And what appears to have been the greatest dif- 
 ficulty of all, he was so little master of the dialect of that people, 
 at least of some among them, that for some time he required 
 an interpreter, when he preached to them the words of salvation. 
 Besides all this, the austerity of his own manners, sometimes for 
 whole days, watching and praying for whole nights, submitting 
 to constant fatigue of body and anxiety of mind abroad, or the 
 most intense application to study at home; and withal, so self- 
 denied and crucified to the world, as to reject what we are now 
 accustomed to consider as its innocent comforts and enjoy- 
 ments. 
 
 St. Columba visited Brude, king cf the Picts, at his royal pa. 
 lace, situated to the east of Lochness ; St. Columba's journey 
 to Brudc's royal seat, was over the range of mountains called 
 Drim-Albin ; and that Drim Albin divided the Caledonians from 
 the Picts. The southern Picts were, according to Bede's au- 
 thority, converted to Christianity by St. Ninian ; the northern 
 Caledonians by St. Columba. The learned antiquarian, Inn p s, 
 writes, however, from this account that Adomnan gives us of 
 the bounds of the Scottish and Pictish dominions in St. Colum- 
 ba's f.roe, that since the island Iona was, as it were, in the heart 

 
 ST. COLUMBA. *3» 
 
 or centre of the kingdom of the Caledonians, composed of the 
 islands, and mainland, as above, and separated from the Pictish 
 dominions by seaand land,it could not havebeen thePicts,as Bede 
 relates, but must needs have been the Caledonians that gave it 
 to St. Columba, and his disciples. We find the island of Iona al- 
 ways mentioned by Adomnan, as being in the kingdom of the 
 Caledonians in Britain, and the inhabitants of it as subjects of 
 the king of the Caledonians. There it was that St. Columba in- 
 augurated Aydan king of the Caledonians. There St. Columba 
 and his disciples pray for victory to King Aydan as their sove- 
 reign. There King Aydan consults the saint which of his sons 
 were to live to be his successor. As to Bede ascribing to the 
 Picts the donation of Iona to St. Columba, he being a stranger, 
 and living at a distance from these parts, and having his account 
 of icolmkill oidy by hearsay, his authority on this subject ought 
 not to be put in balance with that of Adomnan, who was, him- 
 self, abbot of Icolmkill near St. Columba's time, and one of his 
 successors; and, besides, had his information from those who 
 lived with the saint, and from the originals in the cathedral it- 
 self. 
 
 It is certain, since the first invention of letters in Scotland, till 
 as late as the tenth century, as above stated, there were ancient 
 historical records in existence, containing genealogical accounts 
 of its kings, whether Scottish or Pictish, and narratives of re- 
 markable events in the history of its inhabitants. The period of 
 three hundred and fifteen years applies to the era which Kon- 
 neth M'Alpin, after having conquered the Picts, began to reign 
 over all Albin, down to the reign of William Itufus, the brother 
 of Malcolm the Fourth. The author of this little treatise was 
 a cotemporary of Andrew, bishop of Caithness, who, according 
 to the chronicle of Maylross, and a catalogue of the bishop of 
 Scotland by R. K. died in the year 1 185. it is to be presumed 
 that the author wrote in the twelfth century, when, as yet, 
 there cxist'.-d ancient historic il records from which he derived 
 information. 
 
 This fanciful picture of Scotland represents correctly, so far 
 l i
 
 238 TliE LIFE OF 
 
 as it goes, the relative situation of those parts of Alblo, which: 
 ■were, in the view of the writer, to be described. It may be 
 observed, although it does not relate to Columba, that the writer 
 says that the principal parts of this form and figure of a man, 
 that is the head, is in Eara.Ghael, in the western part of Scotia, 
 or Scotland, over against the sea of of Ireland, viz. Kintyre, or, 
 as it is more applicable in the Gaelic language, Ceann-tire, ow- 
 ing to the narrow peninsula betwixt west Loch Tarbert, and 
 the town of Tarbert on the east shore. This peninsula is about 
 one mile in breadth ; and that large tract of country called Kin- 
 tyre, is about sixty miles west from Tarbert. Eara, or Art. 
 ghael, is a compound of Art and Ghael. Ari signifies a breed- 
 ing place, arich to breed ; and ariche, plural, a cattle breeder. 
 Boihan.ari is a small hut, or booth, erected on seme favourite 
 spot of breeding ground. Such spots of ground are called, in 
 the language of the low country Scots, sheelings. So that, evi. 
 dently, Ari-ghael is the breeding grounds of the Gael, and, there- 
 fore, extended in ancient times over the whole monntainous tracts 
 of Albin, from the western to the eastern sea. The arms of 
 this fisure are those mountains, which divide Scotia from Aru 
 ghael. Ari-ghael was held anciently to be the country of the 
 people whose name was latinized Scoti ; and the name Scotia 
 was so called from that by which the people came to be deno- 
 minated. 
 
 The voluminous account given of this saint by his biographers, 
 and the limits to which our work must necessarily be confined, 
 obliges u3 to limit our remarks to the principal transactions of 
 this great man's life. By him the greater part of the Pictish 
 kingdom was converted to Christianity, and numerous churches 
 were established. He superintended the Pictish, Irish, and most 
 of the Scottish churches, and was every where received with an 
 enthusiastic veneration almost bordering on adoration. He was 
 very much resorted to even as a physician, and the place of his 
 residence was so sacred and venerable, that to rest in its dust 
 was, for many centuries, the highest ambition of princes and 
 kings. His cathedral was, at that time, the principal seat of 

 
 ST. COLUMBA. 239 
 
 learning, perhaps in Europe, and the nursery whence pastors 
 and divines were furnished, not only to 100 monasteries and 
 above 300 churches, which he himself had established, but also 
 to those of many neighbouring nations. 
 
 But St. Columba was net less assiduous in propagating Chris- 
 tianity, than iu teaching his hearers the useful arts of life. His 
 skill in physic was such, that his cures were often account-d mi- 
 racles. In politics and government he was deeply skilled, and 
 made a most conspicuous figure in the famous council of Drum- 
 ceat, about the right of succession to the Scottish throne. With, 
 agriculture he was well acquainted, and patronized it to the ut- 
 most of his power. His monks daily laboured in the field, and 
 he made frequent and ample presents of grain for seed. To hor- 
 ticulture he paid great attention ; and Adomnan makes particu- 
 lar mention of apple trees. He had also a baker from Saxony in 
 his monastery, the only one, perhaps, at that time in Britain. 
 
 St. Columba, though royally descended, and nearly related to 
 the kings of Ireland and Scotland, renounced all his secular 
 prospects anil property for the sake of the gospel. These he 
 considered as an incumbrance to his Christian course, and gave 
 his territorial possessions to his three uncles (as Odonellus in- 
 forms us) reserving no stipulated part for himself, but submitting 
 wholly to their generosity. St. Ciaran endeavoured to rival St. 
 Columba, but this rivalship only extended to great and good ac- 
 tions. Ciaran was, however, admonished of his presumption in 
 endeavouring to rival St. Columba. An angel appeared to him 
 in a dream, and holding up an axe(Ciaran's father was a carpen- 
 ter) said, " You only surrendered this for the love of God, but 
 St. Columba surrendered a kingdom." On the many great and 
 noblp qualities of this venerable man, our limits prevent us from 
 expatiating. We shall therefore content ourselves with remark- 
 ing, that he was a great and extraordinary man raised up by pro- 
 vidence, to accomplish a great and extraordinary work. 
 
 The credulity and superstition of the age in which he lived are 
 strongly marked by his biographers, who enumerate as miracles 
 mere trilles. iucideuU or casual occurrence*. A few may not he
 
 
 240 THE LIFE OF 
 
 unacceptable. The saint saw a man falling from a considerable 
 height, and prayed to an angel to save him. The man escaped 
 unhurt, and hence the saint's biographer takes occasion to des- 
 cant on the efficacy of prayer, and the speed and velocity of 
 angels. A certain nobleman anil his wife had disagreed, and no 
 effort of the saint could reconcile them. The saint was a great 
 faster, and had recourse to (he last resource of enjoining them 
 to a long abstinence from food, in which he accompanied them. 
 This brought about the wished reconciliation, the wife (as was 
 naturally to be expected) having first shrunk from this severe or- 
 deal, and proposed terms of accommodation. This was accoun. 
 ted no mean miracle. His prophecies are numerous. Hefore- 
 told a defeat of the Scots, and the same day a messenger arrived 
 ■with the intelligence. He prophecied that a little girl, who used 
 to bring him hisinkhorn, would let it fall, which actually came to 
 pass. We mention the above miracles, and prophecies, not with 
 a view to derogate from the merits of this truly great man, but 
 merely as specimens of the ignorance and credulity of the age ia 
 which he lived. 
 
 The famed sanctity of Icolmkill needs neither comment nor 
 illustration. Here, according to our own historians, forty-eight 
 kings of Scotland, four of Ireland, and eight of Norway, were 
 interred. Donald Monro, high dean of the isles, in 1549, gives 
 a description of this burying ground, and particularly mentions 
 the three following inscriptions, viz. Tumulus rcgum Scotice — 
 Tumulus regum Hibernice — Tumulus regum Norvegice. As far as 
 we can learn, the M'Donells of Glengarry were the last family 
 in Scotland who were interred in Icolmkill. The sanctity of 
 the place, aided by an ancient Gaelic prophecy, for many cen- 
 turies made this the most renowned cemetery in the world. We 
 shall conclude with a translation of the above prophecy, given 
 by Dr Smith of Campbeltown *. 
 
 * The Editors of these sheets are much indebted to the writings of the 
 karned and pious Reverend John Smith, D. D. late of Campbletown, for 
 the account given of the life of St. Columba. Perhaps there has been none
 
 ST. COLUMBA. 241 
 
 " Seven years before that awful Jay, 
 
 When time shall he no more, 
 A watery deluge shall o'ersweep 
 
 Hibernia's messy shore. 
 The green-clad I»la too shall sink, 
 
 Whilst with the great and good, 
 Columba's happy isle shall rear 
 
 Her towers above the flood." 
 
 in North Britain, since the days of St. Columba, to whom the public art 
 more indebted, than to the Reverend Dr. Smith, for bis faithful translation 
 of the scriptures, and several religious books, besides mauy other woiks of 
 bis own composition, which will be useful to succeeding ages. Add to 
 this his holy and exemplary life and conversation : bis name ought to be 
 recorded in the annals of history— as a great divine, a bright genius, aad a 
 good man.

 
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 D;irgo 95 
 
 Crom-glen 105 
 
 Evir-Aluin 110 
 
 The Fingalians' great distress 115 
 
 The Banners of the Fingalians.. 123 
 
 Cuchullin in his Chariot * 126 
 
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 Fingal's Panegyric on Gaul, Colguil, and Trathal 136 
 
 Fingal's Address to Oscar 138 
 
 The Death of Oscar 140 
 
 The Virgin, or Nymph 118 
 
 Conlaoch 153 
 
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 m's Address to the Rising Sun 165 
 
 Gstian's Address to the Setting Sun 168 
 
 Ad Solem Surgentem O.ssiani Fingalide Carmen 170 
 
 F.ju.sdem ad Solem Occiduum Carmen 172 
 
 Morglan and Min-onn 173 
 
 The Death of Dermid 176 
 
 The Combat of Fingal and Garv 183 
 
 The Fingalians' Greatest Hunting 187 
 
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 Bruce, J. esq. Newcastle 
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 Brine, J. esq. MD. Aberdeen 
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 Campbell, Rev 1). Kilninver 
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 Campbell, Mr D. Ullapool 
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 Campbell, Mr Port Appin 
 Campbell, Mr A. Oban 
 Campbell. Cipt N. Waterfoot 
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 Campbell, J. esq Carsgoe 
 Campbell, A- esq Knockdell 
 Campbell, J. esq Dell 
 Campbell, C. esq Cherrybank 
 Campbell, A. esq Brecbin 
 Campbell, J. esq Abergeldie 
 Campbell, — esq Grangffield 
 Campbell, J. esq Kincardine 
 Campbell, J. esq MIX Uunse 
 Campbell, Miss, Burntisland 
 Campbell, — esq Inverkeithing 
 Campbell, J. esq Kincardine 
 Campbell, D. esq East Callow 
 Campbell, J esq Dalkeith 
 Campbell, II. esq Newcastle 
 Campbell, D. esq Carnustie 
 Campbell, Mr I) St Andrews 
 Campbell, D.esq Hull 
 C napbell, Mrs Kailzie 
 Campbell, Mr Peter, Kincardine 
 Campbell, W. esq Netherplace 
 Campbell, A-esi Greenfield 
 Cimpbell, D esq Irvine 
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 Campbell, A. esq London, 2 copies 
 Campbell, J. esq do 
 Cameron, A. esq Kenlocblevcn 
 Cameron, A. esq Lochmaddy 
 C ameron, Rev J. Ilillkiik 
 Cameron, Rev M, Creich 
 Cameron, H .esq Stirling 
 Cameron, K. esq Ayr 
 Cameron, A, esq Auchachosnich 
 Cameron, D esq Locheilhead 
 Cameron, S, teacher, Morven 
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 Camerpn, Mr f. Strontian , 
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 Cameron, Mr J. Oban 
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 C uneron, A. esq. Glenborradale 
 Cameron, A. esq Bulich dish 
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 Cameron, R. tutor, Moy 
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 Cameron, A. Dalt 
 Cameron, Mr A. Killin 
 (ameron, Mr J. Thamnoch 
 Cameron, D. esq Edinburgh 
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 Cameron, A esq Clunes 
 Cameron, Mr J. Tain 
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 Cameron, Mr D. Petty 
 Cameron, J. esq Croft 
 Cameron, J. esq. Blair 
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 Cameron, Capt D.RHPM 
 Cameron, D esq Perth 
 Cameron, J esq Pitkeathly 
 Cameron, P esq Banff 
 Cameron, Mr A Greenock 
 Cameron, A esq Selkirk 
 ' ameron, A. esq Kindrought 
 Cameron, A. esq Balvany 
 Cameron, D. esq Petty-curr 
 Cameron, A. esq London 
 Carmichael, Capt 42d regt 5 copies 
 Carmichael, Miss, Auchanacon. 
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 Carmichael, M. Castle-Menzies 
 Carmichael, D>esq Tomanat 
 C.trmichael, Mr D. teacher, Sorn 
 Carmichael, Mr R Ullapol. 
 Carmichael, Mr J. Otter 
 Carnie, N. esq Denny 
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 Carlyle, Mrs Houston 
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 Colder, G. esq Kingston 
 Carfray, Rev P. DD. Dunbar 
 Cairns, Rev A . Longforgan 
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 Carnegie, Rev J, Inverhule 
 Carr, Rev J. Durham 
 Curr, K Esq Berwick 
 Cargey, G. esq Scremerston
 
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 Cargill, Do esq Arbroath 
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 Caldall, J. esq Moulin 
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 Carstairs, J. esq Cupar 
 C;irswell, D. esq Ratbillet 
 Caithness, J. esq Anstruther 
 Carstairs, R. esq Grange 
 Carstairs, J. esq Colinsburgh 
 Carstairs Bruce, Mrs Balchristy 
 Caut, A «sq Lesslie 
 Carr, G esq Alnmouth 
 Cut. J. esq Alnwick 
 Cairns, J. esq Peebles 
 Carnaby, J. esq Morpeth 
 Casey, K. esq Liverpool 
 t'arr, G esq Logie 
 Cardno, W. esq Bankhead 
 Cardno, J. esq Kinglesser 
 Calder, J. esq Tough 
 Carr, T. esq Newcastle 
 Cay, R. B. esq Sunderland 
 Carr, R. esq Southwick 
 Campion, J esq Whitby 
 Carswell, J. esq Dron 
 Cassie, Mr R. Mortlach 
 Cardno, J. esq Turreff 
 Cass, E. esq. Scarbro' 
 Casson, — esq. surgeon, Hull 
 Carnell, G. esq. Gainsbro' 
 Cart wright, T. P. esq. do 
 Calder, G. esq Lincoln 
 Cato, H. esq Litchfield 
 Carnegie, J. esq Linton 
 Cathles, J. esq Cupar Angus 
 Cathro, A. esq Glcnogilvie 
 Casson, J. esq Lindertie 
 Carver, J. esq do. 
 Cargill, J. esq Brechin 
 Carion, J. esq MD. Liverpool 
 Caldwell, — esq London 
 Cadder, Mr W. Golspy 
 Cecil, W. esq Birmingham 
 Chishohn of'Chisholm, esq 
 Chisholm, right rev J. bishop, Lifl- 
 
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 Chisholm, J. esq Dingwall 
 Chisholm, A. esq Ranchy 
 Chisholm, J. esq Perth 
 Chrystall, J. esq Stirling 
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 Charters, Rev. S. DD. Wilton 
 Chalmers, D esq Gardenstone 
 Cheape, Capt Portobello 
 Chartres, T. esq Berwick 
 Christie, Miss, Dixon 
 Chiene, J. esq Crail 
 Chapman, Miss, Jedburgh 
 Cbarters, T. esq Lanton 
 Chambers, R. esq Alnwick 
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 Charles, Mr J. teacher, Glenbcrvie 
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 Chapman, W. esq N. Shields 
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 Christie, J. esq Inchip 
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 Christie, J. esq surgeon, Huntly 
 Chree, J. esq Lesslie 
 Christie, G. esq Oldrayne 
 Cheape, Mrs Willfield 
 Christie, J. esq Pitgorny 
 Christie, T. esq Alloa 
 
 < hislctt, Miss, Gainsbro' 
 Chatterton, J. esq Derby 
 Chadwick, C esq Iieck 
 Chinn, H. esq Lichfield 
 Cbrecs, W. esq Wolverhampton 
 Chalmers, W. esq Dundee 
 Christie, W. esq Liverpool 
 
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 Chalmers, Miss J. Musselburgh 
 Chambers, W. esq Wooler 
 Christie, Mr G. Milton 
 Charles, esq MI). Ayr 
 Christie, \X . esq Liverpool 
 Christie, Mr G. Miltown 
 Clarke, .Mrs Cowrie Custlc 
 
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 Clark, Capt A esq Dalnavert, 2 c 
 
 Clark, Rev. J. Dalreoch 
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 Clack, Rev. G. M. Loudon 
 
 Clark, D. esq Perth 
 
 (lark, D. esq Lybster 
 
 Clark, A. esq Highfiekl 
 
 Clark, T. esq Auchteraw 
 
 Clark, D. esq Betty 
 
 Clark, D. esq Oban 
 
 Clark, T. esq Sand wood 
 
 Clark, J. esq Kiddle 
 
 Clark, A. esq Kinloch 
 
 Clark, J. esq Inverness 
 
 Clark, J. esq Freeburn 
 
 Clarkson, E. esq Selkirk 
 
 Clark, W. esq Doves 
 
 Clark, Mr P. Otter 
 
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 Chrk, W. esq Irvine 
 
 Claik, A. esqStewarton 
 
 Cleghorn, J. esq Wick 
 
 Club, J. esq Beathill 
 
 Clark, W. esq Newcastle 
 
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 Claxton, B. esq Yarm 
 
 Clark, R. esq Whitby 
 
 Clark, W. esq Pomanick 
 
 Clapperton, J. esq. Fochabers 
 
 Clay, J. esq Hull 
 
 Close, J. esq Manchester 
 
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 Clark, Mr D. Strathglass 
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 Clapperton, J. esq Peebles 
 Clinkskell, W. esq Greenlaw 
 Cleland, Mrs Port Glasgow 
 Collyer, Rev W. B. DD. FAS.Lond 
 Colvin, Rev R. DD. Johnstone 
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 Cozens, Rev P. Lauder 
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 Colinson, Rev J. Newcastle 
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 Coutts, Miss, Largo 
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 Collins, J. esq Stonehaven 
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 Cockerill, J. esq N. Shields 
 Collingwood, P. esq MD. S. Shields 
 Coxon, J. esq surgeon, do. 
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 Couper, W. esq Sandriggs 
 Colvill, W. esq Arbroath 
 Coupar, P. esq Whitehill 
 Copland, Mr R teacher, Rathven 
 Correll, A. esq do. 
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 Cooke, J. esq Manchester 
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 Collins, R. esq Kirriemuir 
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 Coutts, Mr I) ilo. 
 Cox, G. L. esq Liverpool 
 Cruikshank, J. esq Langley Park^c. 
 ( ruikshank, Miss, Stracathro 
 Cruikshank, Miss H. do. 
 Crawford, S esq Islay 
 Crawford, Rev D- Skipness 
 Cruikshank, Rev J. Arbroath 
 Cranston, Rev R Morbattle 
 Craigie, Rev J. Deer 
 Creyk, A esq Forres 
 f ruikshank, "W esq Fordyce 
 Crabb, R. esq surgeon, Montrose 
 Crawford, Miss M. Kestalrig 
 Craig, R. esq Moffat 
 Cruikshank, R. esq Ro'ness 
 Cricbton, J. esq Irvine 
 Crawford, H. esq Gatcside 
 Crawford, H. esq Saltcoats 
 ( > wlord, J. esq do. 
 Crawford, M. esq do. 
 Crawford, Mrs Broadfield 
 Crawlbnl, \V. esq Port Glasgow 
 Crawford, J. esq do. 
 Crawford, D esq Greenock 
 Crerar, D. esq Mussleburgh 
 Crichton, J. esq Sanouhar 
 Crawford, A. esq Wooler 
 Craig, P esq Coldingham 
 Crerar, P esq Invcrcauld 
 Crawfurd, P. esq St. Andrews 
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 (vaioch, Miss, Alloa 
 
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 Cruikshank, .1. esq nctor, Banff 
 Croudall, J. esq Sunder 1 md 
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 "sq Kincardine 
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 C ■c-mbie, Mre pin sdo 
 ( rn I. Biiiir'owrie 
 
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 Cr lig, J. esq Stanley 
 
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 Cruikshank, J. esq Strichen 
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 Cuthill, Rev A. Ayr 
 Cundill, Rev J. Stockton 
 Cumming, R. J. Longside 
 Cuningham, Miss, Gogar House 
 Cuningham Graham, W. C. esq 
 
 Gartmore 
 Cunynghara, W. esq Linlithgow 
 Cuningham, J. esq Thornton 
 Currie, M. esq London 
 Currie, D. esq do- 2 copies 
 Currie, A. esq Daldarrach 
 Currie, Mr. J- teacher, Kilmuir 
 Cuningham, W. esq Lumshen 
 Cuningham, J. esq Kilwining 
 Cuninghame, — esq Seabank 
 Cuninghame, J. esq Saltcoats 
 Currie, J. esq Greenock 
 Cumming, Miss, Fairfield 
 Cubert, J. esq Berwick 
 C Cuninghame, D. esq Dollachy 
 Cuninghame, W. esq Dundee 
 Currie, Capt N, Islay 
 Cupplcs, G. esq Legerwood 
 Cuninghame, J. esq Rothes 
 Cumming, Mr A. teacher, Balnic 
 Currie, Mrs N. Shields 
 Cushing, A. esq Oyne 
 Cumming, D. esq Corrymill 
 Cullingworth, — esq Manchester 
 Cuthbert, R. esq Hillhead 
 Cumming, G. esq Aberdeen 
 Cumming, A. esq Longside 
 Cumming, J. esq Strichen 
 Currie, II. esq Cairness 
 Cumming, A. esq Kingston 
 Curtie, J S. esq Liverpool 
 Cusack, C. esq do. 
 Currie, J. esq MD. London 
 Cuthill, A., esq Stirling 
 Cunningham, Mrs drncurr.m 
 l umming, J. esq Inch, 2 copies 
 Cumming, D. esq Reeneath 
 Currie, Mr. J. teacher, Ulva 
 Currie, A. esq South Uist 
 Currie, Capt I). Kiugarth 
 Cunning, A. esq Fort Augustus 
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 Dalhousie, the right honourable 
 
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 Dalrymple, Miss Hailes, 2 copies 
 Deuchar of Deuchar, G. esq 
 Dalrymple, Mrs Frazersburgh 
 Davidson, W". esq Ayr, 2 copies 
 Dawson, J esq Redthyth 
 Dallas, J. esq Golspy 
 Dalgavnish, A. esq Kirklistown 
 Davidson, Rev P. DD. Rayne 
 Davie, Rev A. Inchture 
 Davidson. Rev A. Dunse 
 Davies, Rev J. MA. Hull 
 Davies, Mrs Fort Augustus 
 Dawson, A. teacher, Dunnotter 
 Dalgarno, A. S. esq Aberdeen 
 Dallas, Mr A. Cullernie 
 Davidson, G. Greenskairn 
 Davidson, C. esq Drumside 
 Dawson, G. esq Banff 
 Dawson, R. esq Keith 
 Davidson, Mrs Greenhaugh 
 Dawson, R. esq Auchendellon 
 Daun, G. esq Inch 
 Davidson, \V. esq. Westhall 
 Dawson, A. esq Olasrombie 
 Dawson, Mr W. Portsoy 
 Dawson, C. teacher, Kemnay 
 Davidson, J. esq Kilbody 
 Davidson, J. esq Glenmuick 
 Dall, T. esq Myreton 
 Davidson, J. esq Dundee 
 Dall, J. esq Cupar 
 Dalgliesh, W. esq Scotsoraig 
 Dalker, J. esq Muirhead 
 Dall, T. esq Sturton 
 Darvie, G. esq Anstruther 
 Davidson, J. esq Largo 
 Dalrymple, R. esq Dysart 
 Davidson, J. esq Burntisland 
 Dawson, H. esq Inverkeithing 
 Davidson, W. esq Polmon 
 Dawson, A. esq Linlithgow 
 Dawson, T. esq Milton 
 Davidson, J. esq. Port Glasgow 
 Darroch, Mrs Gourrock 
 Davidson, H. esq Haddington 
 Darling, Miss F. Bogangrain 
 Davison, Mrs. Berwick 
 Dawson, W. esq Wark 
 Davison, M. esq Belford 
 
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 Davidson, J. esq Strathdearn 
 Davidson, H. esq Thurso 
 Davidson, Mr E. teacher, Coll 
 Davidson, Mr. J. Far letter 
 
 Davidson, W. esq Morpeth 
 Dawson, A esq Lauder 
 Davidson, T. esq Newcastle 
 Davidson, J. esq do. 
 Dalton, J. esq do. 
 Davidson, J. esq Skelton 
 Darley, D. esq. Whitby 
 Dawson, G. esq Bridlington 
 D des, S. esq Hull 
 D^y, J- esq do. 
 Danson, J. esq Liverpool 
 Dale, W. esq do. 
 Daulty, J. esq do. 
 Davidson, Mr A. Farletter 
 Davidson, J. esq Buchies 
 Davidson, A. esq Fload 
 Davidson, A. esq Fort August 
 Davidson, M. esq Belmacara 
 0i rathdear~ 
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 Davidson, Air. J. Farletter 
 Davison, J. esq Araland 
 Dalter, J. esq Liverpool 
 Denniston, J. esq Colgrain 
 Dennistown, Mrs do. 
 Dee, Colonel, Wilton 
 Deans, Rev J Ettingham 
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 Dempster, J. esq Cupar 
 Dewar, Mrs Gilston 
 Deans, D. esq Alyth 
 Dewar A. esq Avoch 
 Dewar, J. esq Lawers 
 Dewar, Mr. P. teacher, Amulree 
 Dewar, Mr A. Milton 
 Dewar, Mr R. Dull 
 Dearn, A. esq Brightfenny 
 Deuchars, R. esq Carnie Mill 
 Dempster, G esq St. Andrews 
 Dempster Cathcart, esq do. 
 Denovan, R. esq Bath 
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 Denniston, J. esq Greenock 
 Dewar, J. esq Vorrie 
 Deeping, H. esq Newark 
 Dennie, T. esq Manchester 
 Denniston, A. esq Liverpool 
 Denham, Mr H. Dunglass 
 Deas, W. esq Stirling 
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 Dixon, C. esq Stockton 
 Dingwall, Rev J. Kami 
 Dingwall, J. esq Assist 
 
 Dickson, J. esq North Berwick 
 Dickson, A. esq Massend can burn 
 Dickson, Mis^, Fenwick 
 Dickson, v. esq do. 
 Dixon, W esq Govenhall 
 Dickson. W. es | Perth 
 Dick, W. esq rector, Pe'th 
 Diack, J. esq Kimneny 
 Dick, — esq London 
 Dick, O esq Brightfenny 
 Dickson, G. esq Trail 
 Dickson, R. esq Blair Hall 
 Dick, J. esq Downbank 
 Dickson, R. L. esq Barns 
 Dixon, W esq Govenhill 
 Dickinson, W esq Lmton 
 Dixon, F. esq Manchester 
 Dickson, Mrs Stonefold 
 Dickson, Mrs Antonsill 
 Dixon, E. esq Newbigging 
 Dinning, J. esq Newlands 
 Dixon, W. esq Liverpool 
 Diack, A. esq Aberdeen 
 D'xon, C. esq Stockton 
 Dingwall, A esq Lochmaddy 
 Dickson, A. esq Peebles 
 Don, Col. esq Springfield 
 Don, the hon. Mrs Ancram House 
 Don, W. esq Forfar 
 Donald, J. esq Dougle 
 Donald, Mr J. Cullen 
 Dobie, Mr R. Cullodcn 
 Donaldson, Mr A. Auchterarder 
 Donaldson, R. esq Borroston 
 Douglas, A. esq Dunkeid 
 D ownie, A. esq. Laurencekirk 
 Dott, R esq Weein 
 Donaldson, A. esq Milton 
 Doig, R. esq Errol 
 Donaldson, W. esq Blackbank 
 Donaldson, R. esq Kydlock 
 Dow, J. esq Anstruther 
 D I'mson, E. esq London 
 Donald, J. esq Inverury 
 Dougall, D. esq Kirkaldy 
 Douglass, J. esq Dunfermline 
 Donaldson, J. esq Devon 
 Downie, J. esq Bannockburn 
 Dow, Rev A L)D. Kilspindie 
 Downie, Rev A DD. Lochalsh 
 Dooie, Rev J. DD. Linlithgow 
 Dobbie, Rev E Bumthead 
 
 Douglass, Rev J. Stewarton 
 Douglass, Rev R Kilbarchan 
 Don, Rev D. Cathcart 
 D Is, Rev M. Belford 
 Dobbie, J. esq Beith 
 Douglas, Rev J. Premncy 
 Dove, A. esq Bridgweir 
 Dods, J. esq VVesthall 
 Donaldson, A. esq Haddington 
 Douglas, W. esq Dalkeith 
 Dods, J. esq Alnwick 
 Dobson, S esq Newcastle 
 Dodgson, C. esq Durham 
 Dodds, J. esq Biuddy 
 Dobson, P. F. esq Scarbro' 
 Dobson, F. esq. Driffield 
 Dornington, W esq iManchester 
 Doran, T. esq Liverpool 
 Dods, A. esq Priesthill 
 Doig, W. esq Meigle 
 Dow, D. esq Arrotsmill 
 Douglass, J esq Dankeld 
 Douglass, A esq Breakacha 
 Douglass, K. es Taycloy 
 Dochart, J. esq Dalmaly 
 Dougkiss, J. esq Kirkaldy 
 Denlcin, A. esq Newcastle 
 1 >ougal, J . esq Crosslie 
 Drummond, J. esq Kirkland 
 Drummond, W. esq Balgonie 
 Drummond, G. esq do. 
 Drummond, T- esq do. 
 Drummond, A. esq do. 
 Drummond, Miss, Tanera 
 Drummond, G. esq FasLane 
 Drummond, P. esq Housewood 
 Dririe, A. esq Fettercairn 
 Dryburgh, D. esq Kinninmouth 
 Drysdale, G. esq Kirkaldy 
 Drysdale, R. esq Dunfermline 
 Drummond, W. esq Dalkeith 
 Drysdale, A. esq Middleton 
 Drummond, P. esq Perth 
 Duncan, the right honourable Lord 
 Dunmuir, Col esq Twcedbank 
 Duff, Rev R. Kingedward 
 Dunn, Rev E. A. London 
 Duff Rev J. DD. Kinrauns 
 Dunbar, Rev. W. Applegarth 
 Duncan, Rev R Dundonald 
 Dunbar, Rev D. Lesslie 
 Duff, Rev A. Monyinusk 
 Duff Rev. w. Foveran 
 
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 Dunbar, Mr. I! ('ullernie
 
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 "Duguid, H. esq Mountbluy 
 Duncan, T. esq Dundee 
 Duncan, J. esq Broadell 
 Dudingston, J . esq Pittenweem 
 Duncan, D. esq St Monance 
 Duncan, T. esq Comelaw 
 Durham, Mrs Largo 
 Dun, D . esq Rossie 
 Dunlop, R. esq Irvine 
 Dunlop, Mrs Seafield 
 Dunlop, W. esq Fairfield, 2 copies 
 Duddington, — esq Rosnetta Mill 
 Dudgeon, J. esq Craiglodge 
 Dudgeon, J. esq Broorahouse 
 Duncan, R. esq Inverwick 
 Tjudison, J. esq Lamberton 
 Duwe, T. G. esq North Mains 
 j)unlop, J. esq Dalkeith 
 I)unn, M. esq Durham 
 Duck, J. esq Yarm 
 Duesbury, F. esq Derby 
 Duesbury, W. esq do 
 Duncutt, J. esq Manchester 
 Duckworth, H. esq do. 
 Dutton, W. esq Liverpool 
 Dutton, W. esq do. 
 Duncan, R. esq do. 
 Duthie, — esq Bradford 
 Duice, C. esq Broombank 
 Duncan, — esq Stonehaven 
 Duncan, — esq do. 
 Duguid, J- esq Aberdeen 
 Duthie, J. esq do. 
 Duncan, G. esq Peterhead 
 Dunbarr, G. esq Macduff 
 Duncan, A. esq Cullen 
 Duncan, J. esq Inveransy 
 Duff, Mrs Dalgetty Castle 
 Duff Mrs Coninev, 2 copies 
 Duff, Mr J. .Pitlochry 
 Duff, Mr VV. Pitlochry 
 Duffus, A. esq Rattray 
 Duff, A. esq Stanley 
 Duncan, T. esq Kirriemuir 
 Buff, Miss, Hatton 
 Duncan, A. Balachlagan 
 Duthie, A. H. esq Stirling 
 Duncan, P. esq Tynabaich 
 Duncan, S. esq Perth 
 Dunlop, K. esq Balnakill 
 Duncan, Capt A. Rothsay 
 Duncan, Capt J. do. 
 Duncan, Capt H. do. 
 Duncan, Capt a. do. 
 Duncan, Capt R. Rothsay 
 
 Duncan, Capt R. Greenock 
 
 Duff, J. esq Tarbat 
 
 Duncan, J. esq Golspy 
 
 Dunbar, R. esq Gateside 
 
 Duffus, W. esq Grantowu 
 
 Duff, J. esq Blair 
 
 Duff, J. esq Farklay 
 
 Dyson, J. esq Newark 
 
 Dyer, A. esq Lesslie 
 
 Dyce, W. esq MD. Aberdeen 
 E. 
 
 Eglinton, the right honourable the 
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 Elgin, the right honourable the 
 earl of, 2 copies 
 
 Elibank, the right hohourableLord 
 
 Easton, Rev J. Kirriemuir 
 
 Edgar, Rev J. Fowlden 
 
 Eisdale, Rev J. Perth 
 
 Ellis, Rev F. Culsamond 
 
 Ellis, Rev J. Saltcoats 
 
 Eason, J. esq Liverpool 
 
 Eddie, J. esq Stirling 
 
 Easterley, J. esq North Shields 
 
 Eason, J. esq Balindean 
 
 Earle, G. esq Hull 
 Eason, J. esq Liverpool 
 Edmonston, H. esq Newcastle 
 Edgar, T. esq Glasgow 
 Bdgar, D.esq Drindsdale 
 Eddie, Mrs Turreff 
 Edmiston, R. esq Milton 
 Eddie, D. esq Kilmany 
 Eddie, J. esq St. Andrews 
 Eddie, A. esq Muircambus 
 Eddie, R. esq Kilconquhar 
 Eddie, R. esq Coates 
 Eddie, T. esq Drumeldry 
 Eddington, J. esq Camcurr 
 F.ddington, J. esq Wemyss 
 Edmond, Mrs Stirling 
 Edgar, J. esq Ochiltree 
 Edie, W. esq Johnstone 
 Edminson, L. esq Wooler 
 Edwards, W. esq Derby 
 Edwards, E. esq Liverpool 
 Eeles, T. H. esq Stockton 
 Egginton, T. esq Hull 
 ElUot, A. esq Dunkeld 
 Elles, A. esq Peterhead 
 Ellis, P. esq Mil town 
 Elder, G. esq Kirkaldy 
 Elder, D. esq Burntisland 
 Elen, J. esq Linlithgow 
 Elder, J. esq Clyde Haugh 
 
 
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 Elliot, E. esq Berwick 
 Klliot, J. esq Ashkirk 
 Elliot, W. teacher, Peebles 
 Elliot, W. teacher, Carrington 
 Elliot, <'. esq Dalkeith 
 Eltringham, W. esq Sunderland 
 Ellyard, W. esq Hull 
 Elgie, M. esq Lincoln 
 Elliot, W, esq Kelso 
 EmiUe, J. esq Tarland 
 Esydule, J. esq LifTrsmill 
 
 '-.ine, Miss C. Bank 
 Eubs, W. esq Manchester 
 Ewing, A. esq Stonehaven 
 T-wen, J. esq Aberdeen 
 Ewing, W. esq Carltowef 
 Ewen, G. esq Bhkhall 
 Ewart, C. es(j Dumfries 
 Ewing, H. esq Greenock 
 Ewing, A. esq Alnwick 
 Ewart, G- esq Danse 
 Evans, W. esq Derby 
 Evans, H. esq Birmingham 
 Evelaigh, J. esq Manchester 
 
 F. 
 
 Fife, the right honourable the earl 
 
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 Falconer, Mrs Brightmcny 
 Falconer, R. esq Nairn 
 Fallowfield, Rev F. Morpeth 
 Farrar, Rev A. B. S. Shields 
 Farquhar, Rev A. PitsiL'o 
 Farquharson, Rev J. Alford 
 Farqaharson, Re? R. Coldstoue 
 Farquhar, R. esq C.tstlesc mple 
 Farquharson, — esq Portobello 
 Farmer, W. esq CJjinsbro 
 Falconer, \V. esq Calder 
 Falconer, A. esq Nail nside 
 Farquhar, J. esq Wick 
 Falconer, Mr W. Cray 
 Falconer, MrG. Bhirgowrie 
 Farquharson, F). esq. Kinloch 
 Fairweather, A. esq Glammis 
 Farquharson, T.esq Douglusstowcr 
 Falconer, A. esq Ilaulkerton 
 Falconer. A. esq Hiumtochty 
 
 . weather, G. esq I'itdrichie 
 Farquhar, Mis Aberdeen 
 FaUwoer, Mrs Arthry 
 i airbolme, T. esq Botton 
 Farquharson Geddes, A. esq Aber- 
 deen 
 'lead, P. esq Nottingham 
 
 Farquharson, T. esq Persie, 2 c. 
 Fall, W. Bulachuhsh 
 Farquharson, J. esq Tillymaid 
 Farquharson, C. esq Cragnacurk 
 Farquharson, Mr T. do. 
 Falconer, A. esq Port Glasgow 
 Falconer, A. esq do. 
 Falton, T. esq do. 
 Fairrie, J. esq Greenock 
 Fairnie, J. esq Durriemill 
 Fair, Miss, Langlee 
 Farle, W. esq Newcastle 
 Farquharson, Miss, Strichen 
 Falconer, G. esq Kinloch 
 Faith, G esq Pitsligo 
 Farquhar, A. esq Warthill 
 Farquharson, A. esq Bridaw, 2 c. 
 Farquharson, J. esq Houghton, 2 c, 
 Farquharson, A. esq Finzean, 2 c 
 Farquharson, R. teacher, Towie 
 Farquharson, — esq Manaitrie 
 Farquharson, H. esq Indego 
 Farquharson, J. esq Westhaven 
 Faulkner, — esq London 
 Fairweather, R. esq Bridgemill 
 Fairrie, J. esq Burntisland 
 '"air, P. esq Coldingham 
 Far(|uharson, J. esq Westhaven 
 Fairs, J. esq Kelso 
 Ferguson, Sir J. bart 3 copies 
 Ferguson, J. esq IMP Pitfour 
 Ferguson, R. esq Raith, 2 copies 
 Ferguson, R, esq Colbost 
 Ferguson, Mrs Ord 
 Ferguson, — excise-officer, Ord 
 Ferrier, T. esq Carnustie 
 Ferguson, Mr W. Ald-C lun 
 Ferine, Miss M. Braidwood 
 Feasdall, VV. esq Alnwick 
 Ferguson, Rev A. St. Andrews 
 Ferguson, Rev J. Invert sk 
 Ferrie, Rev J. Kilconqubar 
 Fernie, Rev J. Dunfermline 
 Fergus, Rev R. Newcastle 
 Ferguson, J. esq Aitlirey 
 Ferguson, J est) do. 
 Ferguson, T. esq Alnwick 
 Ferguson. — esq Mm. itg -aid 
 Fenton, P. teacher, 1 earn 
 Ferguson, (.'. esq Dalnabrick 
 Ferguson, Mr. Niel « roy 
 Ferguson, D. esq Benbicula 
 Ferguson, N. Perryladan 
 Ferguson, Mr D. I) rum fork 
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 Fenton, Miss, Castle Hill 
 F-nwick, Miss A. Almnouth 
 Ferguson, Mrs Greenock 
 Ferguson, J. esq Raitt 
 Ferguson, J esq Cupar 
 FTguson, W, esq Dysart 
 J* en wick, T. esq Newcastle 
 Fen wick, C. esq do. 
 Fenwick, J. esq do. 
 Fenwick, J. esq do. 
 Featherstonehaugh, G. esq Sunder- 
 land. 
 Featherstonhaugh, H. esq South- 
 wick 
 Fenwick, J. R. esq Durham 
 Fearnlcy, Mrs Hull 
 Ferguson, W. esq Sunderland 
 Ferwar, — esq surgeon, Manchester 
 Fentem, G- esq do. 
 Vernie, W esq Kippo 
 F nlater, R. esq Drummond 
 Findlater, Rev W. Durness 
 F sher, Rev J. Wolverhampton 
 Fiddes, 4. esq surgeon, Aberdeen 
 Fisher, Mr J. Auldban 
 F'sher, J. esq Perth 
 lusher, J. student, Glasgow 
 Fife, W. K. esq Newcastle 
 Findiay, J. esq Bridgeweir 
 Fmiayson, G. esq North Kelly 
 Fildan, Miss, Arbroath 
 Fishbum, T. esq Whitby 
 Vielding, E. esq surgeon, Hull 
 F:ddes, K. esq Pitgeiso 
 Fmlay, W. esq Frazerburgh 
 Findlater, P. esq Foggielow 
 Finlow, R. esq Liverpool 
 Finlayson, Mr M. Sconcer 
 Firtus, G. esq Skibo 
 * isher, D. excise-officer, Skye 
 Fisher, Mr A. teacher, Aidmore 
 Fletcher, A. esq Edinburgh 
 Fletcher, J. esq Dunnan 
 Fleming, Rev A. Neilston 
 Fleming, D. esq Luthre 
 Fleming, W. esq Kilmacolm 
 Fletcher, D. esq Luthrie 
 Fletcher, A. esq Ardvreek 
 Fletcher, J. esq Invcroran 
 Fletcher, J. esq Otter House 
 Fletcher, D. esq Knockinty 
 Fletcher, A. esq Bochoil 
 Fleming, J. esq Kirkaldy 
 Fletcher, T. esq Manchester 
 Fleming, F. esq Liverpool 
 
 Fletcher, T. K esq Liverpool 
 Fletcher, D. esq Culross 
 Fleming, T. esq Hull 
 Fletcher, Mr A. teacher, Dunoon 
 Fletcher, Capt J. Achfure 
 Fleming, A. esq Dalrullan 
 Fleming, Mr R. Dalrullan 
 Flint, A. G.esq Devon 
 Fleming, M. esq Barochan 
 Fleming, W. esq Cupar 
 Flounders, B. esq Yarm 
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 Forbes, C. esq Auchmedden M. P. 
 
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 Forbes, Miss, Pitsligo 
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 Forbes, Mis J. S. Fallside 
 Forbes, J. esq Rogton 
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 Forbes, J. esq Haddo 
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 Forbes, Mr VV". teacher, Midinar 
 Forbes J. esq Denmill 
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 Foi bes, Mr P. teacher, Longforgan 
 Fo'bes, J* esq Latheron 
 Forbes, J. esq D dnarin 
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 Fowler, Rev J. Urquhart 
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 Fowler, C. Dingwall 
 Fowler, C. esq El^in 
 Fothergill, J. esq Sunderland 
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 Foreman, J. esq Stirling 
 Forres, J. esq All), do. 
 Fortune, W. esq St Ford 
 Forrest, W esq Kilmany 
 Fordyce, Miss, Burntisland 
 Fort. R. esq Kirkaldy 
 Forrester, J. esq Alloa 
 Forrester, A. esq do. 
 Fowler, G. esq Scarbro' 
 Fowler, J. esq do. 
 Foster, J. esq surgeon, Hull 
 Forrest, J. esq Stonehaven 
 Forsyth, A. esq Rathin 
 Forsyth, A esq Foveran 
 Forsyth, W. esq Garmouth 
 Forsyth, Major, esq Huntly 
 Forsyth, J. esq Keith 
 Forsyth, Mrs Sherrington 
 Foirester, Mr J. teacher, Alyth 
 Fordyce, W esq Craigmills 
 Fouhe, T. esq Wolverhampton 
 Ford, F. T. esq Newcastle 
 Ford, W. esq Manchester 
 Fort, J. esq do. 
 Fordyce, T. esq Eyemouth 
 Foster, Mrs Alnwick 
 Forsyth, J. esq Elgin 
 Fowler, J. esq Fortrose 
 Fox, J. esq Newark 
 Foreman, W. esq Coldstream 
 Foreman, W. esq Berwick 
 Foster, M. esq Newcastle 
 Foster, J. esq Fort Glasgow 
 Forrest, J. esq North Berwick 
 Forrester, A. esq Campbleton 
 Frazer of Frazer, esq Lovat and 
 
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 Frazer, Rev S. Glenmoriston 
 
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 Frazer, R -v W. illoa 
 
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 Frew, Bev P. Perth 
 
 Frazer, II. esq Irvine 
 
 Frame, J esq Alloa 
 
 Freeland, R. esq Glasgow 
 
 Frankish, C. esq Hull 
 
 Frazer, A. esq Aucliindorc 
 
 France, J. esq Kirriemuir 
 
 Frazer, A. esq Aberdeen 
 
 Frazer, Miss M. Culbokie 
 
 Frazer, Lewis, esq Fochabers 
 
 Frazer, H. ex-off. Dundee 
 
 Frazer, L. H. esq Liverpool 
 
 Frazer, J. esq Drum 
 
 Freemand, \V. esq Anstruther, 2 c. 
 
 Frazer, H esq East Main 
 
 Frazer, S. esq Main 
 
 Frazer, J. esq Crochell 
 
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 Frazer, D. esq Brioch 
 
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 Frazer, Mr A. do. 
 
 Frazer, D. ex-off. Beauly 
 Frazer, A. esq Park 
 Frazer, A. esq Frazersburgh 
 Frazer, Mr J. Castle-Grant 
 Frazer, D. esq Nairn 
 Frazer, W. esq Brackla 
 Frazer, W. esq Dalnies 
 Frazer, Mr J. Culloden 
 Frazer, A. esq Dornoch 
 Frazer, Miss, Dalshangie 
 Frazer, D. esq Cromarty 
 Frazer, \. esq Dornoch 
 Frazer, D. esq Invergordon 
 Frazer, T. esq Dalchattack 
 Frazer, A. esq Torbreck 
 Frazer Tytler, W esq Inverness 
 Frazer, S. esq Foyers 
 Frazer, J. esq banker, Inverness 
 Frazer, Mr A. Redcastle 
 Frazer, Mr D Mimlochy 
 Frazer, Mr D. Clune 
 Frazer, Mr A. Dochnalurg 
 Frazer, Mr J Fort Augustus 
 Fijzer, P esq Campbleton 
 Frazer, W. esq G.irtmore 
 Frazer, Mr II Thurso 
 Frazer, A. esq Greenlaw 
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 Frazer, J. esq Drum 
 Frazer, Mr l). Inverness 
 French, E C Miss, Hallydown 
 F illarton, Col. J. C. B. Lond. 2 c, 
 Fu t m, Ifrs II itchidnize 
 Full, A. esq Nottingham 
 F'ullarton, G esq Aneherres 
 Fyfe, Mrs Ardfoor 
 Fyf'c, W. esq Downiekeen 
 
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 Gait, Mrs London 
 Gallie, J. esq Ankerville 
 Gallie, Capt 78th regt. 
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 Harvey, W. esq Dairy
 
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 Innes, J. esq Meiklefolla 
 Inncs, A. esq Kingston 
 Innes, H. esq Balmainy 
 Inglis, J. esq Cupar 
 Inglis, W. esq Ardros 
 Inglis, R. esq Markinch 
 Inglis, J. esq Dunfermline 
 Ingram, It esq Torry 
 Incher, D- esq Cardain 
 Inglis, D. esq Kincardine 
 Innes, Mrs Tain 
 Inglis, J. esq Inverwick 
 Inglis, T. esq Coldstream 
 Ingram Shafto, R. esq Monren- 
 
 mouth 
 Innes, G. esq Isauld 
 Inglis, Mr J. Armadale 
 Innes, A. esq Keess 
 Ingram, A. esq Newton 
 Ingram, Mr A Tough 
 Inman, C. esq Liverpool 
 Jolly, right Rev A. bisho] 
 
 burgh 
 
 Jopling, J. esq Newcastle 
 Jossie, J. esq do. 
 Joslin, Mrs Lependrum 
 Jobson, R. esq Wooler 
 Jobling, T. esq Morpeth 
 Jones, Trevar, esq M.D. Lichfield 
 j oiler, T. esq Liverpool 
 Johnson, — esq Stonehaven 
 Johnston, A. esq Greenhill 
 Johnston, A. esq Hillhead 
 jolmston, T. esq Keith 
 johnstoun, A. esq Balquhain 
 Johnstone, W. esq Monifeith 
 Johnston, G esq Grayston 
 Johnston, Rev \V. Dundee 
 J thnston, Rev J. St. Andrews 
 Johnston, Rev A. Moffat 
 Johnston, Rev A. Salton 
 Jdmstone, Rev T. Berwick 
 Johnston, G. esq Cupar 
 Johnston, G. esq Newton 
 Johnston, W. esq Ballowie 
 J hnston, J. esq Balmerino 
 J hnston, J. esq (.lubston 
 Johnston, Mrs Nisbetfield 
 J hnston, Mrs. Lathrick 
 J iinsto'.i, J. B. esq Kirkaldy 
 Johnston, D. esq do. 
 J tinstone, J. esq Dunfermline 
 Johnstone, J. esq Alva 
 Johnstone, H. esq Meadowbank
 
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 Jobu6tone, J. esq Moffat 
 Johnston, M. esq Arch bank 
 Johnston, W. K. esq Stonsfoot 
 Johnston, Mrs Ayr 
 Johnsotn, G. esq Maybole 
 Johnston, A. esq Greenock 
 Johnston, Mrs sen. Ormiston 
 Johnston, Mrs jun. do- 
 Johnston, A. esq Dunhar 
 Johnston, G esq Boharm 
 Johnston, A. esq Parras 
 Johnston, P. esq Dalkeith 
 Johnston, J. esq Lagvulin 
 Johnston, J. esq surgeon, Lauder 
 Johnston, J. esq Yetholmains 
 Johnston, R. esq Hull 
 Johnson, G. esq do. 
 Johnston, J. esqMD. Birmingham 
 Johnson, J. esq Congleton 
 Johnston, J. esq Manchester 
 Johnston, J. esq Arnabost 
 Johnston, Mr G. Airds 
 Irvine, Rev A. OD. Dunkeld 
 Irvine, Mrs Tower 
 Ironmonger, J. esq Newcastle 
 Ireland, J. esq Bannety 
 Irving, J. esq B. L Edinburgh 
 Irving, Mr T. teacher, Scarbro' 
 Isih, Mrs London 
 Justle, J. esq banker, Newcastle 
 Junor, Mr D. teacher, Perth 
 Just, J. esq Aithmearmill 
 Justice, J. esq Dourmiddle 
 Judon, Mrs Bonidyardhouse 
 Iswiston, J. esq Asechlry House 
 
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 Kent, his royal highness, Edward, 
 
 the duke of, 15 copies 
 Kay, A. esq Muirside 
 Kay, D. esq Kenlochy 
 Kclty, Lady, Garcock, 2 copies 
 Kennedy, Rev D. Kirkmichael 
 Kendall, Rev W. Bridlington 
 Kennedy, Rev A. Callachilly 
 Keyden, Rev J Fettercairn 
 Kennedy, Rev N. Loggieside 
 Keith, Rev W (iolspy 
 Keyden, Rev J. Dunbog 
 Kemp, Rev A. Abcrlady 
 Kerr, G esq MD. Aberdeen, 2 c. 
 K nnedy, T. taq Dunure, 8 c 
 K ith, J. esq Strichen 
 Kennedy, Mr W Croftmartin 
 Keith, J. esq Keith 
 
 Kennedy, Mr A. Parlettcr 
 
 Kemp, Mr M Gairloch 
 
 Kerr, Capt J . Greenock 
 
 Kerr, Mrs Miltown 
 
 Keith, A. esq Wick 
 
 Keith. W. esq Berradale 
 
 Keithmur, Mr F. Cantry House 
 
 Kennedy, Mr A. Pittochry 
 
 Keith, J. esq Pitnacree 
 
 Kennedy, Mr J. St. Fergus 
 
 Kemp, J. esq South side 
 
 Keith, A. esq Netherthird 
 
 Keith, J. esq South Sand 
 
 Kellis, J esq Strath don 
 
 Kennedy, W. T. esq Invercauld 
 
 Kennedy, L. esq Arbroath 
 
 Kerr, D. esq Balskelty 
 
 Kerr, A. esq Ethbeaton 
 
 Kerr, T esq Denfind 
 
 Kerr, Mr P. teacher, Cupar 
 
 Kerr, W. esq G. P. O- Edinburgh 
 
 Kay, D. ex.-off. Perth 
 
 Key, J esq Crail 
 
 Keay, G. esq customs, Anstruthei? 
 
 Kemp, D. esq Bowhouse 
 
 Kerr, J. esq Dunfermline 
 
 Kerr, A. esq Lorns 
 
 Kennewie, R. esq Loch-house 
 
 Kerr, Mrs A. Greenock 
 
 Keith, M. esq do. 
 
 Kemp, J. esq Mussleburgh 
 
 Kerr, R. esq Portobello 
 
 Kellie, J. esq MD. Dunbar 
 
 Kemp, J esq Eastbarns 
 
 Kerr, J. esq Peebles 
 
 Keddie, J- esq do. 
 
 Kenton, G. esq Mouson 
 
 Keand, T esq Whitby 
 
 K r, R. esq Hull 
 
 hrmpson, P- esq Birmingham. 
 
 Kershaw, R esq Manchester 
 
 Kemp, Mrs London 
 
 Kinloch of Kinloch, T. esq Killrit 
 
 Kinloch, Mrs do. 
 
 King, Rev J Auchterarder 
 
 Kidd, Rev J. professor, Aberdeen 
 
 Kirkwood Pyper, Rev W. SaltCOat? 
 
 Kirk, Rev J. vicar, Scarbro' 
 
 Kinnaird, D. esq London 
 
 K dd, Mrs New seat 
 
 Kilgour, R. esq Peterhead 
 
 K.lgour, A. esq Auchumill 
 
 Kidd, J. esq. Howbarald 
 
 Kirsop, E. esq Strontiun 
 
 Kinghorn, A. esq Armadale 
 
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 Kiel, J. esq Mains 
 Kinnear, D. esq Montrose 
 Kinnear, D. esq Auchinbeg 
 . King, Mr. J. Kingussie 
 Kirkaldy, Mrs Linross 
 Kcld, G. esq Whitehouse 
 Kinloch, Miss F. Dundee 
 Kincenn, P. esq Inchmartine 
 Kippen, J. esq Aberfeldie . 
 Kidd, J. esq Cupar 
 Kmninmont, D. esq Anstruther 
 Kilgour, Mrs Bowhouse 
 Kirk, Mr J. teacher, Tulcolltry 
 K.ng, A. esq Denovan 
 Kinnier, J. esq Saltcoats 
 King, Mrs Elderslie 
 King, Miss, Port Glasgow 
 King, Mr J. teacher, Govan 
 Kinloch, Mrs Rhooler 
 Kirk, J. esi Smcaton 
 Kirkwood, W esq Dunbar 
 Kid, J. esq Innerwick 
 Kirk, — esq Castlelaw 
 Kidd, W. esq Newcastle 
 Kibson, M. esq Millvear 
 Kirke, Mrs Retford 
 Kinptor, J. H. esq Bridlington 
 Knox, Rev W. North Shields, 2 c. 
 Knox, RevR. DD. Larbert 
 Kaight, R e q Portsoy 
 Knight, W. esq Craigmill 
 Knight, M<s Erskine 
 Knight, J. C. esq Dundee 
 Knox, D. esq Flass 
 Knowles, J. esq Aberdeen 
 Knox, R. eSq Scarbro' 
 Knelfall, J. esq surgeon, Liverpool 
 Koster, J. esq Liverpool 
 Kyle, J. esq Anstruther 
 
 Lothian, the most noble the mar- 
 quis of, 2 copies 
 Lauder, Sir A. bart. Dickie 
 Laird, J. esq Greenock 
 Laird, A. esq Grangemouth 
 Laird, W. esq Liverpool 
 Laird, A. esq Greenock 
 Laurie, Rev J. Tweedmouth 
 Laidlaw, Rev A. Newcastle 
 Lawson, Rev G. Dundee 
 Law, Rev J. Kirkaldy 
 Laurie, Rev A. Locidoun 
 Laird, Mr J. Gardens 
 Lauder, J. esq Linlithgow 
 
 SUBStiUiiKKS NAMES. 
 
 Latto, A. esq Kingsbarns 
 Laurence, T. esq Frazersburgh 
 Laurence, Miss, Inverigh 
 Lawson, R esq Ballimore 
 Lawrie, Mr J. Buichkan 
 Lawrie, J. esq Ardintraive 
 Lamont, Mr A. Iona 
 Lamont, Mr D. Ulva 
 Lamont, Mr A. Gruinart 
 Lamont, J. esq Knockdow 
 Langhorn, J. esq Berwick 
 Lang, A. esq Selkirk 
 Lamly, W. esqdo. 
 Laidlaw, R. esq Pell 
 Laing, J. esq Whilebanklee 
 Lambert, A. esq Alnwick 
 Laing, J. esq N. Tarbert 
 Laird, J. esq Murthell 
 Lauder, C. esq MD. Haughead 
 Laurie, G. esq 
 Lauds, M. esq Sunderland 
 Laingburn, J. esq Whitby 
 Langborn, N. esq Ruswarp 
 Lamplough, B. esq Bridlington 
 Lamplough, T. esq do. 
 Lawson, T. G. esq Driffield 
 Laing, T. esq Haddo 
 Lawrence, W. esq Carnbush 
 Laing, W. esq Fochabers 
 Lawson, R. esq Oyne 
 Lawson, G. esq Rosehall 
 Largue, G. esq Haddo 
 Law, A. esq Monymusk 
 Laing, Mr W. Birkhall 
 Laurie, Mrs A. Dundee 
 Laird, J. esq Gardswell 
 Lacy, H. esq Newark 
 Lawson, J. esq Nottingham 
 Lamb, W. esq Leek 
 Lambley, J. esq Birmingham 
 Latham, W. esq Liverpool 
 Lawson, W. esq do. 
 Laing, P esq Newburgh 
 L auder, W. esq MD. Cupar 
 Lamb, J. esq Leuchars 
 Lawson, T. esq Pulithie 
 Laurie, D. esq Kilcairnie 
 Laing, J. esq Crail 
 Lawson, A. esq Eley 
 Laurence, Mr. T. Collessia 
 Laurie, G. esq Lappie 
 Laurie, J. esq Lochybank 
 Law, A. esq Pittillock 
 Lancaster, D. esq Hall 
 Laing, C. esq P. M. Stonnywood
 
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 Lttdlaw, J. esq Fainling 
 Laughton, R. esq Irvine 
 Latimer, J. B. esq Ayr 
 Laurie, A. esq Liverpool 
 LawsoDj J. esq London 
 Laing, Mr. J. Crosslie 
 Laird, J. esq Kilniacolm 
 Lamont, J. esq Greenock 
 Lamont Boyd, esq do. 
 Lamont, Mr C. teacher, Greenock 
 Lauder, G. esq Birmingham 
 l^auder, J. esq Preston pans 
 Lesslie, General D. Jedburgh 
 i^ee, Rev. — DD. St. Andrews 
 Lesslie, Rev J. Fordoun 
 Lvith, Rev R. Towie 
 Lees, J. teacher, Stornaway 
 Leech, Mr W. Ardrar 
 L'-'sslie, L. esq Correhoilly 
 Lesslie, A. esq Croftroy 
 Lesslie, P. esq Girgask 
 Leitch, Capt J. Greenock 
 Leitch, Mr A, Lochnakill 
 Leitch, W. esq Hirsel 
 Lees, R. esq N. Brotherston, 
 Lesslie, Miss Struy 
 Leith, R. esq Culgower 
 Leith, G. esq Latheron 
 Lermont, J. esq Shandrich 
 Lesslie, H. esq Dornoch 
 Ixsslie, H esq Tain 
 Leslie, J. esq Butterdon 
 Leighton, J. esi| Montrose 
 Leith, G. esq Overhall 
 Levet, H. esq Hull 
 
 lie, J. esq Peterhead 
 Leask, W. esq do. 
 LessHe, C. esq MD. Frazerburgh 
 Leggart, J. esq Knowhead 
 Leask, J. esq Macduff 
 Lcitcheston, Miss, Calrnficld 
 lASslie, J. esq Gannouth 
 Leith, A esq Jamieston 
 Lesslie, T. esq Newnoth 
 Lesslie, G. esq Dryden 
 Leask, G. esq Leak 
 Lesslie, C. esq Premncy 
 Leith, A. esq Fri-efield 
 Leith, Mrs Marthill 
 Lesslie, G. esq Badenacoth 
 Leid, J. esq Khyrinitt 
 Lesslie, J. e*q. Meikle 
 Lesslie, J. esq Balquhain 
 Ltitli, Mist v. Came Vn 
 Leypj J. <sq Inver 
 
 Levett, W. esq Hull 
 Lee, T. esq Birmingham 
 LeiCch, J. F. esq Liverpool 
 Leney, J. esq Luthrie 
 Lesslie, W. esq St. Andrews 
 Lesslie, \V. esq. Kingsbarns 
 Lesslie, Mrs Largo 
 Leven, J. esq Burntisland 
 Leitch, Q. esq Greenock 
 Lennox, J. esq Catrine 
 Ley, R. esq Knockbank 
 Ley, Mrs Hakeraw 
 Lee, W. esq Pinkerton 
 Leithead, J. esq Alnwick 
 Livingston, Sir W. bart 
 Lindsay, — e"sq Balmacara, 2 copies 
 Lietch, Rev W. North Shields 
 Lister, Rev J. Auchtermuchty 
 Lindsay, Rev J. Auch'inleck 
 Ligertwood, J. esq Colliston 
 Livingston, J- esq Corran 
 Livingston, Mr Peinmore 
 Livingston, Mrs Leomadall 
 Lindsay, H. esq Berwick 
 Lillie, J . esq Forres 
 Ligertwood, J. esq Overhill 
 Liddell, J. esq Newcastle 
 Linskill, — esq Tynemouth 
 Lilton, Miss J. Whitby 
 Livingston, J. esq Insh 
 Linwood, W. esq Birmingham 
 I /it tie, R. P. esq do. 
 Linwood, Mrs do. 
 Lindsay, W esq St. Andrew's 
 Lindsay, Mrs do. 
 Lindsay, P. esq Wormistone 
 Lindsay, — esq Balcarro 
 Liston, T. esq Linlithgow 
 Liston, Mrs Auldcathie 
 Limond, Q. esq Dalmellinton 
 Limond, D. esq Ayr 
 Littler, J. esq London 
 Lindsay, T. esq Liverpool 
 Lirigo, J. esq Hillhead 
 Lindsay, A. esq surgeon, Galston 
 Little, J. esq Greenock 
 Livingston, S. esq do. 
 Lloyd, J. esq Birmingham 
 Logan, Rev J. St. Ninians 
 Lohbin, Kcv J. London 
 Logan, Rev C. Maybole 
 Low, Rev D. Pittenwecin 
 I.orimcr, C. esq Dunbar 
 Low, T. esq Auldkirk 
 Loudon, I-I. esq Johnston
 
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 Low, — esq Aberdeen 
 London, W esq Oaskbeg 
 Low, W. esq Borland 
 Logan, G. esq N. Edram 
 Logan, D. esq Anglerow 
 Lorrain, W. esq Jedburgh 
 Loban, W. esq Castle-Grant 
 Loban, W. esq Littleton 
 Loudon, J. ex.-off. Strichen 
 Lowden, A. esq Arbroath 
 Low, J. esq Perth 
 Low, II. esq Dalgrowie 
 Low, J. esq Keith 
 Low, C. esq M on y musk 
 Low, D. esq Lindifarm 
 Low, J. esq Cupar 
 Loraine, W. esq Newcastle 
 Lowrey, J. esq N Shields 
 Lorimer, J esq Sunderland 
 Lodge, C. esq Stockton 
 Loy, J. G. esq Whitby 
 Lomat, T. G esq Lichfield 
 Low, C, esq Leek 
 Lowe, S. esq Handsworth 
 Lownder, W. esq Congleton 
 Lockett, J. esq surgeon, do. 
 Low, W. esq Clatta 
 Lloyd, J. esq Gainsbro' 
 Lloyd, E. esq Manchester 
 Lorimer, G. esq Gerston 
 Logan, Mr. T. Cromarty 
 Low, Mr J Rispard 
 Longmore, W. esq Rattie 
 Losh, J. esq Newcastle 
 Logan, R. esq Northfield 
 Luke, Rev J. Greenlaw 
 Lundie, Rev T Kelso 
 Lunan, Rev R. Kinettles 
 Lundy, Rev F. Beverly 
 Lumley, J. T. esq Sunderland 
 Lumsden, B. esq Hattonburn 
 Lutridge, C. esq Hull 
 Lumsden, A. esq Pitbee 
 Lumsden, W. esq Castle-Frazer 
 Luke, J. esq Muircambus 
 Lumsden, Mr teacher, Colinsburgh 
 Lumsden, J. esq Lathall 
 Lumsden, J. esq Dysart 
 Lumbie, Miss J. Edinbugh 
 Lyon, Rev J. Glammis 
 Lyall, A. esq compt. Aberdeen 
 Lyall, D. esq Newburgh 
 Lyall, D. esq surgeon, do. 
 Lyell, J. esq do. 
 Lyall, W. esq Bent 
 
 Lyne, Mr J. Stonebridge 
 
 M. 
 
 M'Aulay, H esq Priesthill 
 Martin, Mr. J. Erchless 
 M'Arthur, Rev A. Row 
 M'Alpin, D esq MJ). Dumbarton 
 M 'Martin, F. esq do. 
 Marquis, G. esq Fochabers 
 Mathison, G. esq Auchinlarig 
 Mackie, J esq Johnston 
 Marquis, A esq Fonkon 
 M'Arthur, A. esq Polneach 
 M'Arthur, C esq Cawdor 
 M' \ulay, J. esq Stornaway 
 M'Alister, A. esq Strathaird, 2 c. 
 M'Alister, Genl, K. esq Loup, &c. 
 
 4 copies 
 M'Alister, Col M. esq Barr, 2 c. 
 M'Alister, Col C, esq Kennox, 4 c. 
 M'Alister, J. esq Cour 
 M'Alister, Mr C. Strathaird 
 M'Alister, Mr C Loup 
 M'Alister, Capt D Rothsay 
 M'Adam, Rev A. Nigg 
 M'Adam, A. esq Bennan 
 M'Arthur, A. esq Ascoig 
 M'Andrew, Miss A. Culross 
 M'Andrew, J. esq Ardmaddy 
 M'Aulay, J, esq Lochinver 
 M'Alpine, Mr D. tutor, Tirvine 
 M' Upine, MrD. teacher, Toradale. 
 M'Alpine, G. esq Glengyal 
 M'Arthur, Mr C. Ardno 
 M'Aulay, D. esq Gairloch 
 M 'Ara, Mr W. teacher, Dunkeld 
 M'Alpine, R. esu Leith 
 M'Arthur, J. esq Fort-George 
 M'Alpine, D. esq Greenock 
 M'Bean, Rev H. Ardclach 
 M'Bean, Rev A. Kincardine 
 M'Brayne, R. esq Glasgow 
 M'Bean, L. esq Forcatine 
 M'Beath, J. esq Callander 
 M'Bride, C?pt J. Greenock 
 M'Bean, A. esq Portsoy 
 M'Bean, A. esq do. 
 M 'Beth, A esq Frazerburgh 
 M'Bean, J. esq Achnafiatnich 
 M'Bean, M r A. Ballichlagon 
 Malcolm Niel, esq Poltalloch, 5 c* 
 M 'Callum, G. esq Thornhill 
 M'Callum, D. esq surg. N. Shields 
 M 'Callum, D. esq London, 2 c. 
 M'Callum, J. esq do. 2 copies
 
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 M'Callum, J. esq London 
 M'Callum, A. esq Edinburgh 
 M'Callum, A. esq Aras 
 M'Callum, J. esq Tobermory 
 M'Callum, G. esq Tirvine 
 M'Callum, D. esq Ardno 
 M'Callum, C. esq do. 
 M'Callum, A. esq Liverpool 
 M'Callum, J. esq Ullapol 
 M'Callum, J. esq Auctinanalt 
 M'Callum, Mr N. Tosdary 
 M'Callum, D. ex.-off. Appin 
 M'Callum, Capt A. Oban 
 M'Callum, Mr J. stud. Kilchrenan 
 M'Callum, Mr A. Aras 
 M'Callum, Mr J. Ferinish 
 M'Callum, Mr D Callachilly 
 M'Callum, Mr L. Oban 
 M'Callum, Mr D. do. 
 M'Callum, Mr J. Auchureskel 
 M'Callum, Mr. J. Fortingall 
 M'Callum, D esq Luibe 
 M'Callum, Mr. J. Edravinnoch 
 M'Callum, D esq Inveressan 
 M'Callum, Mr P. Benglass 
 M'Callum, Mr A, Port Sonachan 
 M'Callum, Mr D Kilchrenan 
 M'Callum, Mr A Balmore 
 M'Callum, Mr J. teacher, Lismore 
 M'Callum, Mr J. Balure 
 M'Callum, Mr G. Shelachan 
 M'Callum, Mr M do 
 M'Callum, Mr M. jun Oban 
 M'Callum, Mr J. Ormsaigmore 
 M'Carlin, J. esq Brotton 
 Malcolm, Mr J. VVoodside 
 M'Calvert, J. esq Nottingham 
 M'Callum, Mr J Oban 
 M'Callum, Mr N. Taynish 
 M'Callum, Mr D. Otter, 2 copies 
 M'Callum, Mr J. Barnacarry 
 M'Callum, Mr D. Lochling 
 M'Callum, Mr J. Turnak 
 Malcolm, F. esq Dunfermline 
 M'Callum, A. esq do. 
 M'Callum, X. esq f'ulgrain 
 Malcolmson, Mrs Fonts 
 M'Callum, Miss, Artamford 
 Malcolm, J. esq Collr. Perth 
 Malcolm, A. esq Supr. do. 
 M'Callum, Mr M. Inver 
 M'Callum, Mr J. Gardenstonc 
 Malcolm, A- esq Tulibeg 
 Milcolm, MrW. teacher, Cushnie 
 Malcolm, Mrs Kirkaldy 
 
 Mdcolm, D. J. esq Kirkaldy 
 
 Malcolm, F. esq do. 
 
 Malcolm, R. esq Hollar 
 
 M'Callum, A. esq Greenock 
 
 M'Callum, Mr M, Blackhall 
 
 Malcolm;, Capt Irvine 
 
 M'Calman,D esq surg. Camesinnes 
 
 M'Caskili, K. esq surgeon, Skye 
 
 M-Vaskill, Mr K. Glenbrettle 
 
 M 'Calkin, Capt. Rothsay 
 
 M Candy, Miss, Daan 
 
 M' Candy, J. esq Port 
 
 M'Caskili, — esq AM. Raemore 
 
 M'Cartney, J. esq Manchester 
 
 M" oil, Rev A. Tiry 
 
 M'Coll, Rev A. Appin 
 
 M 'Coll, Rev D. Ruthven 
 
 M Coll, J. esq Mingary 
 
 M'Corquhdale, H. esq South Arch* 
 
 onnel 
 M Cowan, ex.-off South Uist 
 
 M'^ombie, R esq Dariot 
 M'' oil, Mr R. Glassdrum 
 MC .rquhdale, Mr A- Balm re 
 M' Cor mac, Mr J. teacher, Rosa 
 M'Coll, Mr D. Corkamull 
 M'Coll, S. esq Orifey 
 MCormick, Mr D Iona 
 M'l-oll, Mrs Killayne 
 M Coll, MrH- Portappia 
 MCormick, W. esq Ayr 
 M'Clymont, J. esq Tolly 
 M'Crimmin, D. esq Broadford, 2 c, 
 M'Culloch, G. esq B-rwick 
 M'< ulloch, R. esq Dairsie 
 M'Calloch, J. esq Manchester 
 M' ol, S. Gryfe 
 M'Diarmid, D. esq Miltown 
 M'Diarraid, A. esq Twairrachan 
 M'Diarmid, J. esq Corrighoile 
 M'Diarmid, J. esq Corryblicaig 
 M'Diarmid, H esq Ardsheal 
 M Uiarmid, Mr D Tynalirce 
 M'Diarmid, Mr C. Alless 
 M'Diarmid, Mr J. Milton 
 M'Diarmid, Mrs Milton 
 M'Diarmid, D. esq IVrth 
 M'Dcrmant, W. esa Ayr 
 M' Donald, the right honourable 
 
 Ix>rd A. W. 6 copies 
 M'Donald, A. esq Boisdale 
 M 'Donald Buchanan, H. esq Ross 
 M'Donald, R. esq Staffii 
 M" Donald, R. cs(| R H. \rtillerf 
 M'Donald, C. esq Capt. R. N.
 
 
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 M'Donald, D. esq Bajranald 
 M'Donald, Col. esq Lyndule 
 M'Donald, J. T. yr. do. 
 M'Donald, W. esq Si. Martin, 2 Q. 
 34' Donald, Major, esq Kishorn 
 HI 'Donald, Mrs Valley 
 M'Donald, C esq Milton 
 M'Donald, A. esq Gknaliadale 
 M'Donald, Rev D. DD. Killean 
 M' Donald, Rev R. Fortingall 
 M'Donald, Rev A. Crieff 
 M 'Donald, Rev C. i'oi iree 
 M'Donald, Rev R. South Uis* 
 M 'Donald, Rev R. Garrvflucb 
 M'Dougall, Rev H. Kiilm 
 M'Donald, Rev D Urtay 
 M'Donald, Rev .1. Alvie 
 M'Donald, Rev I). St Andrews. 
 M'Donald, J. esq Coliscbard 
 M'Donald, A. esq Torinore 
 M'Donald, Mr A. Shiabab. 
 M 'Donald, Mr ]) Sasaig 
 M'Donald Mr C. Mall 
 M'Donald, Mr J. do. 
 M'Donald, Mr H. Croy 
 M'Donald, J teacher, Shiabah 
 M'Donald, Mr D. teacher, Brolas 
 M'Donald, C. esq Darriroch 
 M'Djnald, Mr L. Gribuu 
 M'Donald, Mr D. Caines 
 M'Donald, Mr L. Ulva 
 M'Donald, Mr A. Gometra ■ ' 
 M'Donald, Mr. I. Balnoe 
 M'Donald, Mr N. Kennaway 
 M'Donald, — esq Islandshona 
 M'Donald, — esq Drumantorran 
 M'Donald, Miss, Grisibole 
 M'Donald, Mr teacher, Caines 
 M'Donald, Mrs Scotaig 
 M'Donald, A. esq Glasbine 
 M'Donald, J. esq Pally 
 M Donald, J. esq Garvamore 
 M'Donald, — esq Strathmashie 
 M'Djnald, Mr D. Inverness 
 M'Donald, Mrs Springfield 
 M'Donald, J. esq Muclvady 
 M'Donald, Mr 11. Drimuin 
 M'Donald, — esq Rhue 
 M'Donajd, — esq Borradale 
 J/'Donald, J. esq 'Bonhill 
 M 'Donald, W. esq Doiry 
 M'Donald, D. esq Culnanelan 
 M'Donald, A. esq Leek 
 .M'Donald, C. esq Edinburgh 
 M, Donald, J. B. esq Mauchlih 
 
 M'Donald, A. efccf Sleate 
 M'Donold, G. esq Edinburgh 
 M'Dougall of M'Dougall, esq 
 M'Dougall, Miss M. Adintraive 
 M' dougall, A. esq Lettermay 
 M' Dougall, Mr H. Auchlic 
 M' Dougall, A. esq Aucheteny 
 M Dougall, M r J. Ardachork 
 M'Dougall, Mr J. Ulva 
 M 'Dougall, — esq Ardlarach 
 M 'Donald, A. esq Auchatrichtan 
 M'Donald, Mr C. teacher, Glenc* 
 M'Donald, -Capt Inver 
 M' Dougall, Lieut R. N. Dnnstaff- 
 
 nage 
 M' Dougall, D. esq Geisker 
 M'Dougall, Mr J. do. 
 M 'Donald, Mr C. Ross 
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 JVaclean, H. esq Ardgour 
 
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 JJJaclean, Mr. W. Dochgarth 
 
 M ulean, J. esq Sollass 
 Maclean, R e v J. Keith 
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 Maclean, H. esq Hawkhill 
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 Maclean, Mrs Port Glasgow 
 Maclean, Mr H. Bowmore 
 Maclean, C. esq Islay 
 Maclean, J. esq Brainard 
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 Maclean, Mr D. do. itfaryburgh 
 Maclellan, A. esq Briancorry 
 Maclellan, K. ex.-off Thurso 
 Macleay, A. esq London, 3 c. 
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 Macleish, J. esq Perth 
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 Macleish, J. esq Megginch 
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 Maclugash, Mr D. Tayribbe 
 Maclean, A. esq London, 2 copies 
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 Maclean, C. esq Irvine 
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 Macmaster, D. esq Arileod, 2 c. 
 Macmartin, D. esq Lonberry 
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 Macmillan, Mr J. ex.-off. Jura 
 Macmillan, Mr N. Tresnish 
 Maemlllan, Mr D. Tiry 
 Macmillan, Mrs Glenbrettle 
 Macmillan, A. esq Camusinary 
 Macmillan, Mr A. Totrome 
 Macmillan, Mr — teacher, Earlish 
 Macmillan, Mr H. Drynoch 
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 Macmillan, S. esq Moffat 
 Macmihie, J. esq T. Grange 
 Macmillan, — esq Rilwining 
 Macmurdo, major G. esq Ormiston 
 Macmillan, W. esq Cluns 
 Macmillan, Mr E. Aarisaig 
 Macmurtrie, J. esq Port Glasgow 
 Macnab, of Macnab F. esq 
 Macnab, J. esq Cowie 
 Macnab, Mr A. teacher, Stalhyne 
 Macnab, J. esq Machry 
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 3/acnab, H. S. esq Haugh 
 il/uenab, J. esq Soilrie 
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 jl/acnaughtan, Rev J. Glenlyon 
 Jlfacnaughtan, Mr D. Milton 
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 3/acnaughtan, Mr D. Salin 
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 Macpherson, J. esq Skvc 
 
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 Macpherson, H. esq Kintradwell 
 Macpherson, A. esq Gibston, 2 c 
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 Macpherson, D. esq Inistur 
 Macpherson, Mr D. teacher Ft. An-. 
 
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 Macpherson, L. esq Relea 
 Macpherson, A. esq Melvilderg 
 Macpherson, A. esq Stornaway 
 Macpherson, J. esq Auchterarder 
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 macphail, mr H. Tain 
 macphail, mr D. Kenlochbuy 
 macphail, mr I). do. 
 macphaden, mr — Cames 
 macphaden, mr P. Ardmennach 
 
 jihce, mr II. Benbecula 
 maepbee, mr m. Carbost 
 macqueen, Rev J. North Cist 
 macquarrie, mr — Benbecula 
 maequistan, Capt J. Greenock 
 macqueen, mr J. teacher, ( roy 
 macqueen, A. ex.-off'. Portsoy 
 macqueen, — mr Rasay 
 macquarie, mr D. Scalcstle 
 maoquarie, Capt L. 83d n 
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 macrae, Rev J. Glenshiel 
 macrae, C esq IMA. Dornie 
 macrae, .1. esq Dingwall 
 macrae, vnr F. Caroy 
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 macrae, mr K. .Tanctown 
 macrae, F. esq Fadach 
 macrae, J. esq Ardeloe 
 macrae, mr m. Dornie 
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 macrae, A. esq L.v rsheal 
 macrae, mr D. Shealhouse 
 macrae, mr J. Erchless 
 macrae, W esq Inchvanie 
 macrae, C. esq Band' 
 macrae, J. esq Deanston 
 roacrobbie, mr — Balgonie 
 maeraw, D. esq Dunkeld 
 macrobbie, — esq Aithrie 
 macritchie, — esq Gourdie 
 mactavishj D. esq Laggan 
 mactavish, Rev A Jura 
 mactavisb, H ex.-offAird 
 mactayet, W. esq Grangemouth 
 moctaggart, D esq Ayr 
 mactaggart, I). esq montrose 
 roactate, — esq Liverpool 
 macvean, Rev C< Kinmore 
 macvean, A. esq moy 
 macvean, mr D Invercharnan 
 macvean, D. Invergroin 
 macvicar, J. est) Keirfield 
 macvitie, C. esq Cumnock 
 macvean, mr D. Gcanii s 
 macwattie, Rev A. Kennoway 
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 raacwhitin, — esq Greenoek 
 araule, the right honourable w. m. 
 
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 maxton, Rev J. Alloa 
 mayor of Newcastle, the hon. 
 maitland, Col C. Haddington 
 mair, Col. Fovt-George 
 mair, miss, do. 
 
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 mathison, mrs. Ralea 
 martin, mr A. Ralnaguard 
 malloch, C. esq Perth 
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 marriot, G. esqmoncidy 
 
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 masson, W. esq Forfar 
 masson, J. esq Aberdeen 
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 niassie, J. esq Banff 
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 marshal! , W. esq Keithmor 
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 maitland, mrs Kilmaron Castle 
 inassie, J. esq Frazerburgh 
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 martin, W. es<i Craul 
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 manson, Lieut G. Anstruther 
 mack, T. esq Rires 
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 marshall, A. esq Pitteady 
 mathew, A. esq Charleston 
 masson, J. esq Stirling 
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 martin, mr A. Coypark 
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 maxwell, P. esq Irvine 
 maxwell, J. esq Kilwining 
 marshall, J. esq Bridgeweir 
 martin, E. esq Ayton 
 manhall, J. Edrington 
 mair, J. esq Croft 
 mathison, T. esq Newcastle
 
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 marshall, W. esq Gatehead 
 
 inair, J. esq N. Shit-Ids 
 
 matin, R. esq surg. do. 
 
 inartimtv, T. esq" surg. Sunderland 
 
 marshall, J. esq Perth 
 
 matthew, G. esq Sunderland 
 
 marshall, J. esq Whitby 
 
 machcB, C. esq Beverley 
 
 marshall, J. esq Hull 
 
 marshall, T. esq do. 
 
 massie, J. esq Derby 
 
 macklow, J. esq Birmingham 
 
 maitindale, — esq Liverpool 
 
 maddoek, J. esq do. 
 
 maxwell, W. esq do. 
 
 maxwell, 11. esq do. 
 
 mather, J. esq Leeds 
 
 matley, R. esq manchester 
 
 mangnall, W. esq do 
 
 maury, J. esq do 
 
 mathison, mr D. teacher, Blaich 
 
 menzies, Sir R bart. 
 
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 me.trns, J. esq Knockinbuiu 
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 menzies, mr R. Inver 
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 tr, T. esq Perth 
 
 meuzies, D. esq Titkeathly 
 
 menzies, mr R. Perth 
 
 menzies, mr D. do 
 
 menzies, D. es i do. 
 
 meldrum, mr A. Hakerton 
 
 mclvile, mr W. teacher, Stonehaven 
 
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 milne, Rev A. Boyndie 
 
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 mitchell, mr J. Kirriemuir 
 
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 mills, J. esq Bracherbush 
 
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 milne, D. esq Carnbeg 
 
 mitchell, J. esq Aulson 
 
 milne, G. esq Stonehaven 
 michie, C. esq do. 
 milne, A. esq Aberdeen 
 miller, G. esq Thurso 
 
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 mitchell, mr J. Cawdor 
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 milne, A. esq do. 
 milne, J. esq F.lgin 
 mitchell, \V. esq Gordonhall 
 raielue, J. esq Gourdie 
 minto, .1. esq aid. Dunkeld 
 milne, J. esi| Bornaid 
 iuinty, W. esq Poj taoy 
 milne, G. esq do. 
 mitchi II, J. esq Fochaben 
 mitchell, J.<e*q Parkmore 
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 mitchell, K. enq Lediogham 
 milne, mr VV. FoggieloW 
 minto, W. esq Alt'ord
 
 
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 milner, A. esq Whitehouse 
 milne, G. esq do. 
 rnitchell, miss A. Bellomore 
 miller, J. esq Greenock 
 miller, J. esq Haron 
 milne, D. esq Campie House 
 rnitchell, mr G. Inverness 
 middlemass, C. esq banker, Dunbar 
 milne, J. esq Dess 
 miller, J. esq Perth 
 michie, J. esq Banchory 
 milne, A. esq Panbride 
 miliar, A. esq maulesbank 
 mill, R. esq Brightfenny 
 miller, G. esq Balinyre 
 miller, missm. Abdie 
 miller, J. esq Windiehill 
 rnitchell, J. esq Peterhead 
 rnitchell, J. esq Pitfour 
 milne, J. esq mains 
 rnitchell, W. esq Lonhead 
 rnitchell, W. e«q Gounerton 
 rnitchell, A. esq Hallmoss 
 milne, G. esq Rosehealg 
 milne, J, esq do. 
 milne, A. esq Knowhead 
 mill, T. esq Leek 
 mills, J. esq Newcastle 
 rnitchell, J. esq manchester 
 miller, J. esq Torr 
 rnitchell, J. esq Tarpett 
 miles, J. esq Colinsburgh 
 rnitchell, A. esq Dumfed 
 miller, mrs Balbrichy 
 millie, J. esq Easthill 
 millie, mrs Dysart 
 millie, D. esq Pathead 
 rnitchell, R esq Dysart 
 rnitchell, GD. esq Kirkaldy 
 rnitchell, W. esq do. 
 miller, G. esq do. 
 rnitchell, mrs Lieut. Aberdour 
 miller, T. esq Ferrytown 
 rnitchell, W. esq Alloa 
 rnitchell, P. esq Balquharn 
 rnitchell, mrs Tullibody 
 miller, J. esq Stirling 
 milligan, J esq Deanstown 
 middleton, T. esq Bannockburn 
 rnitchell, J. esq mungall 
 rnitchell, G. esq Cluny 
 michal, D. esq Erchless 
 rnitchell, G. esq Evanton 
 rnitchell, T. esq Borro'stoness 
 Mitchell, A. esq Knkconell 
 
 miller, T. esq MD. Cumnock 
 miller, J. esq Irvine 
 mill, W. esq Barnswell 
 miller, T. esq Hawick 
 miller, mr J. Eldestone 
 milne, N. esq Faldonside 
 miller, J. esq Dalkeith 
 mitchelton, mrs middleton 
 mitford, miss, morpeth 
 milbum, J. esq North Shields 
 inilton, T. esq North Shields 
 mitcalf, W. esq Tynernouth 
 miliar, A. esq Durham 
 miles, T. esq Yarras 
 milne, B. esq col. Bridlington 
 rhilbourn, miss J. Driffield 
 mills, T. esq Johnston 
 rnitchell, A. esq Linsfairn 
 miller, A. esq monkeith 
 rnitchell, J. ex.-off. Auchterarder 
 moray, the right hon. the earl o£ 
 
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 moore, Bev R. Oldhamstocks, 2 c. 
 monteath, Rev J. Houston 
 moyes, Rev L. Foreglen 
 moir, Rev G. md. Peterhead 
 moir, Rev J. Brechin 
 monison, Rev J. Nairn 
 moorlie, Rev L. Inveresk 
 morris, Rev W. B. Fulton 
 morrison, Rev J. London, 3 copies 
 moffat, Rev R. Keith 
 moodie, mrs Dr Clackmanan 
 morrison, J. esq Burnessan 
 morrison, N. esq Auchlic 
 morrison, C. esq Ballochroy 
 morrison, mr N. teacher, Bernera 
 morrison, A. esq Sataran 
 monteath, J. esq Duchally 
 morrison, mr R. Tirepoor 
 morton, T. esq Barnford 
 morrison, miss, Auchintoul2 c. 
 morton, P. esq Skeldon 
 morison, D. esq Drumachork 
 morrison, N. esq Kishorn 
 morrison, R. esq Stornaway 
 monteath Stewart, mrs Closeburn, 
 
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 montgomerie, J. esq Port Glasgow 
 monteath, J. esq Pollock 
 mortimer, T. esq Ormiston 
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 morison, J. esq Dalkeith 
 morton, — esq Kelham 
 moirm, T. esq Wake
 
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 Moss, G. esq Stockton 
 Moore, C. esq Studies 
 Mohwan, K. esq Scarbro' 
 M >sey, W. esq do. 
 jMoxon, A. W fottingham 
 Muon, J. esq Hull 
 Monthall, J. esq (Jainsbro' 
 Morton, T. esq Nottingham 
 M orison, J. esq Naughtan 
 Mmcrieff, AV esq St. Andrews 
 Mowat, J. esq do. 
 Morton, T. esq Craighead 
 Moys, C. esq Pittenweera 
 Mollison, — es^Eley, 2 copies 
 Moore, Mrs Springfield 
 Morgan, D. esq Kirkaldy 
 M nvbray, Mrs Aberdour, 2 copies 
 Morrison, J. esq Alloa 
 M mro, Mrs Craigend 
 Moir, Miss, Saline 
 Morrison, A. esq Stornaway 
 Monhead, W. esq Stirling 
 Montgomery, S. esq Cowie 
 Moss, C. esq Manchester 
 Mosley, T. esq do. 
 Montague, B. esq do. 
 Moore, W. esq Liverpool 
 Morrison, A. esq Banff 
 Morrisou, W esq Portsoy 
 Morrison, J. esq Arndilly 
 Morrison, J. esq Rhynie 
 Morrison, D. esq Cleatt 
 Morrison, P. esq Thorneybank 
 Morison, J. esq Moat 
 Morrison, Mr P. Inverkeithey 
 Morice, U. esq Craig 
 Morrison, J. esq Swordle 
 Morrison, J. esq Irvine 
 Morrison, Miss, Inverury 
 Mollison, G. esq Cairnticld 
 Moram, D. esq Barrie 
 More, A. esq Aberdeen 
 Moir, D. esq Knockhall 
 Mohorr, G. esq Midmill 
 Molison, W. esq Kirktown 
 Morice, A. esq Frazerburgh 
 Mjrrison, J. esq Glenguithle 
 Morrison, J esq Gardenstowu 
 Mirrison, K. esq Perth 
 Morrison, Mr J. Douglasstower 
 M >on, Mr D. Esseiigal 
 Moncur, J. esq Alyth 
 Moir, W. esq Ball, id 
 Morris, Mr A. (iounlie 
 Morrison, — esq Dingwall 
 
 Montgomery, M. esq Stornaway 
 M >rrison, Capt. J. Greenock 
 Monro, A. esq East Mill 
 Mnrhouse, C. esq Congleton 
 Montgomerie, R esq Irvine 
 Munro, N Hss, Cromarty-house 
 Munro, W esq Auchany, 2 copies 
 M mro, Iiss, Auchany 
 Munro, Major, Stirling 
 M i.nro, Rev G. South Uist 
 M mro, Rev J. Dirlot 
 M urray, Rev J. Fowlis 
 M u'r, Rev I. Beith 
 Murray, Rev G. t'enton 
 Muir, Rev T. Carrington 
 Murray, Rev G. Islay 
 Munro, Rev W. Thurso 
 Murdoch, Rev J Keith 
 M mro, Kev G Huntly 
 Murray, Rev — Buffle 
 M urhead, Kev G. Dysart 
 Munro, Rev J. Nigg 
 Manro, W. esq London, 2 c. 
 Murray, Capt. I), esq Greenhill 
 Murray, J. esq jun. Grieshernish 
 Munro, Mr A Strowan 
 Murray, A. es^ Crieff 
 Munro, Mr T. Inverskin 
 Murdoch, T. esq Gartbreck 
 Murray, Col J. esq Melvilplace 
 Munro, Mr J. Fermatt 
 Murray, Mrs Srahole 
 Munro, Mrs Poynfield 
 Murdoch, A. esq Huntly 
 Murray, W. esq Kingsford 
 Murray, W. esq Laither 
 Mudie, J. esq Potairly 
 Murron, j. ex.-off. Inchture 
 Murray, J. esq Ellon 
 Mudie, J. H. esq Dorlyhill 
 Mudie, R esq Errotstower 
 Murray, A. esq Rathen 
 M rray, J. esq Stonwall 
 Mu ny, W. esq Barbadoes 
 Murray, R. esq Crail 
 Murray, I', esq Li von 
 Mucklyon, V. esq In verkei tiling 
 Mucklvon, R. esq Alloa 
 Mudie, .'. isq Muir 
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 Sharp, J. esq Templand 
 
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 Sinclair, Mr D. Balmacarra 
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 Smith, J. esq Newbigging 
 
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 S:mith, Mr IT. Fuarfed 
 S uart, YV. esq Auchinleck 
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 Smith, J. esq Greenhall 
 Smith, P. esq Ardgathen 
 Smith, .' esq Cluny 
 Kmart, A. esq Woodhead 
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 Smith, V,'. esq Anchorage 
 
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 Smith, T. esq Bora Mill 
 Smith, W. esq Dees 
 Smith, '. esq Hythie 
 Smith, J. esq Middleton 
 Smith, A. esq Haddo 
 Smith] Miss Swinridgemuir 
 Smith, R. esq Gowanbrae 
 Smith, J. esq Sunridgemuir 
 Smith, Capt H. Port GLsgow 
 Smillie, — esq do 
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 Smith, J. esq Fochabers 
 Smith, J. esq Abertowr 
 Smollett, J. esq Bonhill 
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 Stewart, Rev J. DD. Luss 
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 Stewart, D. esq Ormaigbeg 
 Stewart, Mr M. Fionarie 
 Stalker, Mr A. teacher, Ballachroy 
 Stewart, A. esq Bunranach 
 Stewart, M. esq Fcss 
 Stewart, Mr D. Tumblebridge 
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 Strachan, J. esq Campfield 
 Staig, D. esq Pittowie 
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 Stewart, J. esq Ardchenacrecan 
 Stewart, D. esq Lettir 
 Stewart, A. esq Landrick 
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 Stewart. W. esq Hillhcad 
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 Stowie, J. esq surgeon, Kilwinning 
 Stewart, J. C. esq Ml). Carnacaira 
 Stewart, W. esq Peterhead 
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 Strachan, A. esq Strichcn 
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 Stirling, R. esq Hosehealg 
 Stewart, Mrs Lochridge 
 Stewart, Mr R. Crossl'ie 
 Stuart, Miss B. Bogs 
 Stuart, W. esq Old Castle 
 Stuart, W. esq Achlunkart 
 Stephen, J. esq Keith 
 
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 S'cwart, J. esq Coldingham 
 St renson, K. esq Berwick 
 Stewart. Mrs Swintonrr.ill 
 
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 Watson, H. esq Congleton 
 
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 Watson, J. esq Dunse 
 
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 Watson, J. esq Greenock 
 Watson, P. esq N. Shields 
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 Watt, A. P. do. 
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 Watson, Miss, South wick 
 Ward, J. esq Durham 
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 Wildy, J. esq Yann 
 Walker, J. esq Spencerfield 
 Walker, W. esq Orchardhcad 
 Warrington, O. esq Manchester 
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 Wally, Mrs London 
 Watt, A. esq Prestonpans 
 Waters, J. esq Bridlington 
 Watson, J. esq Driffield 
 Wardell, J. esq Beverley 
 Wardell, F. esq do. 
 Ward, T. esq Hull 
 Ward, Miss, Newark 
 Walker, J. esq Hull 
 Watson, Mrs Dollar 
 Wand, J. esq Pitgoker 
 Ward, T. esq Congleton 
 Watson, T. esq Manchester 
 Walker, R. esq do. 
 Waugh, A. esq Linlithgow 
 Wemyss, Col. esq Wemyss Hall 
 Wemyss, Miss, Cupar 
 Wemyss, Rev J. Burntisland 
 Weir, R. esq Kirkhall 
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 Webster, J. esq Farmerton 
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 Werge, Mrs Belford 
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 Williamson, Rev T. P. Guisbrough 
 
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 Williamson, J. esq Dunkeld 
 
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 Wilson, W. esq do, 
 
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 Wilson, J. esq Peel walls 
 
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 Wilson, J. esq Cullen 
 
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 Wilson, T. esq Monymusk 
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 Wilson, W. esq do. 
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 Wilson, J. esq do. 
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 Wilson, W. esq Moffat 
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 Wilson, H. esq do. 
 Wilson, W. esq do. 
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 Wigham, C esq Yarm 
 
 Wordsworth, Rev W. Nottinghu... 
 
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 Wood, F. esq Abernyte 
 
 Woodale, J. esq Scarbro' 
 
 Wood, D. esq Leeds 
 
 Wotherspoon, Mrs Kirkaldy 
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 Wood, S. esq do. 
 
 Woodcroft, M- esq do. 
 
 Worthington, T. esq do. 
 
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 Wright, G. esq Sawtown 
 Wright, A. esq Banff 
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 Wright, W. esq Manchester 
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 Wright, D. esq Ormiston 
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 Young, W. esq Elgin 
 Yeoman, Miss, Dundee 
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 Yoolen, D/esq Peatie 
 Young, A. esq"Garmouth 
 Young, — esq Banff 
 Youle, Mr J. teacher, Crathie 
 Young, J. esq Brigiitfenny 
 Young, J. esq Balward 
 Yull, A. esq Greenock 
 Yule, A. esq Middleton 
 Yule, J. esq Limekiln 
 Young, B. R. esq Edinburgh 
 Young, Mrs Burntisland 
 Young, A. esq Blair-Logie 
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 Young, C. esq Grangemouth 
 Young, Miss H. Irvine 
 Younger, Miss J. Ayr 
 Yooder, Mrs Halrig 
 Young, R- esq Ardrossan 
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 Young, W. esq MD. Neilston 
 Young, G. esq Mussleburgh 
 Yooll, T. esq Portobello 
 Young, J. esq Smeaton 
 Youle, T. esq Fowlden 
 Young, J. esq N. Ladykirk 
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