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" Gheibthe in toiseach a charbad 

 Ant each liath, luthor urraiceach, 

 Arraiceach, treasdach, liath-bharra, 

 Stuaghor, dea-f haicilleach ionnruitlj. 

 Mor mhuirneach, saoi-oileanda, sioth-fhada 

 Ga b'ainm an Leath maiseach. » 



Gheibhte in deire a charbaid 

 Ant each crubhach, sithionta, searachoil. 

 Am fad-shliosach, bao-lumnach, 

 Caol-chasach caol-ghruagach, 

 Ceannard stuai-beimneach, 

 Seang, seiteach, luath-leumnach, 

 Ga b'ainm an Dubh-sronmhor." 



We request the reader will compare these lines, for we cannot call 

 them verses, with the Irish original above, p. 220, and with the fol- 

 lowing lines of the Society's " original" vol. ii. p. 30 : 



" Ri taobh deas a' mhor charbaid 

 Chitear an t'each meanmach seidear, 

 Mac ard-mhuingeach, cliabh-fharsuing dorcha, 

 Ard-leumach talmhaidh na beinne ; 

 'S forumach fuaimear a chos ; 

 Tha sgaoibadh a dhosain shuas 

 Mar cheathach air arcs nan os j 

 Bu shoilleir dhreach, 's bu luath 

 Shiubhal, Sith fada b'e ainm ; 

 Ri taobh eile charbaid thall 

 Tha each fiarasach nan srann, 

 Caol-mhuingeach, aiginneach, biogach 

 Luath-chosach, sronach nam beann. 

 Dubhsrongeal a b'ainm air an steud-each." 



In making a comparison between these three originals, the Gaelic 

 scholar will perceive that Doctor Smith's original is much nearer to 

 the Irish than Macpherson's, and he will also perceive that, though 



