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therefore introduced by some one who did as well as he could 

 to preserve the sound of the word as he heard it, and it is a 

 remarkable fact that no other letter could have preserved it 

 so well to an English speaking people, who, I suppose, did 

 not understand the proper sounds of the Celtic or Gaelic 

 letters. Traqueer, then, as far as its sound implies, and hav- 

 ing regard to its situation, means a burying place on the 

 coast, on the shore, or on the bank of a river, — I say " having 

 regard to its situation" — because Traqueer consists of two 

 words, each one of Avhich has several different meanings, and 

 if we were not thoroughly acquainted with the local situation 

 or geographical position of Traqueer, we would be very apt 

 to give it any one of the various other meanings which it 

 admits of, and this shows that with regard to the names of 

 places, &c., it would be necessary for the person who 

 explains those names to see those places, because the same 

 word may mean, and often does mean, different things, and 

 in order to make sure of the right thing he should see the 

 places, as already mentioned. 



Loch A bar is easily explained. We know that loch means 

 lake, and Abar means a marsh, or a boggy piece of land, and 

 this answers exactly to our Loch Abar, but A bbar means also 

 the mouth of a river, and we know from local knowledge that 

 our Loch Abar is not at the mouth of a river, it is therefore 

 on a marsh or boggy piece of land ; but. Glen Cw, near St. 

 Mary's Loch, is not so easily distinguished, for Gu is a grey- 

 hound, but Gu is also a Avarrior, hero ; and whether the glen 

 got its name from the hound or from the hero, we cannot 

 determine just now. 



I find by the map that there are numerous places named 

 after wild and domestic animals. 

 As : — Garrioch, a hare. 



Polmuck, the hog's hole. 

 Polgown, the calf's hole. 

 Drumshinnoch, the fox's hill, or ridge. 

 Bcnbrack, the badger's hill. 



