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Ossian. It is present in such words as Tormore, Torness, Torry- 
burn, Torryline, Tory Island. 
Avon, amhainn, a river. 
Erme, ear, east ; amhainn, a river. 
Yealm, ealamh, quick. 
Hue, uisge, water. 
Culme, cul, back ; magh, a plain. Cul occurs often in the Topo- 
graphy of Scotland, e. g., Cullen, Culross, Culloden. 
Creedy, criadh, clay. 
Otter, oitir, a ridge near the sea, Dunottar. 
Axe, wisge, water. 
East Lyn, West Lyn, linne, a pool. Linne is present in such 
words as Dublin, Roslin, &c. 
Barle, barr, a top ; liath, grey. 
Oare, odhar, dark-grey, sallow. 
Mole, moyle, maol, bare. 
Oke, oiche, wisge, water. 
Yeo, Welsh aw, flowing, Gaelic, a water, resembles very strongly 
Awe in Argyllshire. 
Bray, Braighe: height or upper part. 
The names which have now been adduced are Gaelic, and occur 
frequently in the Topography of Ireland and Scotland, thereby en- 
abling us to conclude that the same people who employed such words 
as Teign, Avon, Tay, Awe, &c., in connection with the streams and 
rivers of Ireland and Scotland, made use of the same words in con- 
nection with the streams and rivers of Devonshire. 
Cum, valley or dingle; Cornish, cwn; Welsh, coom, Coome, 
Coombe ; Irish, cwmar or Comar, a confluence of waters, occurs 
repeatedly in the Topography of Devonshire, e. g.: 
Lannacombe, lan, full. 
Colcombe : caol, narrow. 
Branscombe, bran, a mountain stream. 
Dunscombe, dun, hillock. 
Wiscombe, wis, usk, ouse, water. 
Salcombe, sal, the sea or salt water. 
Orcombe, oir, border. 
Purely Gaelic words are thus found in combination with cwm, a 
term which is found with little variety in Irish and Scottish Gaelic, 
and Welsh and Cornish. 
