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pounded of Dun, a fort or hillock, and Breatunn, i.e., the fort of 
Britain, and, as we may fairly argue, of the Britons—if those to 
whose capital the Scottish Gaels gave the name Dwn-Breatuinn—, the 
name by which Dumbarton is known to the Scottish Gaels of our 
own day. Such words as Prangach, a Frenchman ; Sasunnach, an 
Englishman, a Saxon ; and Breatunnach, a Briton, are merely adap- 
tations to the Gaelic language of France, Saxon, Briton. The Scot 
tish Gael is wont to characterize the inhabitants of Scotland as 
Albannaich. Is Albannach mise, 1 ama Scotchman. The word in 
Scottish Gaelic for a British subject or for the British is Breatunnach: 
na Breatunnaich. The name Galbraith is in Gaelic Mac a’ Bhrea- 
tunnaich, the son of the Briton, and, as we may infer, the son of one 
_who belonged to a different people from the Gaels among whom he 
may have resided, and whose name is perpetuated in the common 
surname Galbraith. 
Whether the exact Etymology of Britain can ever be ascertained 
or not, or whether it may have more than one derivation, the usages 
of the Gaelic language go to show that it is Cymric and not Gaelic ; 
and that, although it passes as current coin in the words Greatunn 
and Breatunnach, such words found their way into Gaelic trom 
another source ; and even when they are commonly employed, they 
carry with them reminiscences of an origin that is not purely Gaelic, 
but is to be construed as indicating that the Gaels of a far-off time 
adopted such words to describe the members of a race with whom 
they came frequently in contact, and who, as at Dumbarton, had 
their home for a time in the immediate neighbourhood, if not in the 
midst, of the Scottish Gaels. 
Dr. Scadding, and Messrs. Buchan and Rouse made 
remarks on the subject of the paper. 
SEVENTH ORDINARY MEETING. 
The Seventh Ordinary Meeting of the Session 1884-’85, 
was held on Saturday, December 13th, 1884, the President in 
the Chair. 
Donations and Exchanges received since last meeting : 
1. Appleton’s Literary Bulletin, Nos. 1] and 12, Vol. III. 
