O'Connor's. indole of Evi. 
nor departed Marcad therefrom, sae we 
reached the fountain thereof. », 
Then we moved: towards the: sun’s 
going, tillwei foached: upon ithe world 
of waters, and wesdid: bearsof aotrath, 
“ithe waves of the vast sea do wash the 
margin of ibe Jand, dhrougl all) the 
course from the going forth of the waters 
of Scanamhan, ta the ver y spot whervon 
yeistand” 
Phen wemoved northward ; the oeean 
on ‘oun|left very near, till our foot was 
Stayed by ocean’s self. 
»/ Phen! changing) our course towards 
ihe sun’s rising; the! waters of open sea 
or of salt lakes on our Iecft, we advanced 
tillour step. was arrested at the extreme 
of Jad egains then we; did- turn. our 
faces towards the strength of Baal. 
wAnd, as Baal was enterihg the thres- 
hold of the mansion of his blessed fire, 
the whole:host. did move into’ Magmor- 
tiomna, for: Marcad Jojtered, that we 
may:return, to the spot, whence we did 
take,our departure, at that set time. 
s\And \new \if;was manifest, that the 
lagd;was encompassed with the waters 
of the mighty sea on every side—an 
islands! ject 0 
ylfon pine days.after, the Gaal abided 
imireposes then, Marcad assembled the 
congregation, and he stoud up in the 
mist, /and,sais, | 
af When our “fathers eame from Tber 
antosa, strange. Jand, did they not give 
names to their dwellings, the hills and 
planes, the waters of the rivers; yea, the 
waves, of the sea itself; to preserve the 
memory of Abeir, for mer place, that the 
name. of, Er’shoald ne'er be Jost, whilst 
time/shall endure. 
“What, if this land, standing alone, 
an island, be called Eri for the times to 
come? 
. The Gaal of Sciot.of Iber, Nomadcs, 
Oigeageis, we are, and ever shall be, go 
where we will, fare.as we may, 
*\ For myself, 1 would, that these of 
my loins were called the race of Hers 
s0 long as) they eudcure,;,, 
»‘* Words have .passed; to my. ear, 
‘'Phis. Jand. is large, too. Jarge for)one 
chief;,the chiefs, did, choose.,.Marcad,,in 
the place,of his father to rnlein Gaelag, 
Gaelag is not Eri.’ These Wows are 
true.., 
“What,ithen, ifithe chiefs eek their 
free thoughts, concerning these things 5 
if any have taken, thonght,to, utterance 
—if not), What, if we forbear for, other 
nine, days, and.in, time; that passeth be, 
tween think, aod then, hold talk.” 
And it was so. 
655 
LAWS OF) ERI 
J Now! Baal badsentered the threshold 
of his house Iarsgith, freshly, 
/When Eocaid) sent! forth anessengers 
withJetters, saying, 
“ Let the kings, princes, and nebles 
ofothe Gaaloin Eri, and>chiefs of the 
Olam, aud heads of :the ‘people; «meet - 
Erimionn in the bigh:chamber of "Teac- 
mor, on Tobrad, what time the fires.shall 
be lighted on the summits of Ake plains 
of Eri. 
And now as Baal was moving into 
Fluicim, the fires blazing on the: sum- 
mits of the land, the glory of Evi shined 
on Tobrad. 
And all the heralds raised their voices 
aloud, and the gates of the high cham- 
ber of Teacmor opened, and. Erimonn, 
and the kings of Mumain and Gaelen, 
and the princes and nobles and the: chiefs 
of the Olam, and heads of the peaple of 
the nations of the Gaal of Eri entered. 
And the throne was set.in the middle 
of the chamber, one step higher than the 
floor thereof. 
Anda table stood on the floor beneath 
the throne, and the king of Miumain,, of 
the race of ber, took his. seat opposite 
to the table, on the right side wei 
throne. 
And the king of ;Gaelen, of the race 
of Tolar, took his seat opposite: to the 
table, his face towards the throne. 
And the seat of the king of Uilad of 
the race of Er, oppositeto theitable on 
the left side of the throne .was.empty. 
Did not the, king,of Ullad sit! on:the 
throne Erimionn ? Minstesii ow 
And the chief secretany, ‘of Bri ‘sat be- 
tween the throne, and :the, table, close 
thereunto: io bue 
And the. chief secretary! of } Mumain 
sat, between the king of Mumain and the 
table. veh 
And the chief secrctary of, Giiélens oe 
between (the ikingy of Gackt and ‘the 
table.. x13 io ol 
‘And-the chief. Sesdtech of ; Ullad. sat 
between the neat of the, nibs tiie and 
the;table.. ~ 
Andthe princes of, fs race of: ber, 
the first:barniof dhe bero,;/anidtheprinees 
of Tihy satvow the mahtoen left of the 
king of Maniain. sos it 
And the qirinees: of; theoracelif Tolar, 
shton!the dacaealsinss deft of, the ‘King of 
Gaelen. oul) co ito 
And the Hide of the race of Er sat 
om the sight atid theft of the seat of the 
kingyof UHad. oiyyieuiy 
Andithenoblés sat bohind the princes 
of the nation, to which they belonged. 
And 
