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Dr. Ferguson's remarks on the name Gltjnxegget are very learned 

 and ingenious, but I cannot look upon it in any other light than that 

 of a compound proper name. He has given several illustrations, as 

 Glunjin, Glimsalach, Qluntrddhna, &c, showing that the prefix 

 " Glim" signifies " the knee." Such names as Glunjin, Glundubh, 

 Gluniam, simply mean "White-knee," " Black-knee," and "Iron- 

 knee." Glunlegget is a name of a similar formation. May not the 

 patronymic here be a form of Lugacl, with the prefix Glun : the T and 

 D being used commutably, as also the vowels? 



Dr. Ferguson remarks on the double Gr. This duplication of con- 

 sonants is very frequent in our Ogam inscriptions. On a stone from 

 Kilgobinet, we find " Gonnggu." 



Upon the whole, I am of opinion that Dr. Ferguson's first inter- 

 pretation of the inscription is the true one, and that he may safely 

 rest on it. 



