igS NETHER LOCHABER. 



Bonn mar kimeag bha ehuil ; speir luthannach Itibta, 

 'S faobhar a chnamh mar ghein. 

 An oil sud 'bh'aig RaonuU-mac-Raonuil-'ic-Iain, 

 'S trie thug e sithiomi a beinn. 



Which, rendered as literally as possihle, many stand thus in 



English — 



Ronald-son of Ronald-son of John's good dog, 



He could bring venison from the mountain. 



He was broad between the eyes ; otherwise sharp and black-muzzled to 



the tip of his nose. 

 With a horse-like chest, he was small flanked, and his pile 

 Was like the bristles of the den frequenting boar. 

 Brown as a sole was his eye ; 



Supple-jointed (was he), with houghs bent as a bow ; 

 All his bones felt sharp and hard as the edge of a wedge. 

 Such was Ranald Mac Ranald vie John's good dog, 

 That often brought venison from the mountain. 



