340 NETHER LOCHABER. 



to repletion on a shoal of extra-oleaginous herring or mackerel. 

 These names for the jelly-fish are douhtless absurd enough, and 

 yet, in defence of the good old Gaelic name-givers, let us observe 

 that they are not a whit more absurd than the Caprimulgus (goat- 

 sucker) of Linnfeus as applied to the night- jar, or the Frugilegus 

 (corn-gatherer) of the same high authority as apphed to the 

 common rook. 



