Ossian Collection > Original collection of the poems of Ossian, Orrann, Ulin, and other bards, who flourished in the same age

xc TO THE READER,
the press: to the learned and pious Reverend
Duncan M'Farlan, A. M. of Perth, for the elegant
and faithful translation he has given to the whole
of these poems, except the poem entitled Dargo,
Ossiaus Address to the Sun, and Dart hula: to the
learned and ingenious Mr. Robert Huddleston,
teacher, Lunan, for his able exertions in correct-
ing the proof-sheets, and his other friendly assist-
ance. His incomparable and impartial edition of
Toland's History of the Druids, with his critical
Notes upon the same, is a better proof of his ac-'
complishments than any thing we could state here.
It is hoped that all the amateurs of antiquity will
endeavour to possess themselves of this useful vo-
lume, and that Mr. Huddleston, in a short time,
will be called to an appointment adequate to his
abilities. To the learned and ingenious Eweii
M'Lachlan, Esq. rector of the grammar school.
Old Aberdeen, for his elegant and faithful transla-
tion of the poems entitled Dargo, Ossians Address
to the Sun, and Darthtda. We can boldly assert,
from the best authority, that Mr. M'Lachlan
should be ranked amongst the first literary cha-
racters that Britain ever produced. From his
profound knowledge of the oriental languages,
and his vast natural ingenuity, he is justly entitled
to fill the first situation in any university in the
kingdom ; and he has the happy art to instil into
the minds of his pupils the most pious and loyal
principles; yet, from his unafiected modesty, he