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TESTIMONY OF HUGH M'DONALD. 39
Gad a chuirte deachin air a h uile duine thuigcas na
laoidhinse, clio fogliluimte is gam bi e, cha bxurain e
tiunntadh, gu bearla na go canail air bi eile, ar chor is gu
freagradh iad clio math sa tha iad aims a chanaii andrinnadh
an toiseach iad ; iddir cha b' uirin e an deaaamh ann am
bearla agus aris an tiunntadh go Gaedhlic anns am biodh
cnaimh agus smior na f ior chanaii.
Ga be air bi a ta scriobhadh an aghaidh Oisein, agus ag
radh nach do f hag e bardachd ar an Fheinne, agus ar an
deantanas, feuchadh e faidh e aona bhard ann an aite air
bi, na ann an canail air bi, is urran bardachd a dheanamh
CO math sa rinn Oisein. Is e mo bharoil nach fearr a
shcalladh a shaothair ann comhairde re laoidhean Oisein na
gad theanninse re labhairt bearla, canail nach do dhionn-
saich mi riamh. A ta so co firinneach is gad thug cuid
do na Seana bhaird an diaigh Oisein, oidhrep ar a leantuin,
nach bhuil duine air bi aig a bhuil eolas an bardachd, nach
ainich, air a cheud eisteachd, saothair Oisein bho shaothir
neach air bi eile.
A ta Oisein ag radh gu ro baird ann, roimhe fein, a bha
ann re 'n linn. A ta Oisein ag scinn gaisge na Feinne
mar chuala, agus mar a chunnaic e, ma 'n do f has e aosda,
agus bho 'n aimsir sin bha filidhe ann an teaghlichin ar
Ghaidhledochd bha gleidhe cuimhne bho linn go linn ar
seannachas agus ar bardachd. Bha na tighearnan agus na
h-uachdarain tabhairt duals do na bardaibhse, agus fadsa
bha iad ag deanamh so, bha na h uile bard, a bharachd ar
a bhardachd fein, gleidhe cuimhne ar saothair nam bard
bha ann roimhe, agus mar sin bha saothair Oisein, mar a
bhardachd a b' urramaiche, ga cumail ar cuimhne ; ach
bho na chaidh an riogh do Shaghsan, agus a sguir na h
uacadarain m.ean ar mhean do gleidhe meas agus thabh-
airt duals do na baird, chaidh na baird as, ar chor is
gun deachaidJi moran dhe n tseann bhardachd rau làr, fjad

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Report of the Committee of the Highland Society of Scotland, appointed to inquire into the nature and authenticity of the poems of Ossian
DescriptionDrawn up, according to the directions of the Committee, by Henry Mackenzie ... ; with a copious appendix, containing some of the principal documents on which the report is founded.
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