Ossian Collection > Report of the Committee of the Highland Society of Scotland, appointed to inquire into the nature and authenticity of the poems of Ossian

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do ler; far iud toclaoech AfFracda. Innis com min, ax-
Curio. Curaidh ingnadh bui isin tirsea (ol se) gan athair,
cen mhathair daoenna acca, acht a chenemhain a crisluch in
Talaimh cheana .1. Anteuus mac Terrae a ainm. Ba mor
umoro neart an f hir sin : uair ni cuimgeadh duini no daini
cuibhleng fris ; agus an nuair thiceadh dith neart do, nus
leceadh na laighi fri làr. O na thadhladh, umoro, a
thaoebh san in Talamh, thiceadh a neart fen do, agus no
linta do calmatus dearmair è o mhathair bunaidh .1. on
Talmain. Uair ni licedhsom a leas co minic sin itir ; ar
ni foghgbaith ea neach no fhuilgnedh a neart chèana. A
torcratar accaidi ni tiri leis, agus nach long no taidhladh in
cuansa this, ni thindtadh slan uadh, gur ro f hasaighedh in
fearannsa uili do nach lamhtha a thadhall do mhuir no do
thir. O ro f hasaighedh an tir immisomh, ba tuara do feoil
oss agus f hiadh, mhil agus mhathghamhain agus Leomhan,
do neoeh no marbhadh fen iccuairt ind fhassaigh nach dia.
Ni bidh tuighi, na craibheach na pell no brotrach na brecan
fui is in Leapaidh-acht a thaoebh fris in Talamh.*
The English is as follows :
[Curio went to] explore and to view the country from a
considerable eminence which overlooked the camp. Be-
hind this hill was a great and rugged mountain, abounding
in rocks and massy stones. It was a place exceedingly
pleasant, and the view which it commanded was the won-
der of the whole land. Curio ran from rock to rock, till
he happened to meet a native of the country. Curio re-
quests permission to converse with him ; and the African
j^outh returns him answer. — Do you know the history of
those forts, hills, and towns ? said Curio. I know it, such
as our fathers, and our grandfathers, have left it to us ;
said the young man What is the name of this hill that I
• Extracted from page A. Col. I. 2. and A. A. Col. I.