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mainly on the encouragement which is
vouchsafed to the present venture.
Small though this work is, it is the fruit
of no small labour in the way of antecedent
preparatory research. That labour has
been its own rich reward, and it has been
lightened too by the helping hand of
friends. I am thus greatly indebted to
Professor Eggeling, the learned professor
of Sanskrit and Comparative Philology in
the University of Edinburgh, and to my
young friend, and former pupil in Gaelic,
Mr. Thomas Cockburn, M.A., a linguist
of rare ability and promise. I owe
much also to Mr. Small and Mr. Clarke,
the respective and much respected chiefs
of the University and Advocates' Libraries.
But most of all am I indebted to the
authorities of the great National Library
of France, the vast resources of whose
unrivalled collections were on several
occasions freely thrown open to me. My
warm acknowledorments are also due to
the Rev. Charles Maceachern, whose
practical knowledge of printing, and whose