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X PREFACE.
miles, is called Drum Vachtur. This cir-
cumflance is well known to many, befides
the natives of that country, as the military
road through the Highlands palTes that way.
If we fhould fuppofe that JJacbtiir, which
is ftill retained as the name of a part of
Drum Albin, was once the general appella-
tion of the whole, the etymon of Veduri-
ones is at once decyphered. Vachtur y though
now taken perhaps in a more confined fenfe
than formerly, literally fignifies the upper
country. Vachturich is a word of the fame
import with Highlanders; and iftheharfh
Celtic termination is foftned into a Roman
one, Vecfluriones differs only in a changea-
ble vowel from Vachturich.
We have reafon to believe, from the un-
favourable climate, and flerile nature of the
foil, in that part of Scotland which lies to
the Well of Drum Albin, that the ancef-
tors of the Scots lived long in a very un-
cultivated ftate -y as deftitute of great natio-
nal events as of letters to tranfmit them to
pofterity. Though the Scots of Jar-ghael
muft, in the nature of things, have been
very barbarous and unpolifhed, as far back
as the latter end of the fourth century, yet
it is to be hoped they were Icfs fo than the
Attacotti, their neighbours, or rather a
tribe
miles, is called Drum Vachtur. This cir-
cumflance is well known to many, befides
the natives of that country, as the military
road through the Highlands palTes that way.
If we fhould fuppofe that JJacbtiir, which
is ftill retained as the name of a part of
Drum Albin, was once the general appella-
tion of the whole, the etymon of Veduri-
ones is at once decyphered. Vachtur y though
now taken perhaps in a more confined fenfe
than formerly, literally fignifies the upper
country. Vachturich is a word of the fame
import with Highlanders; and iftheharfh
Celtic termination is foftned into a Roman
one, Vecfluriones differs only in a changea-
ble vowel from Vachturich.
We have reafon to believe, from the un-
favourable climate, and flerile nature of the
foil, in that part of Scotland which lies to
the Well of Drum Albin, that the ancef-
tors of the Scots lived long in a very un-
cultivated ftate -y as deftitute of great natio-
nal events as of letters to tranfmit them to
pofterity. Though the Scots of Jar-ghael
muft, in the nature of things, have been
very barbarous and unpolifhed, as far back
as the latter end of the fourth century, yet
it is to be hoped they were Icfs fo than the
Attacotti, their neighbours, or rather a
tribe
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Description | A selection of books from a collection of more than 500 titles, mostly on religious and literary topics. Also includes some material dealing with other Celtic languages and societies. Collection created towards the end of the 19th century by Lady Evelyn Stewart Murray. |
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Description | Selected items from five 'Special and Named Printed Collections'. Includes books in Gaelic and other Celtic languages, works about the Gaels, their languages, literature, culture and history. |
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